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    Posted: 19 Nov 2018 at 7:10pm
She is something special, no doubt.

Has the Japan Cup at her mercy now, this Sunday.

It seems the girls are truly showing the world they are the best.

Winx
Enable
Black Caviar
Makybe Diva
Zenyatta

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The more racing progresses, its becoming very clear that if you want a champion, you would buy a filly.


Maybe only Frankel gets a mention. There are others of course, but the list of fillies and mares as legends, is getting bigger and stronger.
Now Almond Eye.
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Are all these mares racing on Altrenogest ?

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WOW

She sure is something.
Japan's Winx.
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Winx would beat Kiseki by a hard held 10 lengths.
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She'd be lucky to get out to 1200m in Australia.

ALMOND EYE (JPN)Bay filly 2015 
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King Kamehameha
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Kingmambo
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Mr Prospector
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Raise a Native
Gold Digger
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Nureyev
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1977
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Manfath
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Last Tycoon
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Try My Best
Mill Princess
1975
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8-f
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Pilot Bird
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Blakeney
The Dancer
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Lady Blossom
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Storm Cat
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Storm Bird
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Northern Dancer
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Secretariat
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Cormorant
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His Majesty
Song Sparrow
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Super Luna
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Sunday Silence
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Halo
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Cosmah
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Pretty Ways
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Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!
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By Tony McFadden in Dubai

Christophe Lemaire has hailed Japanese superstar Almond Eye as a "horse of a lifetime" and believes she can do for him what Winx has done for Australian jockey Hugh Bowman.

Almond Eye's first step on the road to Longchamp, where she will bid to end Japan's well-publicised Arc hoodoo, comes in the Dubai Turf at Meydan on Saturday and connections have unwavering faith the filly has what it takes to go down as a true great.

Lemaire said: "She can become a horse of a lifetime for me. Like Winx is for Hugh Bowman, Sea The Stars was for Mick Kinane, or Zenyatta was for Mike Smith. I feel blessed to ride her.

"I think all racing lovers feel she has something special and that she can become unique in the sport's history – that's why so many people are supporting her."

Almond Eye captured the imagination of racegoers in Japan by winning the Fillies' Triple Crown before shattering the course record in the Japan Cup last time. Ominously for her rivals Lemaire believes there is even more to come.

He said: "She's already shown a lot of class but we don't yet know her limits. Every time we give her a challenge she does it well. She was especially impressive in the third leg of the Triple Crown. There was a short straight and she was towards the rear, but down the straight she was just unbelievable.

"The next challenge was against older horses and males [in the Japan Cup] but she won quite easily and was not exhausted after passing the winning post."

That devastating Japan Cup success was achieved over a mile and a half but Lemaire does not anticipate the drop in trip to nine furlongs in Saturday's Dubai Turf being an issue.

He said: "I have no fear over the trip. She's won over a mile, ten furlongs and a mile and a half. Every time she has shown the same acceleration and class.

"I think nine furlongs will be a good trip for her, especially for a first run this year as she may be a little bit fresh."

Lemaire was on Wednesday reunited with Almond Eye when putting her through her paces on the turf course, and was pleased with the feel she gave him.

The jockey added: "She worked very well as usual. She was very relaxed and focused. Her footwork was good and she felt comfortable on the track. The cushion was good, not too firm."

A large media contingent from Japan has accompanied Almond Eye to Meydan and the buzz surrounding the filly will only grow if she dazzles on the international stage for the first time.

Trainer Sakae Kunieda has tried to avoid making firm commitments beyond the Dubai Turf – a trip to York's Ebor meeting is being considered – but could not deny the Arc was the big target.

Despite a number of agonising near-misses, most notably with Orfevre in 2012, no horse trained in Japan has ever won the Arc. Frenchman Lemaire has also never won the race, but has gone close too, notably when runner-up on Pride in 2006.

The rider hopes Almond Eye can fulfil a dream for him and a nation at Longchamp on the first Sunday in October.

He said: "The Japanese fans will be very excited to see Almond Eye run in the Arc. A Japanese horse has not won the race yet so they will be really looking forward to cheering a victory.

"As a French jockey I dream of winning the Arc. This is the race for us and winning with a Japanese horse would be magic. I really want to bring this victory to Japan."

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Treated them with contempt.
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Wow, that was impressive. Almond Eye just destroyed the field in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn). Looking good for another Japan Cup.


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Nice won. Could of been a Cox Plate winner if they decided to travel her to Australia. She won easily today
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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IMO .... Probably the best performance in the world in 2019.

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She would give Enable a shake, that's for sure, Japanese form is super strong and yes she does travel

Almond Eye would need an appearance fee to get her here for the Cox Plate as the money back home in Japan is huge.
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Was easy win, but had an easy suck run. Would not beat Enable 2400m. Would be competitive 2000 with Magical and co.
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She did not handle the trip to Dubai very well and took some time to recover when she got home.

Maybe HK but could not see her travelling any further in future.
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Not going to Hong Kong. Pulled out of Q and sent to the paddock. Elevated temp and poor white cell count
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Set to run in the G1 Arima Kinen on Dec 22, an event which may also see Lys Gracieux showing up....
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Almond Eye just won the G1 Victoria Mile by about 4 lengths UNTOUCHED. The jockey just sat there.

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Amazing mare.  Group 1 wins: 1600m (3), 1800 (1) 2000 (2) 2400) 2.

Surprisingly none of her Group 1 winning dam's other foals were/are any good.
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What a win.
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Looks like .1sec outside course record (ran 1 30.6) in a canter.
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What an exciting performance.

Hard to imagine not being excited by that effort.
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Nov. 1, Almond Eye won the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) with a smooth trip up and down the Tokyo Racecourse stretch for her eighth grade 1 victory on the turf.

The eight top-level wins set the new mark for Japanese runners and Almond Eye's performance showed she is capable of more, should her owners at Silk Racing Co. Ltd. so choose.


https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/244470/almond-eye-earns-eighth-grade-1-win-in-tenno-sho-autumn

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Ho-Lee-Sh1t!!

ALMOND EYE vs CONTRAIL vs DARING TACT in the JAPAN CUP
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The great mare goes out in style, while I'm sure Contrail will lose no admirers on that effort. 
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Originally posted by Afros Afros wrote:

The great mare goes out in style, while I'm sure Contrail will lose no admirers on that effort. 

Agreed Afros. Contrail ran well..just wasn't quite good enough. The mare...what can be said...good win and retires in style....Japan Cup win number 2.
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