Full Result 6.25 Nakayama (JPN) | 28 December 2014

Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) (1m4f110yds) 1m4½f Firm

1st £1,166,322.55 2nd £464,326.68 3rd £289,515.94 4th £172,057.81 5th £114,705.21

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	4. Gentildonna (JPN) 77/10 Keita Tosaki Sei Ishizaka	Keita Tosaki Sei Ishizaka	5	89	–	–	117	–
b m Deep Impact (JPN) - Donna Blini (Bertolini)
Prominent in main body of field, closed and ridden to challenge into straight, stayed on well and led towards finish, asserted

2⁽⁶⁾ ¾	6. To The World (JPN) 30/1 William Buick Yasutoshi Ikee	William Buick Yasutoshi Ikee	3	89	–	–	121	–
b c King Kamehameha (JPN) - To The Victory (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Midfield, ridden 2f out, stayed on and went 2nd close home, not reach winner

3⁽¹⁴⁾ nse [¾]	14. Gold Ship (JPN) 5/2F Yasunari Iwata Naosuke Sugai	Yasunari Iwata Naosuke Sugai	5	90 b	–	–	120	–
gr h Stay Gold (JPN) - Point Flag (JPN) (Mejiro McQueen)
Held up in midfield, headway on wide outside over 2f out, ridden and effort to challenge into straight, stayed on well for 3rd but not quite pace of winner

4⁽¹⁵⁾ nk [1]	15. Just A Way (JPN) 18/5 Yuichi Fukunaga Naosuke Sugai	Yuichi Fukunaga Naosuke Sugai	5	90	–	–	119	–
b h Heart's Cry (JPN) - Sibyl (JPN) (Wild Again)
Held up towards rear, ridden and fanned wide into straight, stayed on well final furlong and went 4th post, nearest finish

5⁽¹³⁾ nse [1¼]	13. Epiphaneia (JPN) 3/1 Yuga Kawada Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuga Kawada Katsuhiko Sumii	4	90	–	–	119	–
b c Symboli Kris S (USA) - Cesario (JPN) (Special Week)
Tracked leader, led going strongly 2f out, ridden and quickened into straight, strongly pressed throughout final furlong, stayed on but headed towards finish, no extra

6⁽⁵⁾ hd [1¼]	5. Lachesis (JPN) 35/1 Cristian Demuro Katsuhiko Sumii	Cristian Demuro Katsuhiko Sumii	4	89	–	–	114	–
b f Deep Impact (JPN) - Magic Storm (USA) (Storm Cat)
Prominent in main body of field, ridden and effort to challenge into straight, stayed on same pace final furlong and held

7⁽⁷⁾ nk [1¾]	7. Last Impact (JPN) 166/10 Yuji Hishida Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Yuji Hishida Hiroyoshi Matsuda	4	90	–	–	119	–
bb c Deep Impact (JPN) - Superior Pearl (JPN) (Timber Country)
Midfield on inner, travelled strongly into straight, angled off rail to look for run entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on well but never able to challenge, nearest finish

8⁽¹⁾ 1 [2¾]	1. Tosen Ra (JPN) 218/10 Yutaka Take Hideaki Fujiwara	Yutaka Take Hideaki Fujiwara	6	90	–	–	117	–
bb h Deep Impact (JPN) - Princess Olivia (USA) (Lycius)
Prominent on inner in main body of field, ridden into straight, stayed on same pace and lost multiple places towards finish

9⁽¹²⁾ nk [3]	12. Denim And Ruby (JPN) 118/1 Suguru Hamanaka Katsuhiko Sumii	Suguru Hamanaka Katsuhiko Sumii	4	89	–	–	111	–
b f Deep Impact (JPN) - Venenciador (JPN) (King Kamehameha)
Held up in midfield, ridden 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, switched left and stayed on well final furlong but never able to challenge

10⁽¹⁰⁾ hd [3¼]	10. Fenomeno (JPN) 143/10 Hironobu Tanabe Hirofumi Toda	Hironobu Tanabe Hirofumi Toda	5	90	–	–	116	–
bb h Stay Gold (JPN) - De Laroche (IRE) (Danehill)
Took keen hold, midfield, ridden 2f out, hung right under pressure in straight and soon outpaced, plugged on but well held

11⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [4¾]	11. Satono Noblesse (JPN) 80/1 Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee	Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee	4	90	–	–	114	–
bb c Deep Impact (JPN) - Cry With Joy (JPN) (Tony Bin)
Held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, fanned wide into straight, plugged on but no impression and well held

12⁽⁹⁾ nse [4¾]	9. Win Variation (JPN) 34/1 Kota Fujioka Masahiro Matsunaga	Kota Fujioka Masahiro Matsunaga	6	90	–	–	114	–
b h Heart's Cry (JPN) - Super Ballerina (CAN) (Storm Bird)
Held up in midfield, ridden 2f out, outpaced and well held final furlong

13⁽³⁾ ½ [5¼]	3. One And Only (JPN) 108/10 Norihiro Yokoyama Kojiro Hashiguchi	Norihiro Yokoyama Kojiro Hashiguchi	3	89	–	–	114	–
bb c Heart's Cry (JPN) - Virtue (JPN) (Taiki Shuttle)
Took keen hold, midfield on inner, ridden and lost place when angled out into straight, outpaced and beaten soon after, eased final furlong

14⁽²⁾ nk [5½]	2. Verxina (JPN) 77/1 Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Tomomichi	Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Tomomichi	5	89	–	–	107	–
bl m Deep Impact (JPN) - Halwa Sweet (JPN) (Machiavellian)
Pushed along to go forward and led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon no extra and beaten, weakened on rail in straight

15⁽⁸⁾ 2 [7½]	8. Meisho Mambo (JPN) 85/1 Koshiro Take Yuji Iida	Koshiro Take Yuji Iida	4	89	–	–	104	–
b f Suzuka Mambo (JPN) - Meisho Momoka (JPN) (Grass Wonder)
Steadied and held up in last, ridden over 2f out, no impression and beaten in straight, never a factor

16⁽¹⁶⁾ nse [7½]	16. Ocean Blue (JPN) 86/1 Masayoshi Ebina Yasutoshi Ikee	Masayoshi Ebina Yasutoshi Ikee	6	90	–	–	109	–
b h Stay Gold (JPN) - Peu A Peu (GER) (Dashing Blade)
Held up in last pair, ridden 2f out, outpaced and beaten in straight, never threatened

16 ran Winning time: 2m 35.30s Total SP: 127%
1st owner: Sunday Racing Co Ltd (Gentildonna) 1st breeder: Northern Racing
2nd owner: Carrot Farm Co Ltd (To The World)
3rd owner: Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings LLC (Gold Ship)

6:25 Nakayama (JPN) 28 Dec 2014

Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Turf)