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On Sunday it's the Rose Stakes at Chukyo for the 3yo fillies over 2000m.

The top 5 runners in the market are pretty even and any one of them could win.  Christophe Lemaire's mount Juana is on 4.2.  She's by Rulership out of Isabel, and those who know their Spanish history will recognise that the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel was Juana La Loca, or Juana the Mad.  We hope this filly isn't.

There are 3 Deep Impact daughters – Des Ailes on 5.1 for Yutaka Take,. Ria Amelia 5.8 for Kawada and Lily Pure Hearts 7.1 for Fukunaga.  Cravache d'Or on 5.5 for Mirco Demuro is by Heart's Cry.

On Monday at Nakayama the St Lite G2 over 2200m for the 3yos is the feature.  Galore Creek and Satono Flag share top billing on 4.1 with Babbitt on 5.3 and Figlio Allegro 5.4 the favoured runners.