Lemon Pop holds on to win Champions Cup again in swan song
Godolphin’s Lemon Pop concluded his stellar career with a repeat victory in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo, just lasting by a nose from the rallying Wilson Tesoro. […]
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Jun Light Bolt strikes late to deny Crown Pride in Champions Cup
One week after dirt-turned-turf performer Vela Azul captured the Japan Cup (G1), Jun Light Bolt illustrated the benefit of a surface switch in the opposite direction in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
Crown Pride challenges titleholder T O Keynes in Champions Cup
UAE Derby (G2) star Crown Pride, who wound up 13th in the Kentucky Derby (G1), takes on reigning champion T O Keynes at Chukyo. […]
T O Keynes delivers knockout in Champions Cup
The progressive T O Keynes vaulted to the top of Japan’s dirt division with a dominant performance in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
Snow-white star Sodashi tests dirt in Champions Cup
Japan’s celebrated white filly Sodashi, who sports a win over Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) winner Loves Only You, will test her dirt aptitude in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
Chuwa Wizard weaves his magic in Champions Cup
The first four from last year’s Champions Cup (G1) once again swept the superfecta in the dirt feature at Chukyo, only Sunday’s renewal witnessed a surprising switch of the bookends. Chuwa Wizard, who didn’t have […]
Cafe Pharoah hopes to dethrone Chrysoberyl in Champions Cup
The race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt, Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1) pits reigning titleholder Chrysoberyl against a younger aspirant to the throne – Cafe Pharoah, the top scorer on the 2020 Japan Road […]
Unbeaten Chrysoberyl shines in record-setting Champions Cup
In midstretch of Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1), Chrysoberyl appeared to be going nowhere behind front-running Inti, and about to lose his unbeaten status. But the star three-year-old rose to the occasion in his stiffest test […]
Chrysoberyl puts perfect record on line in Champions Cup
A perfect five-for-five so far on the Japanese dirt, rising star Chrysoberyl is the one to beat in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1). The race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt has attracted a full […]
Japanese dirt standout Le Vent Se Leve dominant in Champions Cup
One week after star filly Almond Eye burnished her international credentials in the Japan Cup (G1), fellow sophomore Le Vent Se Leve confirmed his superiority on the Japanese dirt scene in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1). […]