FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: March 24, 2024

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 54TH TAKAMATSUNOMIYA KINEN (G1)
The Takamatsunomiya Kinen, one of two G1 championship events for sprinters held by the JRA together
with the Sprinters Stakes (G1, 1,200m) in autumn, was formerly named Takamatsunomiya Cup in honorof Prince Takamatsunomiya who presented the trophy to the winner in 1971. The race was shortened
from 2,000 meters to 1,200 meters and granted a Japanese G1 status in 1996, then renamed
Takamatsunomiya Kinen in 1998. The first of flat turf G1 events held annually, the race was temporarily
shifted to Hanshin Racecourse in 2011 and was contested over the newly renovated track back at Chukyo
in the following year with added challenges of an uphill and a longer homestretch exceeding 400 meters.
The Takamatsunomiya Kinen was designated an international race in 2001 and welcomed its first two
foreign participants—Disturbingthepeace (13th) and Echo Eddie (17th)—from the U.S. in 2003 and waspart of the Global Sprint Challenge, the international championship series for sprinters between 2011 and2017. Aerovelocity (NZ, by Pins) from Hong Kong became the first foreign horse to win the race in 2015
and Blizzard (AUS, by Starcraft), also from Hong Kong, finished fifth in 2018. This year’s edition
welcomed Victor The Winner from Hong Kong, the first foreign entrant in six years and winner of theCentenary Sprint Cup (G1, 1,200m).
While 2023 champion First Force (JPN, by Lord Kanaloa) did not defended his title, having retired tostud, 2023 Sprinters Stakes champion and JRA Award Best Sprinter Mama Cocha kicked off her 2024
season in this race. Runners coming off prep races included Lugal, winner of the Silk Road Stakes (G3,1,200m, Jan.28); So Dazzling, Namura Clair and Meikei Yell, who finished first, second and tenth,respectively, in the Kyoto Himba Stakes (G3, 1,400m, Feb.17); Win Marvel, victor of the Hankyu Hai(G3, 1,400m, Feb.25); and Toshin Macau, winner of the Ocean Stakes (G3, 1,200m, Mar.2). The spring
1,200-meter G1 event also featured Mad Cool, runner-up in the 2023 Sprinters Stakes, and ChampagneColor, winner of the 2023 NHK Mile Cup (G1, 1,600m).
THE 54TH TAKAMATSUNOMIYA KINEN (G1)4-year-olds & up, 1,200 meters (about 6 furlongs), turf, left-handed
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Chukyo Racecourse
11th Race
Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 368,200,000 (about US$ 2,612,000 <US$1=¥141>)
4-y-o & up: 58kg (about 128 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares,
1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2020
Course Record: 1:06.2
Race Record: 1:06.7 [Big Arthur (JPN, by Sakura Bakushin O), 2016]
Safety factor: 18 runners
Going: Yielding
Weather: Drizzle
FP

BK

PP

Horse
Jockey112

Mad Cool (IRE)
Ryusei Sakai

223

Namura Clair (JPN)
Suguru Hamanaka

3510

Victor The Winner (AUS)*
Ka Chun Leung

4713
B

566

7

S&A
ColorWgt

Odds(Fav)

Margin(L3F)

9.6
(6)

1:08.9(33.7)

5.4
(2)

Head(33.2)

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

9.6
(5)

3(34.5)Win Carnelian (JPN)
Kosei Miura

H5
g.
58.0
M5
br.
56.0
G6
d.b.
58.0
H7
ch.
58.0

32.6
(11)

1-1/2(34.6)

Dark AngelMad About You(Indian Ridge)
Mikki IsleSun Queen(Storm Cat)
Toronado
Noetic(Cape Cross)
Screen Hero
Cosmo Crystal(Meiner Love)

12

Lotus Land (USA)
Yasunari Iwata

M7b.
56.0

35.0(12)

Nose(33.7)

Point of Entry
Little Miss Muffet(Scat Daddy)

35

Toshin Macau (JPN)
Christophe Lemaire

8.4
(4)

1/2(34.2)

11

Big Caesar (JPN)
Hayato Yoshida

21.4
(9)

1/2(34.4)

H5ch.
58.0
C4g.
58.0

Big Arthur
Yukino Mermaid(Special Week)
Big Arthur
Anna Perenna(Tale of Ekati)

