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2022 June
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Mon, Jun 27, 2022
Titleholder wins this year’s Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin.
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Sun, Jun 26, 2022
The 63rd running of the Takarazuka Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 26th and it is a 2,200m inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Tue, Jun 07, 2022
Songline wins this year’s Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo.
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Sun, Jun 05, 2022
The 72nd running of the Yasuda Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 5th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2022 May
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Mon, May 30, 2022
Do Deuce wins this year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 29, 2022
The 89th running of the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) will be held on Sunday, May 29th and it is a 2,400m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Stars on Earth wins this year’s Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 22, 2022
The 83rd running of the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) will be held on Sunday, May 22nd and it is a 2,400m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Tue, May 17, 2022
Sodashi wins this year’s Victoria Mile at Tokyo.
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Sat, May 14, 2022
The 17th running of the Victoria Mile will be held on Sunday, May 15th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Tue, May 10, 2022
Danon Scorpion wins this year’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo.
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Sat, May 07, 2022
The 27th running of the NHK Mile Cup will be held on Sunday, May 8th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Tue, May 03, 2022
Titleholder wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Spring) at Hanshin.
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Sun, May 01, 2022
The 165th running of the Tenno Sho (Spring) will be held on Sunday, May 1st and it is a 3,200m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
2022 April
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Mon, Apr 18, 2022
Geoglyph wins this year’s Satsuki Sho at Nakayama.
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Sun, Apr 17, 2022
The 82nd running of the Satsuki Sho will be held on Sunday, April 17th and it is a 2,000m inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Apr 11, 2022
Stars on Earth wins this year’s Oka Sho at Hanshin.
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Sun, Apr 10, 2022
The 82nd running of the Oka Sho will be held on Sunday, April 10th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Tue, Apr 05, 2022
Potager wins this year’s Osaka Hai at Hanshin.
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Sun, Apr 03, 2022
The 66th running of the Osaka Hai will be held on Sunday, April 3rd and it is a 2,000m inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Apr 01, 2022
On the books, three-time G1 winner Efforia towers above the competition in the expected field of 16 for this Sunday’s (3 April) G1 Osaka Hai (2000m).
2022 March
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Tue, Mar 29, 2022
Naran Huleg wins this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo.
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Sun, Mar 27, 2022
The 52nd running of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen will be held on Sunday, March 27th and it is a 1,200m turf event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Fri, Mar 25, 2022
The G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m), Japan’s first big sprint of the year, highlights Chukyo’s second meeting of 2022 on Sunday (27 March). Short on Group 1 winners, the field is dominated by five-year-old Resistencia, who towers above the other expected 17 contenders as she continues to capture headlines leading into the weekend’s race.
2022 February
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Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Cafe Pharoah wins this year’s February Stakes at Tokyo.
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Sun, Feb 20, 2022
The 39th running of the February Stakes will be held on Sunday, February 20th and it is a 1,600m dirt event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2021 December
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Wed, Dec 29, 2021
Killer Ability wins this year’s Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama.
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Tue, Dec 28, 2021
The 38th running of the Hopeful Stakes will be held on Tuesday, December 28th and it is a 2,000m turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 27, 2021
Efforia wins this year’s Arima Kinen at Nakayama.
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Sun, Dec 26, 2021
The 66th running of the Arima Kinen will be held on Sunday, December 26th and it is a 2,500m inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 20, 2021
Do Deuce wins this year’s Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin.
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Sun, Dec 19, 2021
The 73rd running of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes will be held on Sunday, December 19th and it is a 1,600m outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 13, 2021
Circle of Life wins this year’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Hanshin.
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Sun, Dec 12, 2021
The 73rd running of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies will be held on Sunday, December 12th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 06, 2021
T O Keynes wins this year’s Champions Cup at Chukyo.
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Sun, Dec 05, 2021
The 22nd running of the Champions Cup will be held on Sunday, December 5th and it is a 1,800m dirt event at Chukyo Racecourse.
2021 November
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Mon, Nov 29, 2021
Contrail wins this year’s Japan Cup at Tokyo.
