Arma Veloce (Jpn)

Kieffers Company's Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) was named the 2024 Japanese Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) announced on Tuesday. The formal 2024 JRA Awards Ceremony will be held in a hotel in Tokyo at 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27. The Yasuo Tomomichi trainee was poised for a big 2024 and duly delivered victories in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) and the G1 Japan Cup in October and November, respectfully. He received 236 of the 256 possible votes for Horse...

The G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies was won by fifth choice Arma Veloce (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) at Kyoto on Sunday. She defeated dual winner Vip Daisy (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}), who was stepping into stakes company for the first time, by 1 1/4 lengths. Sent off at 9-1, the dark bay was positioned well in midfield as Mistress (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) led. Caught in between horses and well off the rail entering the final bend, the Teruo Ono silksbearer had quite a bit of work to do. Fanned out widest of...