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Riding for her trainer Hori-sensei Rachel got the 33/1 shot Sakura Toujours into the winner's circle.

They defeated Win Carnellan and Ho O Biscuits in the G3 Tokyo Shimbun Hai.

In Kyoto fellow Visiting Jockey Rene Piechulek won the Kisaragi Sho G3 for the 3yos with Byzantine Dream, a product of Epiphaneia.  Water Licht on 27/1 was second and Shivers 19/1 was third.  There must have been anxious moments all round awaiting the judges' verdict here as the margins between the first four were a nose, a nose and a neck!

Rachel King is now in 13th place in the jockeys' table (headed by Christophe Lemaire) as she has ridden 8 wins, 5 seconds, 11 thirds, 1 fourth and 4 fifth places in her 65 rides, mostly for Hori-sensei.