Sunday's Hanshin Juvenile Fillies sees a fully subscribed field of 18 line up for the country's premier race of its division. The top three finishers of the Oct. 31 G3 Artemis S. will do battle again here, and the connections of the second-place Major Emblem (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) have expressed confidence that their charge can turn the tables on the victorious Denko Ange (Jpn) (Meisho Samson {Jpn}). Both fillies were making their third start in the Artemis and while Denko Ange made it two straight after a debut loss, Major Emblem lost for the first time after winning her first two. Trainer Yasuhito Tamura revealed Major Emblem's running style will be altered for the Hanshin. “In her second race, she was able to overcome the slow pace and win,” he noted. “It was a shame that she got robbed of a win in the Artemis S. Since then, we have changed her training pattern by giving her a horse to follow, and keeping her back and being patient with her. This makes her more controllable, and it's clear she's able to run like this with patience. Jockey Christophe Lemaire also believes this has helped in her training. She's used to going between the farm and the training center, so hopefully there'll be no problems while she's in transit [to Hanshin].”
Also re-opposing here are the first- and third-place finishers of the G3 Fantasy S. Nov. 7. Candy Barows (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) made it two wins from three starts when taking that event by a head, with Blanc Bonheur (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) just a further neck back in third while suffering her first loss. Blanc Bonheur had previously won the G3 Nisai S. July 26.
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