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Sun, Nov 28, 2021
The 41st running of the Japan Cup will be held on Sunday, November 28th and it is a 2,400m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Thu, Nov 25, 2021
Pledging to “protect the honour” of Triple Crown champion Contrail, jockey Yuichi Fukunaga spoke with awe of the four-year-old colt ahead of Sunday’s (28 November) main event, the 41st running of the G1 Japan Cup (2400m) at Tokyo.
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Mon, Nov 22, 2021
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Mile Championship at Hanshin.
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Sun, Nov 21, 2021
The 38th running of the Mile Championship will be held on Sunday, November 21st and it is a 1,600m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Nov 19, 2021
Wednesday (17 November) it became official. Gran Alegria, likely favourite for Sunday’s (21 November) G1 Mile Championship (1600m) at Hanshin, is retiring.
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Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Akai Ito wins this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hanshin.
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Sun, Nov 14, 2021
The 46th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup will be held on Sunday, November 14th and it is a 2,200m inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Thu, Nov 11, 2021
After a week off, Japan’s smorgasbord of G1s resumes a seven-week stretch of features, starting with the 46th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2200m) this Sunday (14 November), following last month’s Shuka Sho (2000m) as the second showcase for the girls.
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Thu, Nov 11, 2021
All-white cult horse Sodashi is set to try dirt for the first time on her next start in the Champions Cup under a change that could open more options for the Classic winner.
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Mon, Nov 01, 2021
Efforia wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo.
2021 October
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Sun, Oct 31, 2021
The 84th running of the Tenno Sho (Autumn) will be held on Sunday, October 31st and it is a 2,000m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 25, 2021
Titleholder wins this year’s Kikuka Sho at Hanshin.
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Sun, Oct 24, 2021
The 82nd running of the Kikuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 24th and it is a 3,000m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Akaitorino Musume wins this year’s Shuka Sho at Hanshin.
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Sun, Oct 17, 2021
The 26th running of the Shuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 17th and it is a 2,000m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 04, 2021
Pixie Knight wins this year’s Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama.
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Sun, Oct 03, 2021
The 55th running of the Sprinters Stakes will be held on Sunday, October 3rd and it is a 1,200m outer turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
2021 June
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Mon, Jun 28, 2021
Chrono Genesis wins this year’s Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin.
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Sun, Jun 27, 2021
The 62nd running of the Takarazuka Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 27th and it is a 2,200m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Thu, Jun 24, 2021
Japan’s last big race of the year first half is set for Sunday (27 June) at Hanshin Racecourse. It’s the 62nd running of the G1 Takarazuka Kinen (2200m), a gala of favourites with a top prize of ¥150 million Japanese yen.
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Mon, Jun 07, 2021
Danon Kingly wins this year’s Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo.
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Sat, Jun 05, 2021
The 71st running of the Yasuda Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 6th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2021 May
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Mon, May 31, 2021
Shahryar wins this year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 30, 2021
The 88th running of the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) will be held on Sunday, May 30th and it is a 2,400m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Fri, May 28, 2021
Derby hopefuls were given their final workouts Wednesday before the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, 2400m) this Sunday (30 May) and, as expected, headlines the following day were dominated by G1 Satsuki Sho (2000m) winner Efforia and G1 Oka Sho (1600m) runner-up Satono Reinas.
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Mon, May 24, 2021
Uberleben wins this year’s Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 23, 2021
The 82nd running of the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) will be held on Sunday, May 23rd and it is a 2,400m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 17, 2021
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Victoria Mile at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 16, 2021
The 16th running of the Victoria Mile will be held on Sunday, May 16th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 10, 2021Schnell Meister wins this year’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo.
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Sat, May 08, 2021
The 26th running of the NHK Mile Cup will be held on Sunday, May 9th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Thu, May 06, 2021
Five weeks of G1 Sundays at Tokyo Racecourse begin to roll this weekend (Sunday, 9 May) with the NHK Mile Cup (1600m), a race founded in 1996
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Mon, May 03, 2021
World Premiere wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Spring) at Hanshin.
