FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: June 2, 2024

SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 74TH YASUDA KINEN (G1)The Yasuda Kinen, a race to determine the best miler of the spring season, has welcomed just over 50
foreign-trained horses since its designation as an international race in 1993, including 1995 champion
Heart Lake (GB, by Nureyev) from the UAE, 2000 winner Fairy King Prawn (AUS, by Danehill) fromHong Kong and the winner of the 2006 Champions Mile-Yasuda Kinen double, Bullish Luck (USA, byRoyal Academy). The race joined the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series in 2016, enabling its winners toearn automatic starting position in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1, 1,600m), while the first three finishers of
this race are eligible to start in the French mile G1s, the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin deLongchamp.
Past Yasuda Kinen winners that have subsequently become the season’s Horse of the Year include Oguri
Cap (JPN, by Dancing Cap; ’90), Taiki Shuttle (USA, by Devil’s Bag; ’98), Vodka (JPN, by Tanino
Gimlet; ’08 &’09), Lord Kanaloa (JPN, by King Kamehameha; ’13) and Maurice (JPN, by Screen
Hero; ’15). Last year, Songline (JPN, by Kizuna) successfully defended her Yasuda Kinen title and given
the JRA Award Best Miler title before retiring from racing at the end of the season.
This year’s edition welcomed the first foreign contenders in six years—seven-time G1 winner RomanticWarrior and the 2024 Stewards’ Cup (G1, 1,600m) victor Voyage Bubble from Hong Kong.
The home team, taking on the challenge, included key runners coming off respective prep races were;from the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (G3, 1,600m, Mar.30), Parallel Vision (1st); from the Osaka Hai(G1, 2,000m, Mar.31), Stella Veloce (4th) and 2022 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1, 2,000m)
victor Geoglyph (5th); from the Milers Cup (G2, 1,600m, Apr.21), 2023 Mile Championship (G1,1,600m) runner-up Soul Rush (1st) and 2022 Mile Championship winner Serifos (2nd); from theVictoria Mile (G1, 1,600m, May.12), Fierce Pride (2nd) and 2023 Mile Championship victor Namur(8th); and from the Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2, 1,400m, May.11), Red Mon Reve (2nd) and 2022 NHK
Mile Cup (G1, 1,600m) champion Danon Scorpion (4th). Also among the field were Gaia Force,runner-up in the February Stakes (G1, dirt, 1,600m) and Elton Barows who came off an eighth in theChampions Mile (G1, 1,600m, Apr.28).
THE 74TH YASUDA KINEN (G1)3-year-olds & up, 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs), turf, left-handed
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Tokyo Racecourse
11th Race
Post Time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 388,800,000 (about US$ 2,758,000 <US$1=¥141>)
3-y-o: 54kg (about 119 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 58kg (about 128 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares,
1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2020, 2kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2021
Course Record: 1:30.5
Race Record: 1:30.9 [Indy Champ (JPN, by Stay Gold), 2019]
Safety factor: 18 runners
Going: Good
Weather: Drizzle
FP

BK

PP

HorseJockey

147

Romantic Warrior (IRE)*
James McDonald

235

Namur (JPN)
Yutaka Take

3510

Soul Rush (JPN)
Joao Moreira

412

Gaia Force (JPN)
Yoshihito Nagaoka

5817Serifos (JPN)
Yuga Kawada

S&AColor
Wgt

G6b.
58.0
M5b.
56.0
H6d.b.
58.0
H5g.
58.0
H5ch.

Odds(Fav)

Margin(L3F)

3.6
(1)

1:32.3(33.4)

10.0
(4)

1/2
(32.9)

4.0(2)

Nose(33.1)

11.6
(5)

1(33.5)

6.1
(3)

1/2
(33.0)

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Acclamation
Folk Melody(Street Cry)
Harbinger
Sambre et Meuse(Daiwa Major)
Rulership
Eternal Bouquet(Manhattan Cafe)
Kitasan Black
Natale(Kurofune)
Daiwa Major
Sea Front

Owner
BreederTrainer

Pak Fai Lau
Corduff Stud & T.J.Rooney
Chap Shing Shum
Carrot Farm Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
Tomokazu Takano
Tatsue Ishikawa
Shimokobe Farm
Yasutoshi Ikee
KR JapanOiwake Farm
Haruki Sugiyama
G1 Racing Co., Ltd.
Oiwake Farm

624Geoglyph (JPN)
Hiroshi Kitamura

7612

Fierce Pride (JPN)
Ryusei Sakai

8816
B

Elton Barows (JPN)
Atsuya Nishimura

9713

Stella Veloce (JPN)
Norihiro Yokoyama

1048

Air Lolonois (JPN)
Hideaki Miyuki

1123

Red Mon Reve (JPN)
Kazuo Yokoyama

12714

Corepetiteur (JPN)
Yasunari Iwata

1359Parallel Vision (JPN)
Christophe Lemaire14611B

Win Carnelian (JPN)
Kosei Miura

15818

Danon Scorpion (JPN)
Keita Tosaki

1611

Catedral (JPN)
Arata Saito

17715

Voyage Bubble (AUS)*
Zachary Purton

1836Dobune (JPN)
Yuji Hishida

58.0
H5ch.
58.0
M6
br.
56.0
C4b.
58.0
H6d.b.
58.0
G7b.
58.0
H5b.
58.0
C4ch.
58.0
H5b.
58.0
H7ch.
58.0
H5b.
58.0
H8b.
58.0

