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Two Kentucky Derby alumni; TOPassword and crown satisfactionis being thought-about to run within the Group 2 Procyon S, which covers 1 1/8 miles of dust, in Kyoto on Sunday.
They’re amongst 22 people listed as attainable Procyons. web cava As of Monday afternoon. Registrations for the race shall be finalized on Thursday in keeping with deadlines posted on the JRA web site, with as much as 16 horses allowed to run.
TO Password, fifth within the 2024 Kentucky Derby, shall be trying to get again on observe after working away in his previous two begins. Nonetheless, Kopanorikki’s offspring, educated by Daisuke Takayanagi, had a fruitful 4-year-old season in 2025, profitable two out of 5 races. That included victories within the 1 3/16-mile Seto Stakes in Chukyo in January and the 1 1/8-mile Nagoya Citadel Stakes, additionally in Chukyo, in August. Procyon shall be TO Password’s first begin in Kyoto since profitable his 1 1/8-mile debut in Kyoto in January 2024.
Crown Satisfaction can also be contemplating Procyon. The 7-year-old son of coach Koji Shintani’s Attain the Clown completed thirteenth within the 2022 Kentucky Derby after profitable the UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan. He hasn’t gained because the Korea Cup (G3) in September 2024, however has began in one in all his six begins since then, ending second to Kaz Tanja within the Mercury Cup in Morioka in July.
The horses anticipated to compete for reputation in Procyon are Lord Couronne and Brian Sens. Lord Couronne has not gained because the Kazusa Nakayama Stakes in March, however he’s nonetheless aiming for his first main victory. However he has had hits in every of his previous 5 begins, 4 of which have are available group races in Nakayama, Kyoto and Sapporo. Bryan Sens was final seen profitable the December Stakes at Nakayama on December 14th. He gained the 2025 March Stakes (G3) at Nakayama on the G3 degree by the identical distance as Procyon.
