![]() ![]() ![]() “I was actually surprised when I realized that we had won in a record. “I am relieved to have been able to show the world, which I know was watching, how the race favorite would run, that he is indeed a deserving colt to be named the highest rated colt” Lemaire said. “He’s not exactly what you call a horse with incredible speed, but he was able to keep up with today’s rapid pace and get into another gear at the end. Maintaining a nice rhythm a few lengths behind the leader who set a rapid pace of 57.7 seconds in the first five furlongs, Equinox already was within a length of Gaia Force, who inherited the lead at the quarter pole.Īs soon as he took the lead with three-sixteenths of a mile to go, the 4-year-old Kitasan Black colt pulled away easily and uncontested for a 2 1/2-length victory. With all 11 starters breaking smoothly, Equinox followed Jack d’Or, who rushed out for the lead and set the pace, into a nice forward position just off the rail in third position. He previously won with Rey de Oro in 2018, Almond Eye in 20 and this colt in last year. ![]() Jockey Christophe Lemaire had just won the Kikuka Sho with Durezza last week and registered his 47th Group 1 win in Japan with his fifth autumn Tenno Sho victory. Trainer Tetsuya Kimura claimed his sixth Japan Grade 1 victory, the latest being the Takarazuka Kinen with this colt. The brilliant star romps in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) in record time. ![]()
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