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DONNA DELIVERS CUP SPOILS

http://www.attheraces.com/article.as...e&sub=&day=Sun

Gentildonna survived a stewards' inquiry to see off Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up Orfevre and win the Japan Cup at Tokyo racecourse as home runners dominated the finish.

Beat Black soon built up a healthy advantage and had five lengths in hand at the top of the straight but his early efforts began to tell in the final couple of furlongs, with Ikezoe poised to challenge aboard Orfevre and when he gave the signal, the colt started to pick up and close the gap on Beat Black.

Gentildonna went with him though and finding himself a bit short of room between the two, Yasunari Iwata appeared to force his way out, bumping Orfevre in the process, but the winner of this year's Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown proved game in the finish and stuck her head out to edge out Orfevre by a nose at the line.