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Carrot Farm's Lei Papale (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), winner of her first six career trips to the post, has stubbed her toe at short odds in her two most recent appearances and looks to get back on track as the likely favourite in Sunday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2200mT) going three turns around Hanshin Racecourse.

The bay filly got a relatively late start to her career, only debuting in January of 2020, and missed the 3-year-old filly classics, but quietly made her way through the grades and capped a five-for-five campaign with a 1 1/2-length victory in the G3 Challenge Cup at this venue in December. Set a seemingly tall task against the likes of Triple Crown hero Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) when first-up in the G1 Osaka Hai (2000mT) Apr. 4, she relished easy underfoot conditions to score by four lengths. But tried over the metric 11 furlongs in her last two, Lei Papale was third to world-class Chrono Genesis (Jpn) (Bago {Fr}) in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen June 27 and a more confounding fourth to Win Marilyn (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) in the G2 All Comers S. at Nakayama.

“I don't think she found her best rhythm throughout the race, but she did find the front briefly in the home straight, and showed what ability she has,” trainer Tomokazu Takano said of the All Comers. “The extra furlong just found her out, so the key will be getting her to stay that little bit more.”

There are no such distance concerns surrounding Akaitorino Musume (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who was fractionally unlucky not to win the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) going 2400m at Tokyo May 23, but atoned for that tough loss with a slashing victory from a high draw in the G1 Shuka Sho (2000mT) at this track Oct. 17.

“She ran a good race in the Shuka Sho, which was her first race in a while, and ran smoothly despite drawing an outside gate, so I was very pleased,” said trainer Sakae Kunieda. “She quickly recovered from the race, and getting her back in work has been an easy task.”

Akaitorino Musume's two-time champion and Triple Crown-winning dam Apapane (Jpn) (King Kamahemeha {Jpn}) was third in this race in 2010 and 2011.

Had she not conquered America in last weekend, Loves Only You (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) would have been the one to beat in this test, but her close relative Terzetto (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is also not without a shot as she stretches out markedly in trip. The 4-year-old, whose dam Raddolcendo (Jpn) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) is a half-sister to the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner, is six for eight lifetime, but her best form is over a mile, including a last-out success in the G3 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy at Hakodate Aug. 1.

Stellaria (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) was ridden forward in the Yushun Himba and weakened out late to finish 13th at odds of less than 10-1, but she wasn't embarrassed in the Shuka Sho, where she was ridden colder and finished with interest to be sixth. The extra 200 metres of this test should suit.

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Having run with credit when fourth trying the 2000-metres for the first time in the G1 Osaka Hai last month, champion Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) returns to a much more manageable trip as the warm favourite for the G1 Victoria Mile at the Fuchu Racecourse in Tokyo. The race serves as a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar in November.

After taking down the colours of 2020 Victoria Mile heroine and former Horse of the Year Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) for a female 1-2 in the G1 Yasuda Kinen over this course and distance last June, the daughter of US MGISW Tapitsfly (Tapit) bested future G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint winner Danon Smash (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) in the G1 Sprinters' S. (1200m) in October. The bay closed out a magnificent season with an eye-catching success in the G1 Mile Championship and, having passed on the G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen, was first-up in the Osaka Hai, in which easy underfoot conditions blunted her otherwise stinging late run and she could do no better than a meritorious fourth to the unbeaten Lei Papale (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). She is drawn nicely in gate six, with Christophe Lemaire back in the boot.

“The horse is calm and has done what I expected,” commented trainer Kazuo Fujisawa. “Last time the distance and the ground went against her, but she still ran pretty well. She'll be back at Tokyo and over a mile, where she's had success.”

Terzetto (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) carries the Silk Racing colours same as Almond Eye and is the 1600-metre doppelganger of Lei Papale. Five-for-six in her career, with her only defeat coming over 10 furlongs, the bay has won four on the trot, including a fast-finishing tally against the boys in the G3 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy going this distance at Nakayama Apr. 3.

“She's looked good in training, moving well, and she displays her natural ability,” said trainer Shoichiro Wada. “It won't be easy against the strong horses here, but she handles challenges well, and it will be interesting to see what she can do. She'll be going into the race in good condition.”

Terzetto is out of a half-sister to Loves Only You (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), recent winner of the G1 FWD QE II Cup at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.

Des Ailes (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a daughter of 2014 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane winner Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), found the Oaks distance of 2400 metres a task too tall last season, but has found her niche over shorter trips and enters this return to Group 1 company off a neck defeat of Magic Castle (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the se-restricted G2 Hanshin Himba S. going the metric mile Apr. 10.

Resistencia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), an unlucky runner-up in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at the end of March, fits with these on class, but drew miserably in stall 18 and is accordingly double digits in the market

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