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Lynn (for Umamusume fans - VA of Maruzensky) is known as long-time horse racing fan and punter, and yesterday she fished a big victory from the local racing bet at Kochi racecourse R11 by getting trifecta win from wide-bet, with podium placers were 9 (Soreyuke Katsuko, 6th favorite) - 3 (Sauvage, 5th favorite) - 4 (Olivier Olivier, 12th favorite) - resulting in the payout of 617230 yen from 12000 yen for the ticket bet.

Back to summer keiba things.

Today winner on Kokura racecourse is favorite of the race - West Forest Stable's Flicker Jab, 4-year-old son of Saturnalia and damsire of Sakura Bakushin O, who was ridden by Kohei Matsuyama - and it's his first graded stakes win.

Neck behind straight out of winning race in Koura just last week with Munakata Tokubetsu ended 5-year-old mare Jennifer, sired by Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom, with Special Week as damsire - her jockey today was Osuke Tayama.

On 3rd place neck behind her ended racing veteran, 8-year-old son of Rulership Yoshino Easter, with Hironobu Tanabe in the saddle.

As Yutaka Take will be on the French trip at Prix Jacques Le Marois with Sixpence at the same week, Terra having the replacement jockey for his scheduled race - but this time no Kawada onboard.

While the short clips of the program circulated for a while, Netkeiba put 9 minute video of Kenichi Ikezoe and youtuber Vitamin S trying to get as many racing horse plushes from the claw machines (usually with failures) on their Youtube channel today.

No Bogchamp, just good old American Dirt.

Today winner at Hanshin race is 6-year-old Elton Barrows (F. Matsuwaka) - the most prominent by the earnings progeny of the Derby '12 winner Deep Brillante, who went half-length over the Keep Calm (R. Sakai) - older half-brother of Oaks '25 winner Kamunyak from Lord Kanaloa. For him it's the third time winning the graded stakes - and first time since 2023 with Mainichi Okan (G2).

On 3rd place nose behind ended the youngest runner and favorite of the race, 3-year-old Ecoro Alba (K. Yokoyama). Sweep Awards (Y.Kokubun), last active foal of Sweep Tosho, ended 5th, neck behind the fourth place foal of Saturnalia Fandom (H.Kitamura) - who missed the podium by a nose.

Other big favorites of the race, Mini Transat (K.Matsuyama) and Fervent (R.Takasugi) ended on 6th and 9th place.

5-year-old mare Sekitoba East (S.Hamanaka) sired by Declaration of War, older half-sister of 2026 HK Queen Elizabeth II Cup Giovanni, achieved her back to back second graded winning of Fuchu Himba Stakes with pretty solid front running - getting her victory with 3 lengths ahead 2nd place Win Twilight (N. Yokoyama).

3rd place was the most upsetting for betters - 14th favorite out of 16 runners, 5-year-old mare sired by Duramente Mi Anhelo (T.Ono) - who was neck behind Win Twilight.

Kogane no Sora (K.Kikuzawa) ended 5th, half-sister of Forever Young Brown Ratchet (G.Maruyama) - 7th, Nishino Ti Amo (A.Tsumura) - 10th. Biggest favorite of the race, 4-year-old mare by Epiphaneia Valkyrie Birth (C. Lemaire), ended way below the expectations - completely sinking to 14th place.