Jack d’Or came back from 5 months of layoff to beat a quality court that included some of the highest level international athletes at the Sapporo Kinen (G2) on August 21 at the Sapporo Circuit.
4 year old pony of Maurice also scored his seventh win from 11 starts and seems poised to take on some of the big Japanese races for the rest of the season.
With Yusuke Fujioka on board, Jack d’Or becomes the runner right after pacesetting Panthalassa , winner of the Dubai Turf sponsored by DP World (G1) in March in Meydan. Gradually inching outside that opponent, Jack d’Or dominated by the neck, finishing 2,000 meters (about 1 1/4 mile) in 2:01.2.
Win Marilyn2nd and 2nd place multiple winners in the 2020 Yushun Himba Japanese Oaks (G1) contest, third.
Sodashi famous white man and winner of three level 1 races, tired of finishing in fifth place, one place ahead Vase of Glorytwo-time winner (2019-21) of Longines Hong Kong Vase (G1).
Jack d’Or ended 2021 with three straight wins and went on to win the first two starts of 2022, including a Kinko Sho (G2) match at Chukyo Circuit on March 13 in time. record 1: 57.2. He went to the sidelines after finishing fifth in Osaka Hai (G1) at Hanshin on April 3, a race in which he led almost all the way at breakneck speed. .
Sapporo’s victory puts the pony on edge at the first 1st place race of the season at the 2,000 metres, the prestigious Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) on October 30 at the Tokyo Circuit.
Get out Song of Unbridled mare Ravarino, Jack d’Or was crowned by Crown Co. bred and raced for Toshiyuki Maehara.
The Sapporo Kinen field also has a second white horse, Hayayakko. 6 year old son of King Kamehameha out of mare Kurofune Marshmallow was less successful than Sodashi but won in Hakodate Kinen (G3). He’s 10th with a slight late move from the bottom of the pitch.
