FROM: Media & Publicity Department,
THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: November 28, 2021

SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 41ST JAPAN CUP (G1)
The Japan Cup, in its 41st year, continues to attract some of the top turf horses from around theworld—67 runners from North America, 147 from Europe, 26 from Oceania and five from Asia—while anumber of runners have made this race their starting point towards further international success infollowing years.
Racing fans were mesmerized by last year’s historic version where three Triple Crown winners AlmondEye (JPN, by Lord Kanaloa), Contrail and Daring Tact (JPN, F4, by Epiphaneia) showed a fascinating
performance in dominating the top three places, in that order, while the sole foreign contender and GrandPrix de Saint-Cloud winner Way To Paris (GB, by Champs Elysees) from France, finished 10th.
This year, the Japan Cup welcomed three European contenders: from Ireland, Broome, this year’s GrandPrix de Saint-Cloud (G1, 2,400m) winner, and Japan, two-time G1 victor as a three-year-old, both ofwhom had come off a second and fourth, respectively, in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1, 2,400m, Nov.6);
and from France, Grand Glory who claimed her first G1 title in the Prix Jean Romanet (G1, 2,000m) andmarked a runner-up effort in the following Prix de l’Opera (G1, 2,000m, Oct.3).
The home team taking on the challenges included Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1, 2,000m; Oct.31) finishers;
2020 Triple Crown winner Contrail (2nd), 2021 Niigata Daishoten (G3, 2,000m) victor Sanrei Pocket(4th), three-time graded champion You Can Smile (9th), 2019 Copa Republica Argentina (G2, 2,500m)
winner Muito Obrigado (10th), and this year’s Osaka Hai (G1, 2,000m) runner-up Mozu Bello (13th).
The top three finishers of the Kyoto Daishoten (G2, 2,400m, Oct.10) were at the gate as well; 2016 TokyoYushun (Japanese Derby, G1, 2,400m) champion Makahiki, this year’s American Jockey Club Cup (G2,2,200m) victor Aristoteles, and 2017 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, G1, 3,000m) winner Kiseki, inthat order, along with two runners coming off their Copa Republica Argentina (Nov.7) starts; winner
Authority who defended his title and 2019 Challenge Cup (G3, 2,000m) champion Lord My Way whowas 13th.
Also among the field were; Shahryar, this year’s Tokyo Yushun victor who finished fourth in his latest
Kobe Shimbun Hai (G2, 2,200m, Sep.26) start; Shadow Diva, winner of the Fuchu Himba Stakes (G2,1,800m, Oct.16); this year’s Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, G1, 2,400m) victor Uberleben, coming off a
13th in the Shuka Sho (G1, 2,000m, Oct.17); 2018 Tokyo Yushun champion Wagnerian who was sixthin his latest Fuji Stakes (G2, 1,600m, Oct.23) endeavor and Windjammer made his first attempt at thehighest level in the Japan Cup.
The 41st Japan Cup (G1) in association with LONGINES – Japan Autumn International –3-year-olds & up, 2,400 meters (about 12 furlongs), turf, left-handed
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Tokyo Racecourse
12th Race
Post Time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 648,000,000 (about US$ 6,172,000 <US$1=¥105>)
3-y-o: 55 kg (about 121 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 57 kg (about 126 lbs)
2 kg allowance for Fillies & Mares, 2 kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2018
Course Record: 2:20.6
Race Record: 2:20.6 [Almond Eye (JPN), 2018]
Safety factor: 18 runners
Going: Good to Firm
Weather: FineFP

BKPP

HorseJockey

112

Contrail (JPN)
Yuichi Fukunaga

247

Authority (JPN)
Christophe Lemaire

32

4

Shahryar (JPN)

S&A
Color
Wgt

C4
br.
57.0
C4
b.
57.0
C3

Odds(Fav)

Margin(L3F)

1.6(1)

2:24.7(33.7)

7.1(3)

2(34.4)

3.7

1-1/2

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Deep Impact
Rhodochrosite(Unbridled's Song)
OrfevreRosalind(Symboli Kris S)
Deep Impact

OwnerBreederTrainer

Shinji Maeda
North Hills Co,. Ltd.
Yoshito Yahagi
Silk Racing Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
Tetsuya Kimura
Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.

Yuga Kawada

4612Sanrei Pocket (JPN)
Katsuma Sameshima

536

Grand Glory (GB)*
Cristian Demuro

6714

Uberleben (JPN)
Mirco Demuro

7611

Shadow Diva (JPN)
Norihiro Yokoyama

8818Japan (GB)*Yutaka Take

959

Aristoteles (JPN)
Takeshi Yokoyama

1035

Kiseki (JPN)
Ryuji Wada

1123Broome (IRE)*
Ryan Moore

12816

You Can Smile (JPN)
Yusuke Fujioka

13713Mozu Bello (JPN)
Kenichi Ikezoe

14715

Makahiki (JPN)
Kota Fujioka

15510

Lord My Way (JPN)
Kosei Miura

1611B

Muito Obrigado (JPN)
Yoshitomi Shibata

1748
B

Windjammer (JPN)
Hiroshi Kitamura

18817

Wagnerian (JPN)
Keita Tosaki

d.b.
55.0
H6
d.b.
57.0

(2)

