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HOW TO WIN THE JAPAN CUP WITH CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE, HORSE RACING JOCKEY & RIDER OF ALMOND EYE アーモンドアイ

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Japanese champion thoroughbred ALMOND EYE アーモンドアイ and French jockey Christophe Lemaire together won a second Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse. 騎手 競馬

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Almond Eye a mare by Lord Kanaloa cemented her place among the Japanese horse racing greats, charging home to win the 2020 Japan Cup.

The record breaker retires having won a record nine Grade 1 Turf contests, and the highest earning Japanese horse in history - surpassing Kitasan Black's prize money haul of 1,876,843,000 yen.

Rider Christophe Lemaire had Almond Eye in a prominent position throughout the race at Tokyo Racecourse, with the front-running Kiseki tiring, and the 2018 winner holding off rivals Contrail and Daring Tact.

Almond Eye becomes only the second horse to win two Japan Cups, joining 2012 and 2013 heroine Gentildonna; the success is a third for Lemaire who also partnered Vodka in 2009, and second for trainer Sakae Kunieda.

For Lemaire, a move to Japan was necessary and yet logical. He spent about 15 years riding in Japan during the winter, when major European tracks were on hiatus, and enjoyed a good measure of success in those trips, such as in 2005, when he rode Heart’s Cry to an upset win over Deep Impact in the Arima Kinen or 2009 when he won the Japan Cup with two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Vodka.

The jockey has claimed many big prizes around the world, including wins at Royal Ascot, Breeders’ Cup, the Dubai World Cup Carnival, the Hong Kong Cup, a Melbourne Cup and many Group 1 wins in his native France.

Almond Eye Race Record:
1st Japan Cup 2020 / 2018
1st Tenno Sho (Autumn) 2020 / 2019
1st Victoria Mile 2020
1st Dubai Turf 2019
1st The Shuka Sho 2018
1st Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) 2018
1st Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) 2018
1st Shinzan Kinen


Japan Cup roll of honour:

2005 Alkaased
Frankie Dettori / Luca Cumani

2006 Deep Impact
Yutaka Take / Yasuo Ikee

2007 Admire Moon
Yasunari Iwata / Hiroyoshi Matsuda

2008 Screen Hero
Mirco Demuro / Yuichi Shikato

2009 Vodka
Christophe Lemaire / Katsuhiko Sumii

2010 Rose Kingdom
Yutaka Take / Kojiro Hashiguchi

2011 Buena Vista
Yasunari Iwata / Hiroyoshi Matsuda

2012 Gentildonna
Yasunari Iwata / Sei Ishizaka

2013 Gentildonna
Ryan Moore / Sei Ishizaka

2014 Epiphaneia
Christophe Soumillon / Katsuhiko Sumii

2015 Shonan Pandora
Kenichi Ikezoe / Tomokazu Takano

2016 Kitasan Black
Yutaka Take / Hisashi Shimizu

2017 Cheval Grand
Hugh Bowman / Yasuo Tomomichi

2018 Almond Eye
Christophe Lemaire / Sakae Kunieda

2019 Suave Richard
Oisin Murphy / Yasushi Shono

2020 Almond Eye
Christophe Lemaire / Sakae Kunieda

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アーモンドアイ, 騎手, 競馬
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