Owner
BreederTrainer

Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.
Moyglare Stud Farm LtdManabu Ikezoe
Mutsuhiro Namura
Mutsuhiro Namura
Kodai Hasegawa
Yun Lau Chu
Mr.A Sangster
Chap Shing Shum
Win Co., Ltd.
Cosmo View FarmYuichi Shikato
Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings LLC.
Dr. Aaron Sones& Dr. Naoya Yoshida
Yasuyuki Tsujino
Sato Co., Ltd.
Hattori Bokujo
Mizuki Takayanagi
Masanobu Habata
Akira Nakatsuji
Masato Nishizono

8714

Mama Cocha (JPN)
Yuga Kawada

9611

Meikei Yell (JPN)
Kenichi Ikezoe

1036Lugal (JPN)
Atsuya Nishimura

11715

Divina (JPN)
Mirco Demuro12816B

Win Marvel (JPN)
Kohei Matsuyama

13818

Schwarz Kaiser (IRE)
Takuya Ono

144

8

So Dazzling (JPN)
Yutaka Take

1524Mozu Meimei (JPN)
Yusuke Fujioka

16817
B

Matenro Orion (JPN)
Norihiro Yokoyama

17

5

9

Champagne Color (JPN)
Yutaka Yoshida

18

4

7

T M Spada (JPN)
Akatsuki Tomita

M5b.
56.0
M6
b.
56.0
C4
br.
58.0
M6
b.
56.0
H5ch.
58.0
G6
g.
58.0
F4d.b.
56.0
F4b.
56.0
H5d.b.
58.0
C4ch.
58.0
M5g.
56.0

8.0
(3)

3/4(34.8)

21.9(10)

1/2(34.7)

3.7
(1)

3/4
(34.8)

60.9(13)

3/4(34.1)

16.9
(8)

1-1/2(34.6)

196.1
(18)

3/4
(35.0)

12.3(7)

Neck(34.8)

147.2
(16)

1-1/4
(34.4)

172.5
(17)

3/4
(34.7)

66.8
(14)

2-1/2
(35.1)

104.9
(15)

1-1/2
(36.1)

Kurofune
Buchiko(King Kamehameha)
Mikki Isle
Shiroinger(Harbinger)
Duramente
Atab(New Approach)
Maurice
Verxina(Deep Impact)
I'll Have AnotherCosmo Marvelous(Fuji Kiseki)
Dark Angel
Fashionable(Nashwan)
Heart's CrySo Magic(Symboli Kris S)
Real Impact
In Luxury(Frankel)
Daiwa MajorParthenon(King Kamehameha)
Duramente
Memorial Life(Reckless Abandon)
Red Spada
Toshi the Cozzene(Admire Cozzene)

Kaneko Makoto
Holdings Co., Ltd.
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc.
Yasutoshi Ikee
Nagoya Keiba Co., Ltd.
Northern Racing
Hidenori Take
Yoshimasa Ema
Mishima Bokujo
Haruki Sugiyama
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Northern Racing
Yasuo Tomomichi
Win Co., Ltd.
Cosmo View Farm
Masashi Fukayama
GodolphinRoss Moorhead
Masahiro Otake
Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Hidetaka Otonashi
Capital System Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Hidetaka Otonashi
Chiyono Terada
Murakami Farm
Mitsugu Kon
Yoichi Aoyama
Yoichi Aoyama
Tsuyoshi Tanaka
Masatsugu Takezono
Kobayashi StudKazuyoshi Kihara

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / B: Blinker / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / L3F: Time of Last 3 Furlongs(600m)
Color: b.=bay / bl.=black / br.=brown / ch.=chestnut / d.b.=dark bay / d.ch.=dark chestnut / g.=gray / w.=white
NOTE 1: *Foreign Contender.
NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are shown in form of decimal odds (single unit is ¥100), and Fav indicates the order of favorites.

Turnover for the Race alone: ¥ 15,910,615,800

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 24,186,296,200

Attendance: 28,381

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.2

¥ 960

No.2

¥ 300

No.3

¥ 180

No.10

¥ 340

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

1-2¥ 1,620Quinella2-3¥ 2,110

2-3

¥ 760

Exacta2-3¥ 4,920

2-10¥ 1,900

Trio

2-3-10¥ 10,020

3-10¥ 1,190

Trifecta

2-3-10¥ 58,740

Winner= 12 starts: 6 wins, 1 second & 3 thirds / Added & stakes money: ¥ 173,780,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 333,466,000

