Full Result 6.25 Nakayama (JPN) | 25 December 2011

Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) (1m4f110yds) 1m4½f Firm

1st £1,602,652.35 2nd £638,332.81 3rd £398,105.46 4th £236,817.18 5th £157,878.12

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	9. Orfevre (JPN) 6/5F Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee	Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee	3	89	–	–	127	–
ch c Stay Gold (JPN) - Oriental Art (JPN) (Mejiro McQueen)
Held up, improvement on outer over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, comfortably

2⁽⁵⁾ ¾	5. Eishin Flash (JPN) 26/1 Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Hideaki Fujiwara	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Hideaki Fujiwara	4	90	–	–	123	–
bb c King's Best (USA) - Moonlady (GER) (Platini)
Midfield, challenge going well over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong but not pace of winner

3⁽⁷⁾ nk [1]	7. To The Glory (JPN) 46/1 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasutoshi Ikee	Yuichi Fukunaga Yasutoshi Ikee	4	90	–	–	123	–
b c King Kamehameha (JPN) - To The Victory (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Midfield, ridden to improve over 1f out, very strong run inside final furlong but not reach front pair

4⁽¹⁴⁾ ¾ [1¾]	14. Rulership (JPN) 52/1 Ioritz Mendizabal Katsuhiko Sumii	Ioritz Mendizabal Katsuhiko Sumii	4	90	–	–	121	–
b c King Kamehameha (JPN) - Air Groove (JPN) (Tony Bin)
Held up in last duo, ridden over 2f out, ran on to take 4th final 100yds

5⁽¹⁰⁾ nk [2]	10. Tosen Jordan (JPN) 41/5 Craig A Williams Yasutoshi Ikee	Craig A Williams Yasutoshi Ikee	5	90	–	–	121	–
b h Jungle Pocket (JPN) - Every Whisper (JPN) (Northern Taste)
Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, outpaced by leading pair inside final furlong, kept on but lost 2 places final 100yds

6⁽³⁾ ¾ [2¾]	3. Hiruno D'Amour (JPN) 29/1 Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon	Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon	4	90	–	–	120	–
b c Manhattan Cafe (JPN) - Share Elegance (JPN) (Lammtarra)
Midfield on inner, ridden over 2f out, slightly short of room inside final furlong, ran on final 50yds

7⁽¹⁾ ¾ [3½]	1. Buena Vista (JPN) 11/5 Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda	5	89	–	–	114	–
bb m Special Week (JPN) - Biwa Heidi (JPN) (Caerleon)
Tracked leaders on rail, ridden over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, kept on

8⁽²⁾ nse [3¾]	2. Victoire Pisa (JPN) 92/10 Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko Sumii	Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko Sumii	4	90	–	–	119	–
bb c Neo Universe (JPN) - Whitewater Affair (Machiavellian)
Tracked leader in clear 2nd, ridden 2f out, challenged over 1f out, outpaced inside final furlong, weakened

9⁽¹³⁾ nk [4]	13. Red Davis (JPN) 172/10 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi	Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi	3	89	–	–	119	–
b g Agnes Tachyon (JPN) - Dixie Jazz (JPN) (Tony Bin)
Midfield, improvement on outer over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 1 1/2f out, kept on

10⁽¹²⁾ nk [4¼]	12. Earnestly (JPN) 126/10 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki	Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki	6	90	–	–	118	–
b h Grass Wonder (USA) - Lettre D'Amour I (JPN) (Tony Bin)
Led at steady pace, ridden over 1 1/2f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened

11⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [5¾]	11. Jaguar Mail (JPN) 76/1 Hirofumi Shii Noriyuki Hori	Hirofumi Shii Noriyuki Hori	7	90 b	–	–	116	–
b h Jungle Pocket (JPN) - Haya Beni Komachi (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Held up, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, no further progress

12⁽⁸⁾ 2 [7¾]	8. Rose Kingdom (JPN) 50/1 Hiroki Goto Kojiro Hashiguchi	Hiroki Goto Kojiro Hashiguchi	4	90	–	–	113	–
bb c King Kamehameha (JPN) - Rosebud (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Held up in last duo, ridden 2f out, no progress and not persevered with final furlong

13⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [9½]	6. King Top Gun (JPN) 132/1 Yoshitomi Shibata Ippo Sameshima	Yoshitomi Shibata Ippo Sameshima	8	90	–	–	110	–
b h Mayano Top Gun (JPN) - Glittering Flower (JPN) (Maruzensky)
Held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened

13 ran Winning time: 2m 36.00s Total SP: 126%
Non-runners: Pelusa
1st owner: Sunday Racing Co Ltd (Orfevre) 1st breeder: Shadai Corporation Inc
2nd owner: Toyomitsu Hirai (Eishin Flash)
3rd owner: Carrot Farm Co Ltd (To The Glory)

6:25 Nakayama (JPN) 25 Dec 2011

Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Turf)