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Impact Secures Kyoto Success

Deep Impact completed his preparations for a planned trip to Europe with an easy success in the Takarazuka Kinen at Kyoto in Japan.

The four-year-old is set to contest the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October and he signed off in the best possible way in the Japanese Grade One contest.

After a good break, jockey Yutaka Take settled Deep Impact near the rear and travelled wide through the 11-furlong event.

Turning for home, Take kicked on and the Yasuo Ikee-trained runner responded well to pull four lengths clear of Narita Century at the line.

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