FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: June 23, 2024

SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 65TH TAKARAZUKA KINEN (G1)
The Takarazuka Kinen, established in 1960, opened its doors to foreign-trained horses in 1997 and became
the first international grade-one race designated by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee(ICSC) held in western Japan in 2001. The race joined the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series in 2011, enabling
its winner to earn automatic starting position in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1, 2,400m). The winner is alsoeligible to start in the Cox Plate (G1, 2,040m) since 2019. In 2018, the race welcomed Hong Kong’s
2015/16 Horse of the Year Werther (NZ, by Tavistock) who finished a neck second. He was the second
foreign contender to challenge the race since Australian-trained Seto Stayer (AUS, by Bellotto; 9th) in 1997.
This year, the venue was temporarily shifted to Kyoto Racecourse due to the repair of the stands at Hanshin
Racecourse.
It is a Grand Prix (All-Star) race, along with the year-end Arima Kinen (G1, 2,500m), in which the runners
are selected by a fan poll. The fans can cast their votes online to select the ten most popular runners. Amongthe horses entered in the race, ten runners with the most votes are entitled to run in the race while the restof the field is determined in order of earnings.
This year’s contenders that were among the top ten horses voted included: Do Deuce (1st), three-time G1
winner including last year’s Arima Kinen; Bellagio Opera (3rd), the Osaka Hai (G1, 2,000m) champion;
Justin Palace (5th), last year’s Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1, 3,200m) victor; Deep Bond (7th), four-time
graded winner; and Sol Oriens (10th), last year’s Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1, 2,000m) victor.
Other contenders within the top 40 horses voted included Blow the Horn (24th), runner-up of the Tenno
Sho (Spring), Pradaria (30th), three-time graded winner, and Rousham Park (29th) and Rouge Eveil(34th) who came off a second and a third, respectively, in the Osaka Hai.
Horses that were ranked among the top ten but passed up their entry were: Liberty Island (JPN, F4, byDuramente; 2nd); Durezza (JPN, C4, by Duramente; 4th); T O Royal (JPN, H6, by Leontes; 6th); Justin
Milano (JPN, C3, by Kizuna; 8th); and Jantar Mantar (JPN, C3, by Palace Malice; 9th).
THE 65TH TAKARAZUKA KINEN (G1)3-year-olds & up, 2,200 meters (about 11 furlongs), turf, right-handed
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Kyoto Racecourse
11th Race
Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 475,200,000 (about US$ 3,628,000 <US$1=¥131>)3-y-o: 53kg (about 117 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 58kg (about 128 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares,1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2020, 3kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2021
Course Record: 2:09.7
Race Record: 2:09.7 [Titleholder (JPN, by Duramente), Hanshin, 2022]
Safety factor: 18 runners
Going: Yielding
Weather: Cloudy
FP

BKPP

HorseJockey

1812

Blow the Horn (JPN)
Akira Sugawara

269Sol Oriens (JPN)
Takeshi Yokoyama

333

Bellagio Opera (JPN)
Kazuo Yokoyama

457

Pradaria (JPN)
Kenichi Ikezoe

5710Rousham Park (JPN)
Keita Tosaki

S&AColorWgt

H5b.
58.0
C4b.
58.0
C4b.
58.0
H5b.
58.0
H5b.
58.0

Odds(Fav)

Margin(L3F)

7.5
(3)

2:12.0(34.0)

16.9
(7)

2(34.0)11.6(5)

Neck(34.8)

15.1
(6)

Neck(34.9)

10.5
(4)

3(35.3)Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Epiphaneia
Halteclere(Durandal)
Kitasan Black
Skia(Motivator)
Lord Kanaloa
Air Routine(Harbinger)
Deep Impact
Chasse' Roll(Kurofune)
Harbinger
Reinette Groove(King Kamehameha)

Owner
BreederTrainer

Makio Okada
Okada Stud
Tatsuya Yoshioka
Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Takahisa Tezuka
Shorai Hayashida
Tsunebumi Yoshihara
Hiroyuki Uemura
Nagoya Yuho Co., Ltd.
Nagoyayuho Co., Ltd.
Manabu Ikezoe
Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.
Northern Racing
Hiroyasu Tanaka

644Do Deuce (JPN)
Yutaka Take

745

Deep Bond (JPN)
Hideaki Miyuki

8813

Rouge Eveil (JPN)
Yuga Kawada

9711

Yamanin Sympa (JPN)
Taisei Danno

1022

Justin Palace (JPN)
Christophe Lemaire

1111B

Struve (JPN)
Damian Lane

1256Heat on Beat (JPN)
Ryusei Sakai

1368Karate (JPN)
Mirai IwataH5b.
58.0
H7br.
58.0
M5b.
56.0
H6g.
58.0
H5br.
58.0
G5d.b.
58.0
H7b.
58.0
H8d.b.
58.0

2.3
(1)

Neck(34.6)

25.4
(8)

Neck(35.2)

33.8
(10)

Nose(35.3)

165.0
(13)

2(35.3)

3.7
(2)

1-3/4
(35.9)

25.4(9)5(36.7)

162.3
(12)

6(37.3)

133.1
(11)

1-1/2
(37.8)

Heart's Cry
Dust and Diamonds(Vindication)
KizunaZephyranthes(King Halo)
Just a Way
Nothing But Dreams(Frankel)
Deep Impact
Yamaninpapillonner(Swept Overboard)
Deep ImpactPalace Rumor(Royal Anthem)King Kamehameha
Anchuras(Deep Impact)
King Kamehameha
Marcellina(Deep Impact)
To the Glory
Lady no Punch(French Deputy)

