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Duramente colt Durezza, under Christophe Lemaire, wins the Kikuka Sho (G1), the 3rd gem of Japan’s Triple Crown
Fourth choice Durezza dominated the 3,000- meter (concerning 1 7/8- mile) range of the $3,298,000 Kikuka Sho (G1) (Japanese St Leger) Sunday to score his very first rated and 5th successive win while beating the victors of the very first 2 legs of the Japan’s Triple Crown in a magnificent 3 1/2- size victory at Kyoto Racecourse.
Durezza, that began with the farthest article setting in the area of 17 in the last leg of the timeless collection, hurried to the front to take the lead while Pax Ottomanica remained on his tail a size behind in 2nd. After covering the very first 1,000 meters in 1:00.4, the child of Duramente was steadied to 3rd from the front in the backstretch, briefly quiting the result in Pax Ottomanica and Libyan …