(Le Havre)
Drefong
Aromatico(King Kamehameha)
Deep Impact
Strawberry Fair(Kingmambo)
Deep Brillante
Shonan Carat(Brian's Time)Bago
Oh My Baby(Deep Impact)
King Kamehameha
Air One Piece(Rock of Gibraltar)
Lord Kanaloa
Last Groove(Deep Impact)
Just a Way
Vegas Night(Coronado's Quest)
KizunaArt Brut(Makfi)
Screen Hero
Cosmo Crystal(Meiner Love)
Lord Kanaloa
Lexie Lou(Sligo Bay)Heart's Cry
Abyla(Rock of Gibraltar)

43.9
(12)

1-1/4(34.0)

54.8
(13)

Nose(34.2)

63.1
(14)

1/2
(33.6)

16.4(7)

Neck(34.1)

107.8
(16)

1-1/4
(33.5)

36.2(10)

Nose(33.2)

125.3
(17)

Neck(33.3)

15.4
(6)

Neck(34.1)

18.9(9)Nose(34.8)

36.9(11)

1-3/4(34.4)

212.1(18)

Neck(34.0)

G6
b.
58.0

17.3(8)Head(34.5)

Deep Field
Raheights(Rahy)

H5bl.
58.0

71.1
(15)

1(35.4)

Deep Impact
Premier Steps(Footstepsinthesand)

Mitsumasa Nakauchida
Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
Tetsuya Kimura
Godolphin
Godolphin
Sakae Kunieda
Hirotsugu Inokuma
Hirotsugu Inokuma
Haruki Sugiyama
Teruo Ono
Northern Racing
Naosuke Sugai
Lucky Field Co., Ltd.
Tsunebumi Yoshihara
Kazuhide Sasada
Tokyo Horse Racing Co., Ltd.
Hidetoshi Yamamoto
Masayoshi Ebina
Makoto Kato
Shadai Farm
Kazuya Nakatake
Carrot Farm Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
Sakae Kunieda
Win Co., Ltd.
Cosmo View Farm
Yuichi Shikato
Danox Co., Ltd.
K. I. Farm
Yuichi Fukunaga
Carrot Farm Co., Ltd.
Northern Racing
Manabu Ikezoe
Sunshine And
Moonlight Syndicate
Torryburn StudPoon Fai Yiu
Susumu Fujita
Shadai Farm
Koshiro Take

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 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: ¥ 20,019,056,900

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 31,740,500,400

Attendance: 44,577

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.7

¥ 360

No.7

¥ 160

No.5

¥ 300

No.10

¥ 150

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

3-4¥ 2,100

Quinella

5-7¥ 2,850

5-7¥ 1,260

Exacta7-5¥ 4,220

7-10

¥ 350

Trio

5-7-10¥ 3,280

5-10

¥ 920

Trifecta

7-5-10¥ 17,740

Winner= 20 starts: 15 wins & 3 seconds / Added & stakes money: ¥ 183,780,000 / Career earnings: approx.¥2,768,080,000

Romantic Warrior Takes First Yasuda Kinen Title in 18 Years for Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Romantic Warrior demonstrated a powerful performance as race favorite to take thisyear’s Yasuda Kinen title which extended his G1 winning streak to five and eighth victory overall at thislevel. His G1 resume so far includes three consecutive Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2,000m) victories