Kieffers Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
Yasuo Tomomichi
Shinji Maeda
Murata Bokujo
Ryuji Okubo
Tokyo Horse Racing Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Yoichi Kuroiwa
Hajime Doi
Nishikioka Farm
Takashi Saito
Masahiro Miki
Northern Racing
Haruki Sugiyama
Katsuko Muraki
Oiwake Farm
Noriyuki Hori
Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Yasuo Tomomichi
Hikaru Odagiri
Yuichi Odagiri
Hidetaka Otonashi

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: No Foreign Contenders
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: ¥ 24,605,942,500

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 34,909,758,400

Attendance: 55,530

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.12

¥ 750

No.12

¥ 240

No.9

¥ 400

No.3

¥ 350

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

6-8¥ 3,770

Quinella

9-12¥ 4,890

9-12¥ 1,310

Exacta12-9¥ 9,380

3-12¥ 1,330

Trio

3-9-12¥ 16,020

3-9¥ 2,360

Trifecta

12-9-3¥ 91,680

Winner= 21 starts: 7 wins, 3 seconds & 4 thirds / Added & stakes money: ¥ 222,730,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 485,373,000

Blow the Horn Claims First G1 Title in This Year’s All-Star Takarazuka Kinen
Third favorite Blow the Horn won this year’s Takarazuka Kinen to claim his first G1 victory. Initiallytrained by Eiji Nakano, the son of Epiphaneia debuted as a two-year-old in November, broke his maiden in
his ninth career start in June (Hakodate, 2,000m) at three, and marked another win the same year in
December (Nakayama, 2,500m). Last year, he captured three victories between 2,200-2,600-meter
distances as a four-year-old but pulled up due to an atrial fibrillation in his last start of the season in theKyoto Daishoten (G2, 2,400m) in October. He kicked off this season by registering his first graded title inthe Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Kyoto, G2, 2,400m) in January, and after moving to the current stable with theretirement of the trainer, he finished third in the Hanshin Daishoten (G2, 3,000m) and second in his previous
start, the Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1, 3,200m) at Kyoto Racecourse on April 28. Trainer Tatsuya Yoshioka,
who opened his yard in 2020, claimed his fifth graded win and first G1 title, while jockey Akira Sugawara,
who debuted in 2019 and has partnered with this horse in recent starts, scored his tenth graded and first G1victory.
Five-year-old Blow the Horn broke smoothly from stall 12 and settled second from last, right outside therace favorite. As the field entered the uphill climb in the backstretch, the Epiphaneia bay edged forwardfrom the outside, turned the final corners the widest and passed his rivals one by one in the lane beforetaking the front 100 meters out and pulling away with a powerful late kick that marked the tied fastest threefurlongs for a comfortable two-length victory.
“We were able to win the race because the horse ran really hard despite the heavy going. Although we werepositioned further back than planned and took the widest route, the horse seemed to have plenty of strength
left when we turned the fourth corner so I urged him to go at the stretch and he responded with a remarkable
turn of speed,” commented jockey Akira Sugawara.
Seventh pick and last year’s Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1, 2,000m) victor Sol Oriens settled
wide around seventh, dropped position turning the last corners wide to enter the stretch in 12th, and though
he had too much ground to catch up with the eventual winner, launched the tied fastest late drive to secure
the runner-up seat just before the wire by a neck.
Fifth choice and this year’s Osaka Hai (G1, 2,000m) champion Bellagio Opera chased the pace in fourth,rallied for the lead after the third corner and briefly took command before the 200-meter pole but soon
surrendered the lead and was denied by Sol Oriens for third while holding Pradaria by a neck.
Race favorite Do Deuce traveled in the very rear and took the inner course after entering the stretch to makebid but was unable to catch up with the leaders and finished sixth.
Other Horses:
4th: (7) Pradaria—tracked leader in 2nd, rallied for lead at stretch, weakened in final strides
5th: (10) Rousham Park—raced around ninth early, made headway in backstretch to rally for lead at final
corner, failed to sustain bid while briefly met traffic 200m out
7th: (5) Deep Bond—sat wide around 5th, showed effort at early stretch, unable to keep up with top
finishers
8th: (13) Rouge Eveil—set pace on rails, angled out to stretch, faded after 100m out
9th: (11) Yamanin Sympa—trailed in rear, advanced after 1,200m to go, lacked needed kick
10th: (2) Justin Palace—traveled around 7th, driven near favorite but failed to respond
11th: (1) Struve—took economic trip around 9th, briefly made headway, showed little at stretch
12th: (6) Heat on Beat—saved ground around 5th, advanced to 3rd at one point, faded after 3rd corner
13th: (8) Karate—stalked leader in 2nd early, gradually dropped back
Fractional time (sec./furlong):

12.4 - 10.9 - 12.3 - 12.7 - 12.7 - 12.9 - 12.2 - 11.4 - 11.7 - 11.3 - 11.5
Last 4 furlongs: 45.9
Last 3 furlongs: 34.5

Positions at each corner:

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

13,8(3,7)-5,6(2,9)(1,10)(4,12)11
13,7,8,3-(6,5)(2,9)(1,10)(4,12)11(*13,7)(3,10)(8,1,2)5,6(11,12)9,4(13,*7,3)10(2,5)(8,1,11,12)(4,9)6

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.