One week after dirt-turned-turf performer Vela Azul captured the Japan Cup (G1), Jun Light Bolt illustrated the benefit of a surface switch in the opposite direction in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo.

UAE Derby (G2) star Crown Pride, who wound up 13th in the Kentucky Derby (G1), takes on reigning champion T O Keynes at Chukyo.

The progressive T O Keynes vaulted to the top of Japan’s dirt division with a dominant performance in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo.

Japan’s celebrated white filly Sodashi, who sports a win over Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) winner Loves Only You, will test her dirt aptitude in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo.