Akira Sugawara collected his first JRA G1 victory aboard the Epiphaneia offspring, clocking 34.0 seconds over the final three furlongs in the Takarazuka Kinen.
Teaming up with veteran jockey Yuji Hishida, 6-year-old T O Royal surged to victory on the home stretch in the 169th Tenno Sho at Kyoto Racecourse.