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Sun, May 02, 2021
The 82nd running of the Tenno Sho (Spring) will be held on Sunday, May 2nd and it is a 3,200m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
2021 April
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Thu, Apr 29, 2021
Japan’s newest international G1 winner Loves Only You has been set the Cox Plate or the Breeders’ Cup as possible overseas targets later this year.
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Mon, Apr 19, 2021
Efforia wins this year’s Satsuki Sho at Nakayama.
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Sun, Apr 18, 2021
The 81st running of the Satsuki Sho will be held on Sunday, April 18th and it is a 2,000m inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Sodashi wins this year’s Oka Sho at Hanshin.
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Sun, Apr 11, 2021
The 81st running of the Oka Sho will be held on Sunday, April 11th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Apr 05, 2021
Lei Papale wins this year’s Osaka Hai at Hanshin.
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Sun, Apr 04, 2021
The 65th running of the Osaka Hai will be held on Sunday, April 4th and it is a 2,000m inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
2021 March
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Mon, Mar 29, 2021
Danon Smash wins this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo.
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Sat, Mar 27, 2021
The 51st running of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen will be held on Sunday, March 28th and it is a 1,200m turf event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Thu, Mar 25, 2021
The G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m) is the first big turf race of the year in Japan and will be held at Chukyo Racecourse this Sunday (28 March).
2021 February
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Mon, Feb 22, 2021
Cafe Pharoah wins this year’s February Stakes at Tokyo.
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Mon, Feb 22, 2021
Oisin Murphy has secured his first big-race mount ahead of next month’s return from a three-month cocaine ban with news that he has been booked to ride Japanese Classic winner Loves Only You in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on Dubai World Cup night.
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Sat, Feb 20, 2021
The 38th running of the February Stakes will be held on Sunday, February 21st and it is a 1,600m dirt event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Thu, Feb 04, 2021
Gran Alegria, Japan’s champion sprinter and miler, will move up in trip for her first start of 2021 – setting up a clash with last year’s Triple Crown winner Contrail, who is not going to Dubai.
2021 January
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Mon, Jan 18, 2021
Triple Crown hero Contrail could start his four-year-old campaign in the Dubai Turf before staying at home for the rest of the year after trainer Yoshito Yahagi outlined a 2021 campaign that does not feature the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
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Thu, Jan 07, 2021
Almond Eye, who retired from racing after becoming the first horse in Japanese history to win nine G1s on turf, has been named Horse of the Year in the Japan Racing Association Awards.
2020 December
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Mon, Dec 28, 2020
Mickaelle Michel has secured her ‘dream come true’ after being granted a short-term licence to ride on the Japan Racing Association circuit.
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Mon, Dec 28, 2020
Chrono Genesis wins this year’s Arima Kinen at Nakayama.
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Mon, Dec 28, 2020
A memorable year for Japanese racing – despite the attentions of Covid-19 – reached its climax in appropriate fashion when Chrono Genesis, both race favourite and No.1 fans’ pick, won the Arima Kinen, the season-ending grand prix at Nakayama on Sunday.
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Mon, Dec 28, 2020
Danon the Kid wins this year’s Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama.
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Sun, Dec 27, 2020
The 65th running of the Arima Kinen will be held on Sunday, December 27th and it is a 2,500m inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Fri, Dec 25, 2020
The 37th running of the Hopeful Stakes will be held on Saturday, December 26th and it is a 2,000m inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Grenadier Guards wins this year’s Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin.
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Sun, Dec 20, 2020
The 72nd running of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes will be held on Sunday, December 20th and it is a 1,600m turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 14, 2020
Sodashi wins this year’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Hanshin.
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Sat, Dec 12, 2020
The 72nd running of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies will be held on Sunday, December 13th and it is a 1,600m outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 07, 2020
Chuwa Wizard wins this year’s Champions Cup at Chukyo.
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Sun, Dec 06, 2020
The 21st running of the Champions Cup will be held on Sunday, December 6th and it is a 1,800m dirt event at Chukyo Racecourse.
