Sakura Toujours with Rachel King upset the G3 Tokyo Shimbun Hai at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday. Win Carnelian finished second, a length behind the winner, and Ho O Biscuits came home in third a neck behind Win Carnelian. Despite being sent-off favourite, Masked Diva finished sixth after a delayed jump out of the barrier. The winning time was 1:32.1.

Sakura Toujours is a daughter of Neo Universe out of Sakura Reine, by Symboli Kris S. This is her first graded stakes title after coming back from a 12th-place finish in the G3 Nakayama Kinpai last time out.