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Vodka would go on to have 4 consecutive losses for the rest of 2007, having been defeated in the Takarazuka Kinen, Shuka Sho, Japan Cup and Arima Kinen. She would also scratch from the Queen Elizabeth II Cup due to lameness. Though Vodka won the Japan Derby, she lost to Daiwa Scarlet for JRA Champion 3-year-old Filly, having lost to the filly in 3 of the 4 races they ran in that year. However, Vodka was awarded the JRA Special Award for her Japan Derby victory. | Vodka would go on to have 4 consecutive losses for the rest of 2007, having been defeated in the Takarazuka Kinen, Shuka Sho, Japan Cup and Arima Kinen. She would also scratch from the Queen Elizabeth II Cup due to lameness. Though Vodka won the Japan Derby, she lost to Daiwa Scarlet for JRA Champion 3-year-old Filly, having lost to the filly in 3 of the 4 races they ran in that year. However, Vodka was awarded the JRA Special Award for her Japan Derby victory. | ||
=== In 2008 (4 years old) === | |||
[[File:Vodkascarlet2008.jpg|300px|thumb|Vodka and Daiwa Scarlet in the 2008 Fall Tennosho (Nikkan Sports)]] | |||
Vodka's losing streak would continue into the beginning of 2008, placing 6th in the G2 Kyoto Kinen. She would then travel internationally, to run in the Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. Though she would close in late in race, she ended up placing 4th. | |||
After returning to Japan, Vodka would enter the Victoria Mile, going in as a heavy favorite in the race. However, she would fail to win the race being upset by Asian Wind, placing 2nd. This defeat would mark a full year since Vodka's Japan Derby victory. Vodka would run again 3 weeks later in the Yasuda Kinen, becoming the only Derby winner to enter the race since [[Sakura Chiyono O]] in 1989. Vodka would end up winning the race with ease, beating runner up Armada by 3 1/2 lengths. It was her first victory in over a year, and her 3rd G1 victory. She would also be only the 3rd filly ever to win the Yasuda Kinen, following [[Daiichi Ruby]] in 1991 and [[North Flight]] in 1994. | |||
Vodka would enter in the Mainichi Okan as her first race in the fall season. Though she was a heavy favorite, she ended up losing to fellow rival Super Hornet by a head. Vodka would race again in November, entering a star-studded Fall Tennosho. The field included 2008 Japan Derby winner Deep Sky, 2008 Takarazuka Kinen winner Dream Journey and her longtime rival and 3 G1 winner Daiwa Scarlet. | |||
The race would end up being a thriller and regarded as one of the greatest races in JRA history, as Vodka and Daiwa Scarlet would cross the finish line noses apart. It took 13 minutes for stewards to determine Vodka as the winner, beating Daiwa Scarlet by only 2 centimeters. | |||
She would end the year running in the Japan Cup, and though leading in the final meters of the race, was caught by eventual winner Screen Hero, with Vodka finishing the race in 3rd. | |||
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