between 2022 and 2024, back-to-back Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) titles in 2022 and 2023, the Cox Plate(2,040m) in 2023, the Hong Kong Gold Cup (2,000m) and his first G1 victory at a mile in the Yasuda
Kinen. The son of Acclamation becomes the fourth foreign winner after Heart Lake (1995), Fairy King
Prawn (2000) and Bullish Luck (2006). The Yasuda Kinen victory is the first win in Japan for both trainer
Chap Shing Shum and jockey James McDonald.
The race broke off with Dobune taking the leading spot and Win Carnelian pressing the pace on hisoutside. Romantic Warrior, breaking from stall seven, was settled comfortably in sixth and two-wide.
The multiple G1 champion struggled briefly for room in early stretch but once a clear path opened in
front of him around 300 meters out, the son of Acclamation found his stride, taking command at the200-meter pole and stormed home with incredible speed, holding off the fast-closing runner-up by
half-a-length.
“It was a great moment (to win this race). I had been working on finding the right horse to bring here torace in Japan so it was really exciting and a happy moment. I have had connections with Japan both inbusiness and also within the racing circle and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to race here thistime. The racing track here is wide and very fair and beautiful. I had heard from my friends in Hong Kong
about the big fan base in Japan but it was even more than I expected and I feel that they are very
enthusiastic. I understand that the Japanese horses are very strong—last time in Hong Kong two Japanesehorses nearly beat us and I’ve seen the Japanese horses racing in Dubai and in Australia so I know thatthey are of good quality. After this race, I think the horse should be quite tired, he’s had a big season sothe option (to race in the Takarazuka Kinen) may not be a possibility this time,” commented owner Pak
Fai Lau.
“I have a world-class jockey, James McDonald, he’s the champion jockey at the moment and I have every
confidence in him. He loves Romantic Warrior and Romantic Warrior loves him—he does his best forhim. I’ve been lucky to be given a lot of experience from Ivan Allan and travel with his horses to theYasuda Kinen and the Japan Cup in the past. Romantic Warrior’s best distance is 2,000 meters but inHong Kong, the straight is 400 meters where in Tokyo it’s 525 and the hill goes up at 350 meters anddown and flat at 250, so you need a horse that can handle 1,800 meters at Tokyo. After discussing withthe owner, we have decided that the horse should be given a rest so he won’t race anymore this season,”added trainer Chap Shing Shum.
“I’m just extremely proud, very honored to be traveling with such a good horse and to showcase him tosuch passionate racing fans. The whole team had done a very very good job. The race went perfectly asplanned—we had a plan of being in the first half of the field—he enabled us to sit in a very comfortable
position throughout. Before the start he was a bit fresh and above himself so I felt that he was definitelyon the job and as always, he was there when I asked him for a supreme effort. Once he hit the front with200 meters to run, it was going to have to be a good horse to go pass him because there’s not many who
can go pass him when he’s in full flight with a furlong to go. He’s a proven champion, he’s won one of
the toughest races in Australia in the Cox Plate, he’s won two Hong Kong Cups taking on strong
opposition and now has come to Japan and won a mile race, a little bit shorter than his best distance. He
always rises to the occasion and that’s the beauty of this horse, he’s got a heart of a lion and tremendous
ability,” said jockey James McDonald.
Namur broke nicely and unrushed but not too far behind the mid-field group, shifted out and circled wide
to secure a clear path on the outside into the straight and unleased a fine turn of speed, the fastest over thelast three furlongs, to reach contention outside Soul Rush with a furlong to go and out-finished that foe
by a nose for second, while 1/2 length short of the winner.

Soul Rush sat in mid-division keeping an eye on the eventual winner, a few lengths in front. Gradually
picking up speed over the giving ground with about 300 meters to go, the son of Rulership closed in
impressively but was unable to match the winner and nosed out at the wire by Namur, finishing third.
Sent off eighth pick, Hong Kong’s other contender Voyage Bubble also broke well and traveled on theheels of the eventual winner in around seventh. In good striking position, this year’s G1 Stewards’ Cup
champion shifted to an outer path entering the lane and remained a factor but ran out of steam in the last
300 meters and faded to 17th.
“He had a good round—he was in a good spot just outside Romantic Warrior but he just didn’t fire in thestraight. It’s twice now he’s gone left-handed, and he’s performed poorly both times so I think
left-handed is not really suitable for him—we’ll get him back down right-handed. He’s handled soft
ground in Hong Kong before. He traveled well and his actions were fine so I don’t think the track was an
excuse for us. The barrier draw didn’t make a difference as well,” commented jockey Zachary Purton.
Other Horses:
4th: (2) Gaia Force—hugged rails in mid-field, boxed in entering straight, managed to escape following
winner, good effort
5th: (17) Serifos—settled third from rear early, followed Namur to reach contention
6th: (4) Geoglyph—among front runners while saving ground, checked behind horses 200m out
7th: (12) Fierce Pride—prominent early and into straight, appeared to inherit lead but soon out-rallied
8th: (16) Elton Barows—in mid division along rails, slow to find clearing at straight while showing
effort9th: (13) Stella Veloce—moved up quickly soon after start to join front runners, weakened 200m out
10th: (8) Air Lolonois—traveled fourth from rear, rallied with Red Mon Reve to wire, finished willingly
11th: (3) Red Mon Reve—trailed in rear, showed effort in stretch but never reached contention
12th: (14) Corepetiteur—settled 2nd from rear, even paced at stretch
13th: (9) Parallel Vision—sat in mid-division, chased winner into stretch, lacked needed response
14th: (11) Win Carnelian—pressed pace in second, briefly took over lead in early stretch, gave way inlast furlong
15th: (18) Danon Scorpion—lost ground taking widest route in mid-pack, nothing left in straight
16th: (1) Catedral—saved ground fifth from rear, shifted paths in stretch for late run, came up empty
18th: (6) Dobune—set pace into stretch, caught 300 meters out, used up from early efforts
Fractional time (sec./furlong):

12.1 - 11.0 - 11.4 - 11.9 - 12.0 - 11.3 - 11.2 - 11.4
Last 4 furlongs: 45.9
Last 3 furlongs: 33.9

Positions at each corner:

3rd corner
4th corner

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

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.