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Croix du Nord wins Osaka Hai

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With a background of cherry blossoms a very handsome black ("brown") horse stood out at Hanshin on Sunday.

CROIX DU NORD winning the Osaka Hai at Hanshin in Japan.
CROIX DU NORD winning the Osaka Hai at Hanshin in Japan. Picture: Japan Racing Association

It was Croix Du Nord and he went on to win the Osaka Hai under regular rider Kitamura and together with trainer Saito-san they had won another G1 in the 2025 Tokyo Yushun or Japanese Derby.  It was a tough finish with race leader Meisho Taberu with the verdict going to Croix du Nord in a head-bobber and Danon Decile, who had traffic problems at the wrong time, managed to finish third,


Racing and Sports

Hanshin

Sunday, 05th April 2026

11
15:40
(local)

THE OSAKA HAI (G1)

Age: 4yo and up Type: OPEN
JPY ¥574,560,000
2000m TURF GOOD
11
15:40
(local)
JPY ¥574,560,000
2000m GOOD

THE OSAKA HAI (G1)

Age: 4yo and up Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 15. CROIX DU NORD (JPN) 4yo H
KITASAN BLACK (JPN) - RISING CROSS (GB)
YUICHI KITAMURA
TAKASHI SAITO
$2.5
58kg
Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
2nd 6. MEISHO TABARU (JPN) 5yo H
GOLD SHIP (JPN) - MEISHO TSUBAKURO (JPN)
YUTAKA TAKE
MAMORU ISHIBASHI
$4.8
58kg
Yoshitaka Matsumoto
3rd 4. DANON DECILE (JPN) 5yo H
EPIPHANEIA (JPN) - TOP DECILE (USA)
RYUSEI SAKAI
SHOGO YASUDA
$3.9
58kg
Danox Co. Ltd.

Sales Information

4th 14. TAGANO DUDE (JPN) 5yo H
YAMAKATSU ACE (JPN) - TAGANO MU CHAN (JPN)
YOSHIHIRO FURUKAWA
T MIYA
$113.2
58kg
5th 3. SEIUN HADES (JPN) 7yo H
SILVER STATE (JPN) - HIGH KNOWLEDGE (JPN)
H MIYUKI
SHINSUKE HASHIGUCHI
$64.9
58kg
6th 12. LEBENSSTIL (JPN) 6yo H
REAL STEEL (JPN) - TOKAI LIFE (JPN)
CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE
HIROYASU TANAKA
$9.9
58kg

Sales Information

7th 9. YOHO LAKE (JPN) 8yo H
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - CROW CANYON (JPN)
ATSUYA NISHIMURA
Y TOMOMICHI
$68
58kg
8th 11. DAVID BAROWS (JPN) 7yo G
LORD KANALOA (JPN) - FRENCH BIKINI (JPN)
MIRAI IWATA
HIROYUKI UEMURA
$58.9
58kg

Sales Information

9th 10. BOLDOG HOS (JPN) 7yo H
SCREEN HERO (JPN) - BOLDOGSAG (FR)
KOHEI MATSUYAMA
H MIYAMOTO
$162.1
58kg
10th 5. SHOHEI (JPN) 4yo H
SATURNALIA (JPN) - ORO TRAJET (JPN)
YUGA KAWADA
Y TOMOMICHI
$6.1
58kg

Sales Information

11th 2. MATENRO LEO (JPN) 7yo H
HEART'S CRY (JPN) - SARATOGA VENUS (JPN)
N YOKOYAMA
M KON
$66.7
58kg
12th 1. SUN STOCKTON (JPN) 7yo H
WORLD ACE (JPN) - SINAR (JPN)
RIKI TAKASUGI
TAKESHI HORIUCHI
$336.7
58kg
13th 13. FAUST RASEN (JPN) 4yo H
MOZU ASCOT (USA) - PEISHA FELICE (JPN)
Y IWATA
N SUGAI
$102.1
58kg

Sales Information

14th 8. ECORO WALZ (JPN) 5yo H
BLACK TIDE (JPN) - PETIT PRINCESSE (JPN)
S HAMANAKA
MITSUNORI MAKIURA
$45.4
58kg
15th 7. ECORO DINOS (JPN) 4yo H
KITASAN BLACK (JPN) - MYSTIC LIPS (GER)
K IKEZOE
R OKUBO
$44.9
58kg

Sales Information

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