Major Emblem (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) justified favoritism in good style to win the G1 Hanshin Fillies under a confident ride from Christophe Lemaire. Victory in this prestigious contest crowns the winner Champion juvenile filly in Japan in which she beat the fast finishing Win Fabulous (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) by two lengths, with Blanc Bonheur (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn} further back in third. Major Emblem won her maiden back in June and built on that debut promise with a subsequent allowance victory. She met her only defeat when chinned by Denko Ange (Jpn) (Meisho Samson {Jpn}) in the G3 Artemis S. in Tokyo Oct. 31, but she made no mistake on Sunday, taking control of the race along way from home and running out a comfortable winner. The winning rider was fulsome in his praise for the Yasuhito Tamura trained filly and commented, “She surprisingly broke very well and I'm glad we drew an inner stall. She is easy to ride and was relaxed today. She ran strongly to the finish line and I'm very happy we were able to claim the G1 race. She's an amazing filly and I'm sure she'll do well in the classics.”
HANSHIN JUVENILE FILLIES-G1, ¥125,180,000, ($1,035,486) Hanshin, 12-13, 2yo f, 1600mT, 1:34.50, fm.
1–MAJOR EMBLEM (Jpn), 119, f, 2, Daiwa Major (Jpn)
1st Dam: Catchy Title (Jpn), by Opera House (GB)
2nd Dam: Titled (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Her Ladyship (GB), by Polish Precedent
O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm; T-Yasuhito Tamura; J-Christophe Lemaire; ¥66,316,000 Lifetime: 4-3-1-0. Werk Nick Rating: D+ Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Win Fabulous (Jpn), 119, c, 2, Stay Gold (Jpn)-Summer Eternity (Jpn), by Admire Cozzene (Jpn).
O-Win Inc.; B-Cosmo View Farm; ¥26,376,000.
3–Blanc Bonheur (Jpn), 119, f, 2, by Deep Impact (Jpn)-Le Sucre (Jpn), by Sakura Bakushin-Oh (Jpn).
O-Yoko Maeda; B- North Hills; ¥16,188,000
Margins: 2, 1.1/4, Neck; Odds: 1.50, 32.30, 6.80
Also ran: Peptide Supple (Jpn), At the Seaside (Jpn), Personnalite (Jpn), Denko Ange (Jpn), Crocosmia (Jpn), Admire Lead (Jpn) Dead Heat: Candy Barows (Jpn), Maj or Typhoon (Jpn), Meisho Suizuki (Jpn), Queue du Lapin (Jpn), Medjerda (Jpn), Win Mireille (Jpn), Gentle Heart (Jpn), Ma Cherie Girl (Jpn), Kirishima Ojo (Jpn). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for the JRA chart and video.
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