2020 November
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Mon, Nov 30, 2020
Almond Eye wins this year’s Japan Cup at Tokyo.
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Fri, Nov 27, 2020
The 40th running of the Japan Cup will be held on Sunday, November 29th and it is a 2,400 turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Fri, Nov 27, 2020
The Racing and Sports Pricing Model looks at the 2020 Japan Cup from Tokyo.
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Fri, Nov 27, 2020
Sunday’s Japan Cup (2400m) at Tokyo Racecourse this week represents a racing first in Japan. In fact, it’s most likely a racing first, period.
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Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Mile Championship at Hanshin.
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Sat, Nov 21, 2020
The 37th running of the Mile Championship will be held on Sunday, November 22nd and it is a 1,600 outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Nov 20, 2020
The slew of top-level contests continues in Japan and the spotlight remains firmly on Hanshin Racecourse this Sunday, 22 November with the G1 Mile Championship
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Mon, Nov 16, 2020
Lucky Lilac wins this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hanshin.
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Sun, Nov 15, 2020
The 45th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup will be held on Sunday, November 15th and it is a 2,200 meter turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Nov 13, 2020
Superstar mare Almond Eye will have the final start of her record-breaking career in the Japan Cup, a race which will produce a monstrous clash with the unbeaten Triple Crown winners Contrail and Daring Tact.
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Sun, Nov 08, 2020
The 58th running of the Copa Republica Argentina will be held on Sunday, November 8th and it is a 2,500 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 02, 2020
Almond Eye wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo.
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Sun, Nov 01, 2020
The 162nd running of the Tenno Sho (Autumn) will be held on Sunday, November 1st and it is a 2,000 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2020 October
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Fri, Oct 30, 2020
It’s been a year of firsts around the world, but Japan’s racing fans, with most of 2020 run “behind closed doors” and JRA racecourses still not fully open to the general public, are ready for more positive developments.
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Sun, Oct 25, 2020
The 81st running of the Kikuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 25th and it is a 3,000 meter outer turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 19, 2020
Daring Tact wins this year’s Shuka Sho at Kyoto.
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Sun, Oct 18, 2020
The 25th running of the Shuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 18th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Fri, Oct 16, 2020
Japan wraps up its Fillies’ Triple Crown with Sunday’s (18 October) G1 Shuka Sho (2000m) at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 05, 2020
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama.
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Sun, Oct 04, 2020
The 54th running of the Sprinters Stakes will be held on Sunday, October 4th and it is a 1,200 meter outer turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2020
This Sunday (4 October) Nakayama Racecourse to the east of Tokyo, will host the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m), the first big race of autumn and the second top-level sprint of the year.
2020 September
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Mon, Sep 28, 2020
The brilliant Contrail (Yoshito Yahagi/Yuichi Fukunaga) returned with an effortless victory at Chukyo on Sunday to take his career record to six out of six in the Kobe Shimbun Hai.
2020 June
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Mon, Jun 29, 2020
Chrono Genesis wins this year’s Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin.
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Sun, Jun 28, 2020
The 61st running of the Takarazuka Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 28th and it is a 2,200 meter inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Jun 26, 2020
Sunday, 28 June, marks the 61st running of the G1 Takarazuka Kinen (2200m).
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Mon, Jun 08, 2020
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo.
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Sun, Jun 07, 2020
The 70th running of the Yasuda Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 7th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Christophe Lemaire says he’s out for revenge in this Sunday’s (7 June) G1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse as he looks to play his part in helping the great Almond Eye rewrite Japan’s racing history books.
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Mon, Jun 01, 2020
Contrail wins this year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) at Tokyo.
2020 May
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Sun, May 31, 2020
The 87th running of the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) will be held on Sunday, May 31st and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Sat, May 30, 2020
The Racing and Sports Priceline for the 2020 Tokyo Yushun.
