Last month's Listed Windsor Castle Stakes runner-up Moonrise (Churchill) went one better on her return return to Ascot with a career best in Saturday's G3 Princess Margaret Japan Cup Stakes at the Berkshire venue.The 11-2 chance raced under a firm hold in fifth through the brisk early fractions. Readied for her bid with a quarter-mile remaining, she was shaken up to challenge approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly in the closing stages to prevail by a neck and 3/4-of-a-length from Dee's Funny Girl (Cotai Glory) and Velozee (Sioux Nation). Pedigree NotesMoonrise, half-sister to a yearling colt by Ghaiyyath, is the third of four foals and leading performer from two winners out of a multiple-winning half-sister to Listed Winkfield Stakes runner-up Strictly Silca (Danehill Dancer).Her second dam, G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes runner-up and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes third Silca Chiave (Pivotal), is kin to five black-type performers headed by G1 Prix Morny heroine Silca's Sister (Inchinor) and the multiple Group 1-placed dual Group 2 winner Golden Silca (Inchinor). Moonrise strikes in the Group Three Princess Margaret Japan Cup Stakes! @Ascot | @AndrewBalding2 | @oismurphy pic.twitter.com/11OaMCDAJZ— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 25, 2026The post Moonrise Pounces For Princess Margaret Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.