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  • Sodashi Takes on Loves Only You on Sunday

    Friday, 20th August 2021

    Boom 3YO filly Sodashi (Kurofune-Buchiko, by King Kamehameha) will resume in Sunday's Gr2 Sapporo Kinen over 2000m, reports japanracing.jp. The filly has won five of her six starts, her only miss being her last start back in May and she was sent out to spell after that. Crowned Champion 2YO Filly in Japan in 2020, she won the Gr1 Hanshin Oka Sho over a mile as a 3YO. The main challenger for Sodashi is Loves Only You (Deep Impact-Loves Only Me, by Storm Cat) whose last outing was victory in the Gr1 HKJC Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000m back in April 2021. The full-sister to Shadai Stallion Station-based international Group 1 winner Real Steel comes into the race as the winner of six races from 13 starts. While these two dominate the early betting, there is also some support for Blast Onepiece (Harbinger-Tsurumaru Onepiece, by King Kamehameha) who was the Champion 3YO Colt in Japan back in 2018 but has mixed his form since. He ran third in the Gr3 Naruo Kinen in his first run this year, so perhaps he has found his form again.