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Thu, May 28, 2020
Contrail puts his unbeaten record on the line when he goes to the gate for Sunday’s G1 Japanese Derby (2400m) at Tokyo but the G1 Satsuki Sho (2000m) winner also has the chance to collect the second leg of the Japanese Triple Crown.
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Mon, May 25, 2020
Daring Tact wins this year’s Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo.
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Sun, May 24, 2020
The 81st running of the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) will be held on Sunday, May 24th and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 18, 2020
Almond Eye wins this year’s Victoria Mile at Tokyo.
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Mon, May 18, 2020
Dubai Turf heroine lands seventh Group One in style.
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Thu, May 14, 2020
The 15th running of the Victoria Mile will be held on Sunday, May 17th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 11, 2020
Lauda Sion wins this year’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo.
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Thu, May 07, 2020
The 25th running of the NHK Mile Cup will be held on Sunday, May 10th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 04, 2020
Fierement wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Spring) at Kyoto.
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Sun, May 03, 2020
The 81st running of the Tenno Sho (Spring) will be held on Sunday, May 3rd and it is a 3,200 meter outer turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Fri, May 01, 2020
The Racing and Sports Priceline for the 2020 Tenno Sho (Spring) from Kyoto.
2020 April
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Mon, Apr 20, 2020
Contrail wins this year’s Satsuki Sho at Nakayama.
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Sun, Apr 19, 2020
The 80th running of the Satsuki Sho will be held on Sunday, April 19th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Fri, Apr 17, 2020
The super three – Contrail, Salios and Satono Flag – maintained their grip on popularity heading in to Sunday’s (19 April) G1 Satsuki Sho at Nakayama. Final workouts were held at both JRA training centres on Wednesday (15 April) ahead of the 2000m turf classic, the first leg in Japan’s Triple Crown.
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Fri, Apr 17, 2020
The Racing and Sports Priceline for the 2020 Satsuki Sho.
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Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Daring Tact wins this year’s Oka Sho at Hanshin.
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Sun, Apr 12, 2020
The 80th running of the Oka Sho will be held on Sunday, April 12th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Lucky Lilac wins this year’s Osaka Hai at Hanshin.
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Fri, Apr 03, 2020
The 64th running of the Osaka Hai will be held on Sunday, April 5th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Apr 03, 2020
The racing spotlight in Japan moves to Osaka’s Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday (5 April) for the 64th running of the Osaka Hai, a 2000m turf contest that was promoted to Grade 1 status in 2017.
2020 March
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Mon, Mar 30, 2020
British and Irish racing fans have been starved of drama on the track at home but those willing to look further afield were rewarded with a thrilling finish to the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo on Sunday.
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Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Mozu Superflare wins this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo.
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Sun, Mar 29, 2020
Unlike many other major northern hemisphere racing and breeding nations, Japan has thus far been able to keep its Graded race programme intact in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sun, Mar 29, 2020
The 50th running of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen will be held on Sunday, March 29th and it is a 1,200 meter turf event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Sun, Mar 29, 2020
7.40am Chukyo, Sunday - Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Grade 1 | 4yo+ | 6f | Turf
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Mon, Mar 09, 2020
Satono Flag partnered to victory at Nakayama by Deep Impact's rider Yutaka Take.
2020 February
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Mon, Feb 24, 2020
Mozu Ascot wins this year’s February Stakes at Tokyo.
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Thu, Feb 20, 2020
The 37th running of the February Stakes will be held on Sunday, February 23rd and it is a 1,600 meter dirt event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Deep Impact the general ranking champion for the eighth consecutive year.
2020 January
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Thu, Jan 23, 2020
1st January to 31st December 2019.
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Wed, Jan 08, 2020
Lys Gracieux Named Japanese Horse of the Year.
2019 December
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Mon, Dec 30, 2019
Contrail wins this year’s Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama.
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Thu, Dec 26, 2019
The 36th running of the Hopeful Stakes will be held on Saturday, December 28th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 23, 2019
Lys Gracieux wins this year’s Arima Kinen at Nakayama.
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Mon, Dec 23, 2019
Shingun Michael wins this year’s Nakayama Daishogai at Nakayama.
