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Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) - Soul Stirring Becomes First G1 Winner for Frankel
Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1)

Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1)

Race Favorite Soul Stirring remained undefeated in her third career win that stamped her claim as a strong candidate for the season’s champion two-year-old filly title and a Grade One winner of the 2016 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. Winning her debut in July, she proceeded to win the Ivy Stakes (1,800m) on October 22 prior to her first grade-race challenge. She becomes the tenth filly to claim the G1 title undefeated—the first since 2013 when Red Reveur won the race. Trainer Kazuo Fujisawa marked his 23rd JRA-G1 victory—his last G1 win was with Spielberg in the 2014 Tenno Sho (Autumn)—while Christophe Lemaire, who also won the same race last year with Major Emblem, is now just one short of reaching a milestone of ten JRA-G1 wins. Lemaire’s most recent G1 victory before today was in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, G1, 3,000m) with Satono Diamond.

Unfazed by the filly beside her rearing in the starting gate, Soul Stirring made a clean break and took advantage of her inside draw, staying near the pace around fourth or fifth along the rails up to the last corner, edged closer to the leader approaching the 200-meter pole then pulled away with ease while managing to hold off a strong charging Lys Gracieux for a 1-1/4-length victory, covering the mile distance in 1:34.0.

“I’m ecstatic. It’s so special because I used to also ride her dam Stacelita (winner of six G1 titles in Europe and USA) and Soul Stirring is out of her and by that great horse Frankel. I was confident from the beginning and we were in a good position and she was relaxed. She easily hit the front at the stretch and with her big strides and stamina; I think she can go a little bit further in distance,” commented Christophe Lemaire.

Lys Gracieux bided her time outside a rival, sitting well off the pace among the rear group, and made headway along the outside rounding the third corner. Staying wide into the homestretch, the Heart’s Cry filly edged past her rivals then responded well to Keita Tosaki’s left-hand urgings passing the furlong pole, switched into top gear which clocked the fastest 600-meter finish, and overtook Reine Minoru within the last 50 meters with increasing speed but was unable to reach the winner for second.

Reine Minoru was the quickest out of the gate and settled outside and about half a length behind the eventual winner in the front group. Surrounded by horses rounding the final turn, Masayoshi Ebina angled the Daiwa Major filly slightly to the outside for a clear run down the center lane and the filly ran gamely while never a threat to the winner and caught by Lys Gracieux in the final stages for third.

[Other Horses]
4th: (1) Dipavamsa—stalked winner, ran gamely until 100m out, then outrun by 2nd and 3rd finishers
5th: (17) Vous Etes Jolie—traveled near rear, accelerated along rails at stretch
6th: (13) Gold Cape—ran outside winner, sustained bid until 200m out, outrun thereafter
7th: (8) Satono Alicia—trailed in rear, turned wide, accelerated, but belatedly
8th: (12) Arinna—set pace, led until 200m marker, weakened in last 100m
9th: (15) Feldberg—sat 2nd from rear, showed belated charge at stretch
10th: (14) Suzukaze—raced wide in mid group, checked at early stretch, passed tired rivals
11th: (11) Jeune Ecole—eased back in mid-pack, ran gamely until 200m pole, weakened thereafter
12th: (7) Black Onyx—settled in mid-division, failed to respond at stretch
13th: (6) Show Way—chased leader in 2nd, used up 300m out
14th: (16) Sigrun—ran 3-wide in mid-group, switched to outside at early stretch, lacked needed kick
15th: (10) Queen’s Sarina—raced in mid-pack, unable to reach contention
16th: (9) Just the Marine—traveled 4-wide in mid-division, never fired at stretch
17th: (5) Pompon—took economic trip toward rear, never a threat
18th: (3) M O Venus—rank at start, missed break, 3rd-4th from rear, no factor

THE 68TH HANSHIN JUVENILE FILLIES (G1)
2-year-old Fillies, 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs), turf, right-handed
Sunday, December 11, 2016   Hanshin Racecourse      11th Race    Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 140,200,000 (about US$ 1,168,000 <US$1=¥120>)
2yo: 54kg (about 119 lbs), 3 kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2014
Safety factor: 18 runners

