The sector for the forty fourth working of the Nov. 24 Japan Cup (G1T) contains three European runners: Auguste Rodin , Goliath , and Improbable Moon . Mixed, they’ve received 9 graded or group 1 stakes.
Nevertheless, the race has been received by locally-trained horses for 18 consecutive years and Japan is hoping to retain its title.
The flag-bearer of the Japanese crew is Do Deuce, a 5-year-old horse who collected his fourth top-level win at Tokyo Oct. 27 within the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1T). Do Deuce defeated Equinox within the 2022 Japanese Derby (G1T), on the similar course and similar distance. He’s ridden by Yutaka Take, one among two jockeys to win the Japan Cup 4 occasions.
The opposite is Christophe Lemaire, who rides the sphere’s lone 3-year-old filly Cervinia. In Could she received the Japanese Oaks (G1T) and her type is extremely regarded. Her successful time within the Oaks was 0.3 seconds sooner than the time of Danon Decile within the Japanese Derby (G1T), which occurred on the similar course and distance one week later.
Current information show that 3-year-old fillies might be aggressive within the Japan Cup, as Gentildonna and Almond Eye received the Japan Cup in 2012 and 2018, respectively. Curren Bouquets’or and Liberty Island completed second in 2019 and 2023, respectively, and Daring Tact completed third in 2020.
