Horse racing: White filly Sodashi wins Oka-sho

Sodashi became the first white horse to win one of Japan's classic races, cruising to victory in record time at the 81st running of the Grade 1 Oka-sho for 3-year-old fillies on Sunday.At Hanshin Racecourse, second favorite Sodashi covered the 1,600 meters on turf in a race-record 1 minute, 31.1 seconds to edge top favorite Satono Reinas by a neck.Sodashi, ridden by Hayato Yoshida, is the first Japanese white horse to win a classic race. The daughter of Kurofune became the first white G1 winner in Japanese Racing Association history at December's Hanshin Juvenile Fillies.Sodashi extended he…READ FULL ARTICLE