Anxious minutes followed a thrilling homestretch battle and a finish too close to call until at long last Britain's Alkaased was named winner of the Japan Cup on Sunday over local runner Heart's Cry, by a nose and in record time.
"My gut feeling was I had won," said jockey Frankie Dettori of his anxious wait for the final decision.
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