Eishin Apollon, by Giant's Causeway out of a Sadler's Wells mare, followed up his win in the Fuji stakes on soft ground with a win here.
He was drawn in gate 5, and made full use of that advantage. The second home, Fifth Petal, came from
gate 1. But defying all that was Sahpresa, who made a huge run down the outside under ChristopheLemaire to take the 3rd place money. Fellow French runner the filly Immortal Verse was out the back
early and didn't really do anything, neither did last year's winner A Shin Forward.
