Full Result 6.20 Tokyo (JPN) | 25 November 2001

Japan Cup (Grade 1)

(3yo+) 1m4f Firm

1st £1,457,524 2nd £580,722 3rd £365,172 4th £218,680 5th £143,868 6th £115,095 7th £100,708 8th £86,231

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	6. Jungle Pocket (JPN) 16/5 Olivier Peslier Sadao Watanabe	Olivier Peslier Sadao Watanabe	3	810	–	–	125	–
b c Tony Bin (IRE) - Dance Charmer (USA) (Nureyev)
Held up, 11th halfway, switched to outside and headway over 2f out, went 2nd approaching final f, strong run to lead close home

2⁽⁴⁾ nk	4. T M Opera O (JPN) 9/5F Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto	Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto	5	90	–	–	122	–
ch h Opera House - Once Wed (USA) (Blushing Groom)
Mid division, disputed 6th entering straight, quickened to lead 2f out, went 2 lengths clear, headed and no extra close home

3⁽¹⁰⁾ 3½ [3¾]	10. Narita Top Road (JPN) 134/10 Kunihiko Watanabe H Yamaji	Kunihiko Watanabe H Yamaji	5	90	–	–	117	–
ch h Soccer Boy (JPN) - Floral Magic (USA) (Affirmed)
Held up in rear, last straight, headway on outside from 2f out, finished strongly

4⁽⁸⁾ nk [4]	8. Stay Gold (JPN) 71/10 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee	Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee	7	90 b	–	–	116	–
b h Sunday Silence (USA) - Golden Sash (JPN) (Dictus)
Mid division, disputed 6th entering straight, went 2nd briefly 1 1/2f out, one pace, lost 3rd close home

5⁽¹⁾ ¾ [4¾]	1. Meisho Doto (IRE) 39/10 Y Yasuda I Yasuda	Y Yasuda I Yasuda	5	90	–	–	115	–
b h Bigstone (IRE) - Princess Reema (USA) (Affirmed)
Held up on inside, 9th straight, disputed 2nd briefly on inside over 1/2f out, one pace

6⁽⁷⁾ nse [5]	7. Golan (IRE) 23/1 Johnny Murtagh Sir Michael Stoute	Johnny Murtagh Sir Michael Stoute	3	810	–	–	117	–
b c Spectrum (IRE) - Highland Gift (IRE) (Generous)
Mid division, disputed 10th entering straight, stayed on at one pace under pressure final 2f

7⁽¹¹⁾ ½ [5½]	11. Indigenous (IRE) 114/1 W C Marwing I W Allan	W C Marwing I W Allan	8	90	–	–	114	–
br g Marju (IRE) - Sea Port I (Averof)
Raced in 3rd, 4th straight, disputed 2nd briefly over 1 1/2f out, one pace

8⁽⁹⁾ 1¼ [6¾]	9. White Heart 62/1 Gary Stevens Neil Drysdale	Gary Stevens Neil Drysdale	6	90	–	–	112	–
b g Green Desert (USA) - Barari (USA) (Blushing Groom)
Held up, last halfway, stayed on at one pace final 2f

9⁽¹³⁾ 3 [9¾]	13. With Anticipation (USA) 22/1 Masayoshi Ebina Jonathan E Sheppard	Masayoshi Ebina Jonathan E Sheppard	6	90 b	–	–	107	–
gr g Relaunch (USA) - Fran's Valentine (USA) (Saros)
Raced in 2nd until slightly hampered and dropped back to 4th halfway, led 2 1/2f out to 2f out, weakened

10⁽²⁾ 1 [10¾]	2. American Boss (USA) 117/1 Teruo Eda F Tago	Teruo Eda F Tago	6	90	–	–	106	–
b h Kingmambo (USA) - Redeemer I (USA) (Dixieland Band)
Raced in 6th, weakened 2f out

11⁽¹⁵⁾ 2 [12¾]	15. Daiwa Texas (JPN) 140/1 Yoshitomi Shibata S Masuzawa	Yoshitomi Shibata S Masuzawa	8	90 b	–	–	102	–
ch h Tolomeo - Rabe Decollete (JPN) (No Attention)
Close up, pulled hard early, 5th straight, soon weakened

12⁽³⁾ 2½ [15¼]	3. Cagney (BRZ) 25/1 Mike E Smith Richard E Mandella	Mike E Smith Richard E Mandella	4	90	–	–	98	–
b c Roy (USA) - Donnegalle (BRZ) (Campero)
Always in rear, finished lame

13⁽¹⁴⁾ nse [15¼]	14. Paolini (GER) 17/1 Andreas Suborics A Wohler	Andreas Suborics A Wohler	4	90	–	–	98	–
ch c Lando (GER) - Prairie Darling (Stanford)
Started slowly, pulled hard in rear, never a factor

14⁽⁵⁾ dist [45¼]	5. To The Victory (JPN) 33/1 Hirofumi Shii Yasuo Ikee	Hirofumi Shii Yasuo Ikee	5	810	–	–	–	–
b m Sunday Silence (USA) - Fairy Doll (USA) (Nureyev)
Started slowly, towards rear until rapid headway around outside to lead over 4f out, headed 2 1/2f out, weakened quickly

15⁽¹²⁾ 2½ [47¾]	12. Timboroa 25/1 J D Bailey Robert Frankel	J D Bailey Robert Frankel	5	90	–	–	–	–
b h Salse (USA) - Kisumu I (Damister)
Led to over 4f out, 2nd straight, soon weakened

15 ran Winning time: 2m 23.80s Total SP: 128%
1st owner: Yomoji Saito (Jungle Pocket) 1st breeder: Northern Farm
2nd owner: Masatsugu Takezono (T M Opera O)
3rd owner: Y Oki (Narita Top Road)

6:20 Tokyo (JPN) 25 Nov 2001

Japan Cup (Grade 1)