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Sat, Dec 21, 2019
She is the Queen of the East but trainer Sakae Kunieda and jockey Christophe Lemaire will not take anything for granted when Almond Eye steps in front of a capacity Nakayama crowd to face one of the best middle-distance fields assembled anywhere in the world this year.
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Fri, Dec 20, 2019
Nakayama Racecourse hosts the G1 Arima Kinen, Japan’s most-beloved race, on Sunday, 22 December
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Fri, Dec 20, 2019
The 64th running of the Arima Kinen will be held on Sunday, December 22nd and it is a 2,500 meter turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Thu, Dec 19, 2019
All eyes will be on Japanese superstar Almond Eye, who completed her final training session ahead of the Arima Kinen on Sunday, where she will bid for a seventh top-level triumph.
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Mon, Dec 16, 2019
Salios wins this year’s Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin.
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Thu, Dec 12, 2019
The 71st running of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes will be held on Sunday, December 15th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 09, 2019
Japan-based horses claimed victories in the Hong Kong Vase, Hong Kong Mile and Hong Kong Cup held at Sha Tin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 09, 2019
Resistencia wins this year’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Hanshin.
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Fri, Dec 06, 2019
The 71st running of the Champions Cup will be held on Sunday, December 8th and it is a 1,600 meter outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Fri, Dec 06, 2019
Japan-trained 9 runners will be taking part in all four of the upcoming LONGINES HK International Races on Sunday, 8th December 2019.
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Mon, Dec 02, 2019
Chrysoberyl wins this year’s Champions Cup at Chukyo.
2019 November
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Thu, Nov 28, 2019
The 20th running of the Champions Cup will be held on Sunday, December 1st and it is a 1,800 meter dirt event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 25, 2019
Suave Richard wins this year’s Japan Cup at Tokyo.
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Thu, Nov 21, 2019
The 39th running of the Japan Cup will be held on Sunday, November 24th and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Indy Champ wins this year’s Mile Championship at Kyoto.
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Fri, Nov 15, 2019
The 36th running of the Mile Championship will be held on Sunday, November 17th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 11, 2019
Lucky Lilac wins this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto.
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Fri, Nov 08, 2019
The 44th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup will be held on Sunday, November 10th and it is a 2,200 meter turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Wed, Nov 06, 2019
The 4-year-old challenger from Japan, crossed the finish line as sixth and the race was won by Danny O'Brien trained Vow And Declare.
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Mon, Nov 04, 2019
Muito Obrigado wins this year’s Copa Republica Argentina at Tokyo.
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Sun, Nov 03, 2019
The 5-year-old challenger from Japan, crossed the finish line as eighth and the race was won by Steven Asmussen trained Mitole.
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Sat, Nov 02, 2019
The 160th running of the Copa Republica Argentina will be held on Sunday, November 3rd and it is a 2,500 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2019 October
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Mon, Oct 28, 2019
Almond Eye wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo.
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Fri, Oct 25, 2019
Japan’s leading lady Almond Eye takes centre stage with a highly-anticipated return in the 160th running of the G1 Tenno Sho (2000m) at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, 27 October.
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Thu, Oct 24, 2019
The 160th running of the Tenno Sho (Autumn) will be held on Sunday, October 27th and it is a 2,000 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 21, 2019
World Premier wins this year’s Kikuka Sho at Kyoto.
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Mon, Oct 21, 2019
The legendary Yutaka Take rewrote the history books after he became the oldest jockey to win the Grade 1 Kikuka Sho when World Premiere ran out a game winner ahead of Satono Lux.
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Sun, Oct 20, 2019
The 5-year-old challenger from Japan, crossed the finish line as third and the race was won by the Aiden O'brien-trained Magical.
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Sun, Oct 20, 2019
4-year-old challenger from Japan wins this year’s Caulfield Cup.
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Wed, Oct 16, 2019
The 80th running of the Kikuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 20th and it is a 3,000 meter outer turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 14, 2019
Chrono Genesis wins this year’s Shuka Sho at Kyoto.