(34.4)

70.5
(10)

3/4
(34.5)

56.6
(8)

3/4
(34.2)

25.5(5)

Neck(34.2)

76.4
(11)

1/2
(34.8)

59.3(9)Neck(34.3)

20.5
(4)

1(35.3)37.4(7)1(36.6)29.0(6)1/2(34.8)

240.1
(14)

1(34.7)278.8(16)1-1/2(34.8)

76.9(12)

Neck(34.9)

397.5
(18)

3(35.5)

258.8
(15)

Neck(35.1)

311.5
(17)

Head(35.4)

94.6
(13)

Neck(36.6)

M5
b.
55.0
F3
br.
53.0
M5
d.b.
55.0
H5b.
57.0
C4
b.
57.0
H7
d.b.
57.0
H5b.
57.0
H6
b.
57.0
H5b.
57.0
H8
b.
57.0
H5b.
57.0
H7
b.
57.0
G4
b.
57.0
H6b.
57.0

Dubai Majesty(Essence of Dubai)
Jungle Pocket
Admire Punch(Wild Rush)Olympic Glory
Madonna Lily(Daylami)
Gold Ship
Meine Theresia(Roses in May)Heart's Cry
Diamond Diva(Dansili)
Galileo
Shastye(Danehill)
Epiphaneia
Blue Diamond(Deep Impact)
Rulership
Blitz Finale(Deep Impact)
Australia
Sweepstake(Acclamation)
King Kamehameha
Mood Indigo(Dance in the Dark)
Deep Brillante
Harlan's Ruby
(Harlan's Holiday)
Deep Impact
Wikiwiki(French Deputy)
Just a Way
Feliz(Jungle Pocket)
Rulership
Pisa no Graf
(Sunday Silence)
Spielberg
Crown Athlete(Afleet)
Deep Impact
Miss Encore(KingKamehameha)

Northern Farm
Hideaki FujiwaraKeiji Nagai
Samani Kyoei Bokujo
Yoshitada Takahashi
Albert Frassetto, John D'amato& Mike Pietrangelo
Elevage Haras de Bourgeauville
Gianluca Bietolini
Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co., Ltd.
Big Red Farm
Takahisa Tezuka
Three H Racing Co., Ltd.
Northern Racing
Makoto Saito
M. Matsushima, Mrs. J. Magnier,
M. Tabor & D. Smith
Newsells Park Stud
Aidan O'Brien
Hideko Kondo
Hideko Kondo
Hidetaka Otonashi
Tatsue Ishikawa
Shimokobe Farm
Yasuyuki Tsujino
M. Matsushima, Mrs. J. Magnier,
M. Tabor & D. Smith
Epona Bloodstock Ltd
Aidan O'Brien
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd.
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc.
Yasuo Tomomichi
Capital System Co., Ltd.
Murata Bokujo
Naoyuki Morita
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd.
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc.
Yasuo Tomomichi
Lord Horse Club Co., Ltd.
K. I. Farm
Haruki Sugiyama
Ichikawa Yoshimi Holdings Co., Ltd.
Yoshimi Ichikawa
Koichi Tsunoda
Nobutaka Tada
Terukatsu Fujisawa
Kazuo Fujisawa
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd.
Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc.
Yasuo Tomomichi

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: ¥ 21,505,732,400

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 31,949,954,800

Attendance: 10,099

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.2

¥ 160

No.2

¥ 110

No.7¥ 140

No.4

¥ 120

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

1-4

¥ 530

Quinella

2-7

¥ 530

2-7

¥ 210

Exacta

2-7

¥ 670

2-4

¥ 150

Trio

2-4-7

¥ 510

4-7

¥ 330

Trifecta

2-7-4¥ 1,780

Winner= 11 starts, 8 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third / Added money: ¥ 303,822,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 1,195,294,000

