![]() ![]() “He was in good form and I was able to race him as planned. Though meeting traffic entering the lane, the Scat Daddy colt found an open space between horses, surged out behind Seiun Kosei,who had overtaken the front after entering the lane, and briefly dueled with the chestnut but assumed command 150 meters out for his first G1 title. Third pick Mr Melody broke smoothly from stall 3 and settled around fourth, inside Danon Smash. This win marked trainer Hideaki Fujiwara’s 10th JRA-G1 win following last year’s Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) with Epoca d’Oro and jockey Yuichi Fukunaga’s 23rd JRA-G1 win and third Takamatsunomiya Kinen title following his win with Sunningdale in 2004 and Big Arthur in 2016. Registering his first graded win in his first start on turf in the Falcon Stakes (G3, 1,400m) at Chukyo Racecourse last March, he has since been raced on turf, including his runner-up effort in the year-end Hanshin Cup (G2, 1,400m) and a seventh in the previous Hankyu Hai (G3, 1,400m) in February. ![]() Debuting in November of his two-year-old season, the Scat Daddy colt marked two wins and two seconds in his first four starts on dirt raced over 1,200 – 1,400 meters. Four-year-old Mr Melody captured his first G1 title in this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen. ![]()
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