Almond Eye
With this win, Almond Eye now has 3 Group 1 wins this season. The winning margin over Contrail was 1 ¼ lengths. The horse is by Lord Kanaloa out of Fusaichi Pandora. The win was worth JPY 300,000,000 to the winner.
Japan
Tokyo · 29.11.20
Watch the raceJapan Cup
Purse¥570,000,000
To the winner¥300,000,000
Distance2400 metres
Winning time2m 23.0s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners15
Stories of this Result
Almond Eye
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fometter1 · English commentaryResult
15 runners · prize money to 5th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stAlmond Eye5yo filly by Lord Kanaloa × Fusaichi PandoraChristophe LemaireSakae Kunieda¥300,000,000
6thWorld Premiere4yo colt by Deep Impact × MandelaYutaka TakeYasuo Tomomichi3
8thKiseki6yo colt by Rulership × Blitz FinaleS HamanakaK Sumii2
9thMakahiki7yo colt by Deep Impact × WikiwikiKosei MiuraYasuo TomomichiNeck
11thPerform a Promise8yo colt by Stay Gold × I'll Be BoundMirai IwataHideaki Fujiwara1
12thYou Can Smile5yo colt by King Kamehameha × Mood IndigoY IwataYasuo Tomomichi1
13thCrescendo Love6yo colt by Stay Gold × Higher LoveH UchidaToru Hayashi2
14thTaurus Gemini4yo colt by King's Best × Erimo EtoileeH TanabeS Kobiyama1.3/4
15thYoshio7yo colt by Johannesburg × Floral HomeM KatsuuraH Mori10L +
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 29.11.20Almond Eye
Lord KanaloaSire
Fusaichi PandoraDamby Sunday Silence
DamFusaichi Pandora
Almond Eye is out of Fusaichi Pandora (Sunday Silence), a multiple stakes winner in Japan who was second in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup. She has had ten foals, and all eight of her runners have won, with Unakite (Johannesburg), third in the Listed Anemone Stakes, the best of them after Almond Eye.
Second damLotta Lace
The second dam is Lotta Lace (Nureyev).
Third damSex Appeal
The third dam is Sex Appeal (Buckpasser).
Next generation
Her latest foal is a two-year-old by Rulership.
Connections
Almond Eye in 2020
2 other wins · 1 placeTrainer / Jockey / Track
Tenno Sho (Autumn)2000 metres · ¥286,000,0001stSakae KuniedaChristophe Lemaire01.11.2020TokyoPrize money €830,530Race detailsWatch
Yasuda Kinen1600 metres · ¥248,000,0002ndSakae KuniedaChristophe Lemaire07.06.2020TokyoPrize money €287,917Race detailsWatch
Victoria Mile1600 metres · ¥199,500,0001stSakae KuniedaChristophe Lemaire17.05.2020TokyoPrize money €581,371Race detailsWatch
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