Fourth favorite Shahryar nosed past top favorite Efforia at the wire to win the 88th running of the Grade 1 Japanese Derby, the second leg of the Japanese triple crown, on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.With jockey Yuichi Fukunaga aboard, Shahryar won the classic for 3-year-olds in 2 minutes, 22.5 seconds, beating Efforia over 2,400 meters in a photo finish. Efforia and jockey Takeshi Yokoyama were unable to add the Japanese Derby title to their win in the triple crown's first leg, April's Satsuki-sho.The race was Shahryar's first Grade 1 championship and the first Japanese Derby with fans on h…READ FULL ARTICLE