Contrail Signs Off Stellar Career with Strong Japan Cup VictoryOdds-on favorite Contrail romped to a two-length victory claiming this year’s Japan Cup and fifth G1triumph in his career-finale performance. After claiming the 2019 Hopeful Stakes (2,000m) as a
two-year-old, the Deep Impact colt went on to sweep the Triple Crown—the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000
Guineas, 2,000m), the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, 2,400m) and the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger,3,000m) and, with the Japan Cup victory, is now tenth on the JRA list of career earnings with a total of
JPY 1,195,294,000. Trainer Yoshito Yahagi is now the proud owner of 14 JRA-G1 wins—his latest
victory was with the colt in last season’s Kikuka Sho—while jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, following his
recent Sprinters Stakes victory with Pixie Knight in October, has collected a total of 32 JRA-G1 wins.
Breaking well from the second most inner stall, Contrail was settled under Fukunaga in mid-pack andtwo-wide, while Kiseki made rapid headway in the backstretch from the rear, taking over the front at thethird corner, extending his lead by six to seven lengths. By the time the field hit the top of the straight, thebrown colt had shifted to the outside with clear running room in front of him and displayed his trademark
explosive kick, shaking off Shahryar after a brief rally at the furlong pole then turned up an extra gear toeasily put away Authority 100 meters out for a convincing two-length win.
“All I have now is mixed feelings of relief and lonesomeness. In the colt’s latest start (Tenno Sho(Autumn)), he broke poorly so I told him, while he was walking in the paddock earlier, to stay calm at thestart. It worried me a bit since the pace was slow and he wasn’t in that good a position, but we had tuned
him up to perfection and the colt gave us all he had in the straight. I have to admit I was under a lot ofpressure during the two years he was at my stable, but I think it has helped me in becoming more mature,and I can’t thank him enough. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to win the Arc with an offspring of hissomeday?”, commented trainer Yoshito Yahagi.
“The colt had issues before his debut, so there were always concerns about his form, but I am so proud of
how he proved himself today—I’m overwhelmed. All I did today was believe in him. He broke well andeverything went just perfectly. He has given me every jockey’s dream and I am utterly grateful. The coltshone a bright light over a gloomy year due to the pandemic last season. I’m relieved that we can send
him off to his next career with this victory,” commented jockey Yuichi Fukunaga after the race.
Posted third favorite, four-year-old Authority sat in fourth behind Shadow Diva, turned wide into thelane while passing Wagnerian and ran strongly, inheriting the lead from the tired pacesetter 300 metersout, but was gunned down in the last half furlong by the eventual winner for second.
Second favored three-year-old colt Shahryar ran in fifth down the backstretch, entered the straight rightbehind Authority and in front of Contrail, ran willingly up the hill but was checked when rallying withthe closing winner and had nothing left to tag the runner-up, finishing 1-1/2-lengths behind Authority inthird.
French raider Grand Glory was the top finisher among the three foreign contingents. Unhurried after thebreak, the Olympic Glory mare saved ground along the rails in mid-division in ninth or tenth position.
Angling out off the rails coming into the final turn, Grand Glory exerted an impressive turn of speed
going up the long uphill stretch and geared up further from the 200-meter marker to make ground andfinish fifth, five-lengths from the winner.

“I am very satisfied with her performance and her result at fifth-place. She appeared to lose a bit ofbalance and lean to the inside but thankfully Cristian got her back on her feet by the stretch. She’s
mentally very strong and the experience to run in the Japan Cup was fantastic for us. It’s a great race andwe would love to come back with another horse,” commented trainer Gianluca Bietolini.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better result—having finished fifth in this competition is almost likewinning for us. She was in super form, almost as good as when I rode her in the Prix Jean
Romanet—which we won. The pace was very fast for this mare, but she handled it remarkably,”commented Cristian Demuro.
Japan broke sharply from an outside stall but was eased back to mid-field, choosing to move to the inside
to save ground behind Grand Glory. Angled out at early stretch for a clear run, the Galileo horseattempted to make his bid with the eventual winner in view but was unable to cause a serious threat but
held on for eighth.
“The track may have been a bit too fast for this horse. He was able to secure a good spot but wasn’t able
to keep up with the pace,” commented Patrick Keating.
Broome was slow out of the gate and gradually worked his way up to mid-division along the backstretch
outside Grand Glory, but struggled to find another gear with 400 meters to go and even paced to finish11th.
“He missed his break and that cost him,” said Patrick Keating. “He missed his break. The pace was slow
but he wasn’t able to pick up speed in the end,” added Ryan Moore.
Other Horses:
4th: (12) Sanrei Pocket—sat in front of winner, angled out, showed effort although unable to threaten top
finishers while besting the rest
6th: (14) Uberleben—raced near winner, struggled to find clear path at early stretch, showed 2nd fastest latespeed, belatedly
7th: (11) Shadow Diva—chased leaders in third, remained in contention until 100m out, weakened
9th: (9) Aristoteles—disputed lead and made pace, opening gap to 4 to 5 lengths, gave way to Kiseki while
keeping second position, unable to sustain bid and overtaken
10th: (5) Kiseki—held back after break, headway along backstretch, led rounding 3rd corner and pulled away
to open gap to 6 lengths, soon used up and outrun by foes at furlong pole
12th: (16) You Can Smile—further back than mid-division early, weakened after uphill stretch
13th: (13) Mozu Bello—near rear, raced wide throughout and unable to make up ground14h: (15) Makahiki—raced second from last, unable to reach contention
15h: (10) Lord My Way—broke a fraction slow and raced behind, unable to make ground from wide turn
16th: (1) Muito Obrigado—trailed in rear, never a factor
17th: (8) Windjammer—mid-division early, even paced and outrun in last furlong
18h: (17) Wagnerian—broke sharply and tracked leader in 2nd, tired and faded
Fractional time (sec./furlong):

12.7 - 11.5 - 12.8 - 12.6 - 12.6 - 12.3 - 11.6 - 11.6 - 11.7 - 11.6 - 11.5 - 12.2
Last 4 furlongs: 47.0
Last 3 furlongs: 35.3

Positions at each corner:

1st corner
2nd corner
3rd corner
4th corner

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

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.