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| | JAPAN RACING JOURNAL 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Five-year-old colt Meisho Doto (IRE) by Bigstone (IRE) was rated the race's second-favorite entry and pulled away down the home stretch for an easy victory in 2:11.7. |
 | | Bred in Ireland in 1996, Meisho Doto was purchased as a foal for $70,430 by John Ferguson Bloodstock at a Tattersalls November Sale and imported to Japan in 1998. |
 | | Meisho Doto's owner, Yoshio Matsumoto, 63, one of JRA's leading registered owners with 100 racehorses, achieved his first GI victory in his 28 years as an owner, while Isao Yasuda, a trainer for 23 years, acquired his first GI crown. |
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