At Tokyo on Sunday Café Pharoah stormed to the finish to win again.

He was returning from holidays and his jockey Yuichi Fukunaga was also resuming after being injured in Hong Kong in that horror fall.

TM South who had led most of the way held on to second and Sodashi made a steady third placer.

This win allows the winner to compete in the Breeders' Cup Classic but we do not know if Dubai will be on the horizon as well.

Meantime an impressive number of Japanese runners have arrived in Riyadh for the Saudi Cup meeting.