Mad Cool Claims First G1 Victory in Takamatsunomiya Kinen
Just missing by a nose in second in the Sprinters Stakes last fall, Mad Cool, who was sent to post sixth
favorite in this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen, landed his first grade-race and G1 title. Debuting inJanuary of his three-year-old season, the son of Dark Angel broke his maiden in his third career start andconcluded the season with four consecutive wins. Registering his fifth victory in the listed Shunrai Stakes(Listed, 1,200m), on yielding going, the gray colt finished second by a nose to Mama Cocha in his firstG1 challenge, the Sprinter Stakes (G1, 1,200m) and capped off his four-year-old campaign in Hong Kongin the Hong Kong Sprint (G1, 1,200m) in which he was eighth. Trainer Manabu Ikezoe collected hissecond JRA-G1 title after the 2022 Hopeful Stakes with Dura Erede while jockey Ryusei Sakai, whose
last G1 victory was with Lemon Pop in the 2023 Champions Cup, registered his fifth career JRA-G1 title.
Mad Cool broke sharply to come out to the front, soon joined by Victor The Winner and Win
Carnelian from the outside, and raced close to the pace while hugging the rails in second or third. Stillkeeping the inside route turning for home, the powerful gray inherited the lead as the pacesetter weakened
at the uphill stretch and continued to pull away while chased by fast-closing Namura Clair from behindto hold off that foe by a head for his first G1 victory.
“I am so glad to have won this race after our narrow defeat last fall (in the Sprinters Stakes). He brokewell and we were in an ideal position, right behind the pace, throughout the trip. The plan to stay in theinside for our attack at the stretch also worked to our advantage and he held on well to deter the chasefrom behind at the end. I’ve been riding this horse from early in his career and the connections had been
eyeing this race from the beginning, but he still has room for improvement so I look forward to his future
as well,” commented jockey Ryusei Sakai.
Second pick Namura Clair was rated in mid-pack while saving ground along the rails early. The Mikki
Isle mare steadily advanced approaching the final turn, stayed along the rails as the field shifted out for
better footing on the outside, crept closer to the eventual winner racing in front approaching the uphill
stretch and closed in on that foe with the fastest finishing speed up to the wire, just missing by a head insecond.
Fifth favorite Victor The Winner was quick out of the gate, disputed the lead with Win Carnelian closebehind on his outside, dictated the pace into the stretch, struggled to find another gear going the uphilland outrun by the Mad Cool and Namura Clair in the last furlong but held on well to finish a goodlength in front of the rest of the field.
“The race went as planned with a quick jump and he got into a good position and today he was even more
fresh than he was in Hong Kong. The track was soft and he fought a little bit because it was his first time
racing in Japan, so it was not 100 percent for him, but he ran very well. When he was asked going uphillin the last 350 meters, he struggled a little bit and he was one paced from there under pressure but I am soproud of him to have run such a good race in Japan,” commented jockey Ka Chun Leung.
Race favorite Lugal broke sharply and stayed close to the pace between rivals in fourth or fifth but failed
to show much after shifting out turning for home and faded to tenth.
Other Horses:
4th: (13) Win Carnelian—stalked leader in 2nd, rallied for lead, showed tenacity
5th: (12) Lotus Land—hugged rails around 13th, launched 2nd fastest late kick
6th: (5) Toshin Macau—ran around 6th, failed to keep up with frontrunners
7th: (1) Big Caesar—saved ground around 6th, showed brief effort
8th: (14) Mama Cocha—tracked leaders around 3rd, failed to sustain bid
9th: (11) Meikei Yell—sat around 6th, angled out, unable to find another gear
11th: (15) Divina—traveled around 15th, failed to respond
12th: (16) Win Marvel—raced around 13th, lacked needed kick
13th: (18) Schwarz Kaiser—positioned 3-wide around 12th, even paced
14th: (8) So Dazzling—settled around 10th, gradually dropped position
15th: (4) Mozu Meimei—trailed in rear, circled wide, unable to reach contention
16th: (17) Matenro Orion—ran 2nd from rear, turned wide, never fired
17th: (9) Champagne Color—raced 3rd from rear, showed little
18th: (7) T M Spada—traveled 3-wide around 6th, dropped back at stretch
Fractional time (sec./furlong):

12.5 - 10.8 - 11.6 - 11.4 - 11.0 - 11.6
Last 4 furlongs: 45.6 Last 3 furlongs: 34.0

Positions at each corner:

3rd corner 10,13(2,6,14)(1,5,7,11)(3,8)18(12,16)(9,15)(4,17)
4th corner 10,13(2,14)(6,11)(1,5,7)(3,18)8(12,16)15(9,17)4

NOTE 1: Underlined bold number indicates the winning horse.
NOTE 2: Horse numbers are indicated in the order of their positions at each corner, with the first position listed first. Two or more horses insidethe same parentheses indicate that they were positioned side by side. Hyphens between the horse numbers indicate that there isdistance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.