Flying the flag for the National Association of Racing (NAR) circuit, Diktaean emerged from Monday's G1 Tokyo Daishoten as a popular winner after the son of King Kamehameha produced a brave effort to deny hot favourite Mikki Fight (Drefong) at Ohi Racecourse.Trained locally by Katsunori Arayama, Diktaean raced enthusiastically in mid-division through the early stages, before enjoying the perfect tow from Mikki Fight when that rival began to engage top gear on the home turn. Everything appeared to be going to plan for the market leader when Christophe Lemaire produced him to lead early in the straight, but Diktaean and jockey Takayuki Yano remained persistent challengers in their slipstream. Drawing level inside the final furlong, the seven-year-old Diktaean responded generously from there to eventually master his younger rival, ultimately getting the verdict by a neck. Outrange (Regalo) finished another 1 1/2 lengths behind the leading pair in third.The disappointments of the race were the three-year-olds Narukami (Thunder Snow) and Natural Rise (Kizuna), who had previously highlighted their liking for this course and distance when finishing first and second, respectively, in the Listed Japan Dirt Classic in October. Narukami finished over seven lengths behind the winner in sixth, having raced closer than ideal to the strong gallop set by the freewheeling Natural Rise. The latter trailed home 11th of the 15 runners.The success of Diktaean identified him as the first winner of this race to be trained on the NAR circuit in 20 years. Plainly in the form of his life at the age of seven, he made his Group-race breakthrough in September's G3 Korea Cup at Seoul, having been trained by Tatsuya Yoshioka until earlier this year. Six of his 11 career victories have been achieved in stakes company.Pedigree NotesDiktaean is one of four winners from five runners out of the multiple stakes winner Medeia (King Halo) who, in turn, is out of the GII Pucker Up Stakes scorer Witchful Thinking (Lord Avie). In total, Witchful Thinking is the dam of 10 individual winners, with the others including the Listed Fukushima Himba Stakes heroine Lofty Aim (Sunday Silence). Lofty Aim herself features as the dam of the G3 Kyodo News Hai Tokinominoru Kinen third Aim And End (Eishin Flash) and the second dam of the G3 Unicorn Stakes winner Smasher (Majestic Warrior).Monday, Ohi, JapanTOKYO DAISHOTEN-G1, ¥170,000,000, Ohi, 12-29, 3yo/up, 2000m, 2:04.30, hy.1–DIKTAEAN (JPN), 126, g, 7, by King Kamehameha (Jpn) 1st Dam: Medeia (Jpn) (MSW-Jpn, $2,245,704), by King Halo (Jpn) 2nd Dam: Witchful Thinking, by Lord Avie 3rd Dam: Halloween Joy, by Exuberant1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-G1 Racing; B-Oiwake Farm; T-KatsunoriArayama; J-Takayuki Yano; ¥100,000,000. Lifetime Record:GSW-Kor, 31-11-1-3, $3,032,012. Werk Nick Rating: A++.Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for thefree Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.2–Mikki Fight (Jpn), 126, c, 4, Drefong–Special Groove (Jpn),by Special Week (Jpn). O-Mizuki Noda; B-Northern Farm;¥35,000,0003–Outrange (Jpn), 126, h, 5, Regalo (Jpn)–Queen Pirates (Jpn),by King Kamehameha (Jpn). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE.O-Toshio Terada; B-North Hills; ¥20,000,000.Margins: NK, 1HF, 3HF. Odds: 76.30, 0.40, 11.10.Also Ran: King's Sword (Jpn), Ho O Roulette (Jpn), Narukami (Jpn), Nansei White (Jpn), Grand Bridge (Jpn), Seesaw Game, Night of Fire (Jpn), Natural Rise (Jpn), Bell Gracias (Jpn), Hero Call (Jpn), Bahir Dar, Passion Cry (Jpn). Scratched: Aladdin Barows (Jpn). Click for the goracing.jp chart. The post Diktaean Registers Career High in Tokyo Daishoten Upset appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.