FP BK PP Horse Sex
Age
Wgt
(kg)
Sire
Dam
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Breeder
Margin
(L3F)
Odds
(Fav)
1 1 2 Soul Stirring
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Frankel
Stacelita
C. Lemaire
K. Fujisawa
Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
1:34.0
(34.8)
2.8
(1)
2 8 18 Lys Gracieux
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Heart’s Cry
Liliside
K. Tosaki
Y. Yahagi
U. Carrot Farm
Northern Farm
1-1/4
(34.5)
3.0
(2)
3 2 4 Reine Minoru
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Daiwa Major
Daiwa Angel
M. Ebina
M. Honda
Minoru Yoshioka
Fujiwara Farm
1-3/4
(35.2)
6.9
(3)
4 1 1 Dipavamsa
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Deep Brillante
Polonnaruwa
A. Starke
T. Matsushita
U. Carrot Farm
Northern Racing
2
(35.3)
13.0
(5)
5 8 17 Vous Etes Jolie
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Lohengrin
French Bikini
R. Wada
M. Nakauchida
Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
1/2
(35.2)
17.2
(6)
6 7 13 Gold Cape
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Workforce
Jewel of Nile
G. Maruyama
Y. Arakawa
Green Farm
Shadai Farm
Neck
(35.9)
177.3
(14)
7 4 8 Satono Alicia
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Harbinger
La Luce
K. Ikezoe
O. Hirata
Hajime Satomi
Northern Farm
1/2
(35.0)
36.3
(7)
8 6 12
B
Arinna
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Matsurida Gogh
Wunder Sonne
H. Tanabe
S. Matsumoto
Normandy Thoroughbred Racing Co., Ltd.
Okada Stud
Nose
(36.3)
51.6
(8)
9 7 15 Feldberg
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Black Tide
Princess Blue
S. Kawashima
Y. Arakawa
Toru Kato
Mishima Bokujo
1-3/4
(35.0)
462.1
(18)
10 7 14 Suzukaze
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Deep Brillante
Valensole
D. Matsuda
M. Ito
K. Hidaka Breeders Union
Fujiwara Breeding Stud
1/2
(36.2)
288.8
(17)
11 6 11 Jeune Ecole
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Kurofune
Luminous Point
M. Barzalona
T. Yasuda
Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.
Northern Farm
3/4
(36.3)
8.0
(4)
12 4 7 Black Onyx
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Black Tide
Larimar
Y. Kido
K. Kato
Makio Okada
Hirotomi Bokujo
1/2
(36.1)
145.9
(13)
13 3 6 Show Way
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Meisho Bowler
Realmente
F. Matsuwaka
T. Saito
Manabu Yoshitomi
Mitsuru Nakawaki
1-1/4
(36.9)
94.1
(10)
14 8 16 Sigrun
(JPN)
F2 54.0 I’ll Have Another
Walkure
K. Fujioka
T. Miya
Makio Okada
Okada Stud
1/2
(36.4)
69.8
(9)
15 5 10 Queen’s Sarina
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Danon Chantilly
Keiai Gallery
V. Cheminaud
M. Nishimura
Kazuhiro Kameda
Junior Stud Ltd
7
(37.5)
119.8
(12)
16 5 9 Just the Marine
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Deep Brillante
Love as Gift
H. Shii
M. Makiura
Just Time Club
Nasuno Bokujo
1-1/4
(38.0)
100.8
(11)
17 3 5 Pompon
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Black Tide
Popochan
T. Kato
K. Tanaka
Mill Farm Co., Ltd.
Hakutsu Bokujo
Neck
(37.5)
261.1
(15)
18 2 3 M O Venus
(JPN)
F2 54.0 Grass Wonder
M O Miracle
H. Kowata
Y. Shikato
Mitsugu Oasa
Mitsugu Oasa
7
(38.3)
282.8
(16)
FP=Final Position / BK=Bracket Number / PP=Post Position / B=Blinker / Wgt=Weight / L3F=Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m)
NOTE1: *Foreign Contenders
NOTE2: Figures quoted under Odds are Win Odds, which show the amount of money you get back per single unit (100yen), and Fav indicates the order of favorites.

