June 10 (Wednesday) Full Field of 16 Runners and Post Positions Announced for the Top Race of the 3-Year-Old Dirt Triple Crown: Tokyo Derby (Jpn I)! ~Focus on the Traditional Battle to Decide the Young King of the Sand~

Tokyo City Keiba (TCK) will hold the Tokyo Derby (Jpn I), the top race of the 3-year-old dirt triple crown, on Wednesday, June 10. We are pleased to announce the runners and post positions for the Tokyo Derby.

Last year's (71st) winner: Natural Rise

This year's 72nd Tokyo Derby (Jpn I), which marks the 40th anniversary of Twinkle Race, will be contested by a full field of 16 horses: 4 from JRA and 12 from local circuits.

From JRA, the expected runners are Finger (trainer: Hirokazu Tanaka), winner of the Haneda Hai (Jpn I); Rock Termigan (trainer: Koichi Ishizaka), second in the same race; Silver Ratio (trainer: Kenji Nonaka), convincing winner of the prep race Unicorn Stakes (G III); and Realize Glint (trainer: Yoshito Yahagi), winner of the Kumotori Sho (Jpn III). From the local TCK, five horses are scheduled to run: Lowry (trainer: Junpei Morishita), third in the Haneda Hai; San Lazar (trainer: Terunobu Fujita), fifth in the same race; Lord Luce (trainer: Hiroki Suzuki), winner of the Tokyo Derby Challenge; C-Tape (trainer: Kenji Sano); and Dente Brillante (trainer: Kazuei Sakamoto). Additionally, God Fencer (trainer: Nobuharu Morimoto) from Hyogo Racing, who has won four consecutive graded stakes, and Forcemen (trainer: Isao Sugawara) from Iwate Racing, who won the Diamond Cup with unstoppable momentum, are among the elite gathered to decide the young king of the sand.

Attention is focused on which horse will reach the top of this traditional race, the longest-running graded stakes at Oi Racecourse.

*For more information on the Tokyo Derby runners, visit: https://www.nankankeiba.com/uma_shosai/2026061020040311.do