Full Result 6.20 Tokyo (JPN) | 30 November 2008

Japan Cup (Grade 1) (Turf)

(3yo+) 1m4f Firm

1st £1,141,577 2nd £454,645 3rd £285,781 4th £170,879 5th £112,420 6th £78,694 7th £67,452 8th £56,210 9th £33,726

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁶⁾	16. Screen Hero (JPN) 40/1 Mirco Demuro Yuichi Shikato	Mirco Demuro Yuichi Shikato	4	90	–	–	123	–
ch c Grass Wonder (USA) - Running Heroine (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Always close up, 5th 5f out, close 7th on outside straight, ridden and headway well over 1f out, led 150yds out, driven out

2⁽⁹⁾ ½	9. Deep Sky (JPN) 12/5F Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon	Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon	3	810	–	–	124	–
b c Agnes Tachyon (JPN) - Abi (Chief's Crown)
Mid-division on outside straight, good headway 2f out, chased winner last 150yds, ran on well

3⁽⁴⁾ ¾ [1¼]	4. Vodka (JPN) 27/10 Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii	Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii	4	810	–	–	117	–
b f Tanino Gimlet (JPN) - Tanino Sister (JPN) (Rousillon)
Led 1f, settled in 3rd, 4th straight, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, every chance briefly 1f out, ran on same pace

4⁽¹³⁾ hd [1½]	13. Matsurida Gogh (JPN) 7/1 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda	Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda	5	90	–	–	120	–
br h Sunday Silence (USA) - Paper Rain (USA) (Bel Bolide)
Soon racing in 4th, 3rd straight, led well over 1f out to 150yds out, ran on

5⁽¹⁾ nk [1¾]	1. Oken Bruce Lee (JPN) 63/10 Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi	Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi	3	810	–	–	122	–
ch c Jungle Pocket (JPN) - Silver Joy (CAN) (Silver Deputy)
Always well in touch, 6th straight, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong

6⁽²⁾ 1¼ [3]	2. Meisho Samson (JPN) 11/2 Mamoru Ishibashi Shigetada Takahashi	Mamoru Ishibashi Shigetada Takahashi	5	90	–	–	118	–
b h Opera House - My Vivien (JPN) (Dancing Brave)
Always well in touch, 5th straight on inside, hard ridden to go 3rd 2f out, ran on one pace

7⁽⁷⁾ nk [3¼]	7. Never Bouchon (JPN) 111/1 Norihiro Yokoyama Masanori Ito	Norihiro Yokoyama Masanori Ito	5	90	–	–	118	–
bb h Marvelous Sunday (JPN) - Pearl Necklace (Mill Reef)
Led after 1f until headed well over 1f out, kept on

8⁽¹⁵⁾ ¾ [4]	15. Asakusa Kings (JPN) 119/10 Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Ryuji Okubo	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Ryuji Okubo	4	90	–	–	116	–
b c White Muzzle - Croupier Star (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Always mid-division, kept on one pace final 2f

9⁽⁶⁾ nse [4]	6. Purple Moon (IRE) 54/1 Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani	Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani	5	90	–	–	116	–
ch g Galileo (IRE) - Vanishing Prairie (USA) (Alysheba)
Some progress in mid-division 5f out, hard ridden over 1f out, never a factor

10⁽⁸⁾ ½ [4½]	8. Toho Alan (JPN) 33/1 Shinji Fujita Hideaki Fujiwara	Shinji Fujita Hideaki Fujiwara	5	90	–	–	115	–
b h Dance In The Dark (JPN) - Hidden Dance (USA) (Nureyev)
Mid-division, one pace final 2f

11⁽¹⁰⁾ nk [5]	10. Osumi Grass One (JPN) 58/1 Yuga Kawada Yoshiyuki Arakawa	Yuga Kawada Yoshiyuki Arakawa	6	90	–	–	115	–
ch h Grass Wonder (USA) - Hokko Oka (JPN) (Lindo Shaver)
Always in rear

12⁽¹⁷⁾ nk [5¼]	17. Admire Monarch (JPN) 118/1 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda	7	90	–	–	114	–
b h Dream Well (FR) - Split The Night (JPN) (Tony Bin)
Always towards rear

13⁽¹¹⁾ 1¼ [6½]	11. Sixties Icon 50/1 Johnny Murtagh Jeremy Noseda	Johnny Murtagh Jeremy Noseda	5	90	–	–	112	–
b h Galileo (IRE) - Love Divine (Diesis)
Always towards rear

14⁽¹⁴⁾ 1½ [8]	14. Papal Bull 25/1 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	5	90	–	–	110	–
b h Montjeu (IRE) - Mialuna (Zafonic)
Towards rear, trying to close on inside straight, soon driven, beaten over 1f out

15⁽³⁾ nk [8¼]	3. Tosen Captain (JPN) 98/1 Olivier Peslier Katsuhiko Sumii	Olivier Peslier Katsuhiko Sumii	4	90	–	–	110	–
gr c Jungle Pocket (JPN) - Sunday Picnic (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Always in rear, last straight

16⁽⁵⁾ ½ [8¾]	5. Daiwa Wild Boar (JPN) 126/1 Hiroshi Kitamura Hiroyuki Uehara	Hiroshi Kitamura Hiroyuki Uehara	3	810	–	–	111	–
b c Agnes Tachyon (JPN) - Seigniorage (USA) (Nureyev)
Mid-division until weakened approaching straight

17⁽¹⁸⁾ 3 [11¾]	18. Cosmo Bulk (JPN) 107/1 Masami Matsuoka Kazunori Tabe	Masami Matsuoka Kazunori Tabe	7	90	–	–	104	–
b h Zagreb (USA) - Iseno Tosho (JPN) (Tosho Boy)
Soon pressing leader, 2nd straight, weakened over 2f out