ON a night to remember for Japan, horses trained there captured all three Group 2 races on the card, adding to a pair of victories at the highest level.

Crown Pride ground out a classy victory in the $1 million UAE Derby over nine and a half furlongs in the hands of Damian Lane for trainer Koichi Shintani and owner Teruya Yoshida. Summer Is Tomorrow made the running and was travelling smoothly as the field entered the homestretch, but Crown Pride loomed and the pair got set to duel. Crown Pride’s reserves of stamina told inside the final half a furlong for a victory by two and three-quarters of length.