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Thu, Oct 10, 2019
The G1 Shuka Sho (2000m) this Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse is the final jewel in Japan’s triple crown for fillies.
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Wed, Oct 09, 2019
The 24th running of the Shuka Sho will be held on Sunday, October 13th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Tue, Oct 08, 2019
Japan’s three hopefuls finished in 7th, 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse on Sunday.
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Mon, Oct 07, 2019
The Japan Autumn International Series will be held over four weekends between 10th November and 1st December.
2019 September
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Fri, Sep 27, 2019
It was only a matter of time till the sons and daughters of the mighty sprint master Lord Kanaloa made their way into the highest levels of Japanese sprint racing, and there will be three such offspring hoping to carry on their sire’s legacy in the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama this Sunday, 29 September.
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Tue, Sep 24, 2019
The 53rd running of the Sprinters Stakes will be held on Sunday, September 29th and it is a 1,200 meter outer turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Thu, Sep 19, 2019
The 5-year-old challenger from Japan, crossed the finish line as third and the race was won by the Andre Fabre-trained Waldgeist.
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Mon, Sep 16, 2019
The 5-year-old Ritto-based mare from Japan, crossed the finish line a close fourth as race won by the Aidan O’Brien-trained 4-year-old Magical.
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Mon, Sep 09, 2019
Champion Japanese mare Almond Eye is on course to return to the races following a break over the northern summer.
2019 August
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Tue, Aug 27, 2019
Team JRA dominated the team competition with 246 points, to claim its fifth consecutive title while Team WAS collected 202.
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Fri, Aug 23, 2019
The 7-year-old veteran from Japan, crossed the finish line a distant eighth as race won by the Aidan O’Brien-trained 3-year-old Japan.
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Mon, Aug 12, 2019
Girls and Nanako Fujita tie Europe for second.
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Fri, Aug 09, 2019
Ranking Period From 1st January to 31st July 2019.
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Wed, Aug 07, 2019
This Year The World All-Star Jockeys event will be held on 24th & 25th of August 2019.
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Tue, Aug 06, 2019
The World All-Star Jockeys (WASJ) is an international event launched by the JRA and it will be held on 24th & 25th of August 2019.
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Fri, Aug 02, 2019
Deirdre pocketed yet another historic racing win at Goodwood Racecourse and ending a 19-year drought on Group 1 wins in Britain for Japan.
2019 July
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Tue, Jul 30, 2019
Deep Impact, one of the most successful horses and stallions in the history of the JRA, died on Tuesday. He was 17.
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Mon, Jul 29, 2019
The 7-year-old challenger from Japan, crossed the finish line a distant sixth as Enable became the back to back winner.
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Fri, Jul 19, 2019
Overseas challenges by JRA horses got off to a good start in 2019.
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Tue, Jul 09, 2019
Master Fencer’s valiant American swing came to a rather unspectacular end with a 13th-place finish in the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational on Saturday.
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Mon, Jul 08, 2019
Unheralded Jodie did Japanese racing proud by coming in fourth in the $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational.
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Wed, Jul 03, 2019
Nanako Fujita, only female rider in JRA, becomes the champion Jockey with 48 points.
2019 June
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Mon, Jun 24, 2019
Australian jockey Damian Lane has become a superstar in Japan after landing seven winners over the weekend including a Group One win in one of the country's most popular races.
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Mon, Jun 24, 2019
Lys Gracieux wins this year’s Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin.
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Sun, Jun 23, 2019
An all-expenses paid berth in the Breeders Cup Turf could be the reward for the winner of the 60th running of the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin on Sunday.
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Fri, Jun 21, 2019
Not even the experienced veteran jockey Yutaka Take could save Deirdre to finish sixth in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.
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Thu, Jun 20, 2019
Hanshin Racecourse will host the 60th running of the Takarazuka Kinen on Sunday (23 June), Japan’s final Grade 1 race until the autumn.
