Jasper Krone with Taisei Danno on board won the G3 Kitakyushu Kinen at Kokura Racecourse on Sunday. The pair held off the late challenge made by race favourite Mama Cocha, he finished a 1/2 length ahead. Stone Ridge came in third a neck behind Mama Cocha.

Jasper Krone is a son of Frosted out of Fancy Kitten, by Kitten's Joy. This is his second consecutive graded stakes win after winning G3 CBC Sho last month.