WINNING TIME: 1:34.0 GOING: Firm WEATHER: Fine
TURNOVER FOR THE RACE ALONE: ¥ 11,495,966,800
TURNOVER FOR THE DAY: ¥ 19,102,903,200 ATTENDANCE: 28,819

PAY-OFF (for ¥100)
WIN No.2 ¥280 BRACKET QUINELLA 1-8 ¥300 QUINELLA 2-18 ¥510
PLACE No.2 ¥120 QUINELLA PLACE 2-18 ¥240 EXACTA 2-18 ¥900
No.18 ¥120 2-4 ¥430 TRIO 2-4-18 ¥1,210
No.4 ¥170 4-18 ¥350 TRIFECTA 2-18-4 ¥4,250
  1. 1.Soul Stirring (JPN), dark bay or brown, filly, 2-year-old
    Frankel / Stacelita (Monsun)
    Owner: Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. Breeder: Shadai Farm  
    Trainer: Kazuo Fujisawa Jockey: Christophe Lemaire  
    3 Starts, 3 Wins    
    Added money: ¥ 66,288,000 Career earnings: ¥ 89,498,000  

  2. 2.Lys Gracieux (JPN), dark bay or brown, filly, 2-year-old
    Heart’s Cry / Liliside (American Post)
    Owner: U. Carrot Farm Breeder: Northern Farm
    Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi Jockey: Keita Tosaki

  3. 3.Reine Minoru (JPN), chestnut, filly, 2-year-old
    Daiwa Major / Daiwa Angel (Taiki Shuttle)
    Owner: Minoru Yoshioka Breeder: Fujiwara Farm
    Trainer: Masaru Honda Jockey: Masayoshi Ebina
Fractional Time (sec./furlong): 12.4 - 11.0 - 11.3 - 12.0 - 12.1 - 11.5 - 11.5 - 12.2
Last 4 furlongs: 47.3          Last 3 furlongs: 35.2

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

Note1: Underlined bold number indicates the winning horse.
Note2: 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 is distance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.

 

* Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1)

Races for two-year-olds were held for the first time in 1946 at Tokyo. As the number of contenders increased, championship races—the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (predecessor to the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes) and the Hanshin Sansai Stakes (predecessor to the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies)—which determined the top two-year-olds of the season in eastern and western Japan, respectively, were established in 1949. In conjunction with the new grading system implemented, the two races were designated G1 status in 1984. In 1991, the two races were divided by gender into two separate G1 events; the Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes for two-year-old fillies and the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes for two-year-old colts and geldings, then renamed “Hanshin Juvenile Fillies” and “Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes”, respectively, in 2001. The race, which started off initially as a 1,200-meter sprint, was extended to 1,400 meters in 1960 and to 1,600 meters in 1962. In 2010, the race was opened to foreign runners.
Recent winners of the race include many successful G1 champions such as two-time Horse of the Year Vodka (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet) who won seven G1 titles; Buena Vista (JPN, by Special Week), also Horse of the Year of 2010 and subsequent winner of six G1 races; and 2009 champion Apapane (JPN, by King Kamehameha) who subsequently won the Triple Crown titles for three-year-old fillies—the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas, G1, 1,600m), the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, G1, 2,400m) and the Shuka Sho (G1, 2,000m)—in 2010. Last year’s winner, Major Emblem (JPN, by Daiwa Major) also became a successful G1 winner of the NHK Mile Cup (G1, 1,600m) in May this year.
Jeune Ecole came off her victory against colts in the Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (G2, 1,600m) on November 12 with Dipavamsa finishing fourth in the same race. Reine Minoru finished second against colts in the Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (G2, 1,400m) on November 5 following her victory in the Kokura Nisai Stakes (G3, 1,200m) in September.  Meanwhile, Show Way was runner-up in the Fantasy Stakes (G3, 1,400m), also on November 5, the race in which Queen’s Sarina finished fourth and Black Onyx eighth.
Lys Gracieux claimed her first grade-race title in the Artemis Stakes (G3, 1,600m) on October 29 prior to her G1 challenge with Sigrun following in third and Satono Alicia in fifth.
Vous Etes Jolie was another grade-race winner against male rivals in the Niigata Nisai Stakes (G3, 1,600m) on August 28 while Soul Stirring made her G1 debut coming off two undefeated starts and carrying high expectations as one of the first-crop filly by legendary Frankel.
Other runners included Arinna who won the Shumeigiku Sho (1,400m) on November 20 and Gold Cape who claimed the Shiragiku Sho (1,600m) on November 27.
Vodka (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet) is the current race record holder at 1:33.1 over the mile distance.

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