Super Fairy wins in Japan again Ed Dunlop's Snow Fairy produced an amazing turn of foot to win the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup for the second year in succession. Ryan Moore's mount looked to have plenty to do turning into the straight as she was at least 10 lengths behind the runaway leader Shimmei Fuji with a dozen horses still in front of her. In front of a huge crowd at Kyoto in Japan, last year's winner began to stay on strongly but it looked as if a place was going to be the best she could hope for with a furlong to run. However, running on the fast ground she so loves, the four-year-old quickened up in fantastic style to burst through and beat Aventura by a neck with Apapane third. Snow Fairy was drawn widest of all in stall 18, which made her performance even more meritorious. Unfortunately William Haggas' Oaks winner Dancing Rain could never get in a blow. Johnny Murtagh decided to hold her up in the rear from stall 14, rather than adopting her front-running tactics, but she never threatened at any stage. Dunlop's filly had been without a win this season but had run some fine races in defeat including the in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Irish Champion Stakes. The result will be more than compensation for the Newmarket handler who was beaten by a nostril in the Melbourne Cup when Red Cadeaux lost out narrowly to Dunaden. Moore is now unbeaten in five races on board the durable Snow Fairy, who has won well over £3million in prize money. "She's a very talented filly and she tries very hard, I'm very lucky to be involved with her," said Moore. "Snow Fairy always quickens very well. The pace was stronger than I thought it would be and we were further back than I hoped to be positioned. "She has a lot of class and a good turn of foot and she picked up very well in the straight. "She's a very talented horse. It's great to ride a filly good enough to come here, the racing in Japan is getting stronger every year." Dunlop was naturally delighted and tweeted: "Wow cannot believe it! Truly great filly, unbelievable ride and outstanding performance by my team, our luck has hopefully changed!"
