KYOTO — Black Emblem took full honors when powering up the home straight on the inside to win the 13th Shuka-sho, the final leg of the three Group 1 races in the year for 3-year-old fillies.
Jockey Yasunari Iwata masterminded another top class win after Black Emblem's disappointing trial race earlier in September.
First and second favorites, Tall Poppy and Reginetta, respectively, never got a look in as the daughter of War Emblem flew home in a time of 1 minute, 58.4 seconds, just 0.3 seconds off the Shuka-sho record.
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