2012 Japan Cup

The 2012 Japan Cup drew a total of 17 horses. 5 of them are foreign entries.

Orfevre and Solemia(IRE) meet again when they line up in the Japanese premier race. The last time they met in the Arc de Triomphe in an early-October, Solemia got past Orfevre near the line, winning by a neck.

This time, the home advantage goes to Orfevre, who has won two in three starts at Tokyo. Reunited with K. Ikezoe, this colt would have a good chance.

Other fancied horses include Gentildonna, who has dominated the 3-year-old filly classics this season; Rulership, winner of the HK QE Cup who has consistently run on the high level; Eishin Flash and Fenomeno, who finished first and second in the Tenno Sho Autumn respectively.

The 32nd Japan Cup, Grade One
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Tokyo Race-11

1/Beat Black/5h/57/Syu Ishibashi
2/Sri Putra(GB)/6h/57/Neil Callan
3/Jaguar Mail/8h/57/William Buick
4/Fenomeno/3c/55/Masayoshi Ebina
5/Mount Athos(IRE)/5g/57/Ryan Moore
6/Red Cadeaux(GB)/6g/57/Gerald Mosse
7/Meisho Kampaku/5h/57/Hiroyuki Uchida
8/Eishin Flash/5h/57/Christophe Lemaire
9/Oken Bruce Lee/7h/57/Suguru Hamanaka
10/Dark Shadow/5h/57/Mirco Demuro
11/Jakkalberry(IRE)/6h/57/Colm O'Donoghue
12/Rose Kingdom/5h/57/Yutaka Take
13/Rulership/5h/57/Craig Williams
14/Solemia(IRE)/4f/55/Olivier Peslier
15/Gentildonna/3f/53/Yasunari Iwata
16/Tosen Jordan/6h/57/Christophe Soumillon
17/Orfevre/4c/57/Kenichi Ikezoe