Consigliere wins on Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

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Kazumi Yoshida’s Consigliere (JPN) was able to hold off the late charge of Cafe Karma (JPN) and Geraldo Barows (JPN) to win Saturday’s Cattleya Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse, the kickoff of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Trained by Yukio Inagaki and ridden by Christophe Lemaire, Consigliere earned 10 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Cafe Karma and Geraldo Barows earned four and two points, respectively while World Connector earned one point for his fourth place effort.

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First staged in 2017, the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby is a stand-alone series of races that is separate from the traditional Road to the Kentucky Derby. Only one invitation to compete in the Kentucky Derby will be extended in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, with preference given to the horses with the most points earned in the series.

Three horses based in Japan have run in the Kentucky Derby: Ski Captain (14th, 1995), Lani (9th, 2016) and Master Fencer (JPN) (6th, 2019).

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