Sent-off favourite, Ascoli Piceno and Christophe Lemaire secured Sunday's G3 Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap at Nakayama Racecourse with ease. Time to Heaven finished second, one-and-a-quarter lengths behind the winner, and Sunrise Ronaldo came home in third, a head behind Time to Heaven. The winning time was 1:30.8.

Ascoli Piceno is a daughter of Daiwa Major out of Ascolti, by Danehill Dancer. This victory marks her comeback after close second-place finishes in the G1 Oka Sho and the NHK Mile Cup.