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Tue, Jun 18, 2019
The 60th running of the Takarazuka Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 23rd and it is a 2,200 meter turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Jun 10, 2019
Japanese glory in the American Triple Crown will have to wait for another day as the Koichi Tsunoda-trained Master Fencer finished fifth in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday evening.
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Mon, Jun 03, 2019
Indy Champ wins this year’s Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo.
2019 May
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Fri, May 31, 2019
The G1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) will be held on Sunday, 2 June at Tokyo Racecourse. It is the premier test in the first half of the year for Japan’s top milers.
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Fri, May 31, 2019
Sunday’s Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourset is the premier test in the first half of the year for Japan’s top milers.
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Wed, May 29, 2019
The 69th running of the Yasuda Kinen will be held on Sunday, June 02nd and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 27, 2019
The Japanese Derby meeting in Tokyo provided a mix of elation and disappointment for Australian jockey Damian Lane.
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Mon, May 27, 2019
Roger Barows wins this year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) at Tokyo.
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Wed, May 22, 2019
The 86th running of the Yushun (Japanese Derby) will be held on Sunday, May 26th and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 20, 2019
Loves Only You wins this year’s Yushun Himba at Tokyo.
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Wed, May 15, 2019
The 80th running of the Yushun Himba will be held on Sunday, May 19th and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Wed, May 08, 2019
The 14th running of the Victoria Mile will be held on Sunday, May 12th and it is a 1,600 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, May 06, 2019
Admire Mars wins this year’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo.
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Thu, May 02, 2019
The 24th running of the NHK Mile Cup will be held on Sunday, May 05th and it is a 1,600 meter outer turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2019 April
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Tue, Apr 30, 2019
Win Bright became the first horse to run the 2,000 meters at Sha Tin in under 1 minute, 59 seconds.
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Mon, Apr 29, 2019
Fierement wins this year’s Tenno Sho (Spring).
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Sun, Apr 28, 2019
Australian jockey Damian Lane has ridden four winners on just his second day of competition in Japan.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2019
The 80th running of the Tenno Sho (Spring) will be held on Sunday, April 28th and it is a 3,200 meter outer turf event at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Tue, Apr 16, 2019
Oju Chosan wins Nakayama Grand Jump again for the 4th Consecutive year.
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Tue, Apr 16, 2019
Saturnalia wins this year’s Satsuki Sho.
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Wed, Apr 10, 2019
The 79th running of the Satsuki Sho will be held on Sunday, April 14th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Tue, Apr 09, 2019
Kluger made a late charge in the final furlong but was not enough to catch the top three finishers.
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Mon, Apr 08, 2019
Gran Alegria wins this year’s Oka Sho.
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Wed, Apr 03, 2019
The 79th running of the Oka Sho will be held on Sunday, April 7th and it is a 1,600 meter outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Apr 01, 2019
Almond Eye, Japan Racing Association’s reigning Horse of the Year turned heads with an effortless victory in the Grade 1 Dubai Turf on Saturday.
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Mon, Apr 01, 2019
Al Ain wins this year’s Osaka Hai.
2019 March
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Fri, Mar 29, 2019
Ten Japanese runners will be running in the six races at Meydan racecourse on 30th March 2019.
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Wed, Mar 27, 2019
The 63rd running of the Osaka Hai will be held on Sunday, March 31st and it is a 2,000 meter turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Mr Melody wins this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
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Fri, Mar 22, 2019
The 49th running of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen will be held on Sunday, March 24th and it is a 1,200 meter turf event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Thu, Mar 21, 2019
The Osaka Hai will stage a line-up of top turf runners of all ages beginning with a tough group of four-year-olds.
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Thu, Mar 21, 2019
The focus is centered on Almond Eye, JRA’s 2018 Horse of the Year and winner of the fillies’ Triple Crown, who is slated to run in the Dubai Turf on 30th March 2019.
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Thu, Mar 21, 2019
Aspiring three-year-olds are picking up steam towards their Classics bids.
2019 February
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Fri, Feb 22, 2019
Deep Impact the general ranking champion for the 7th consecutive year.
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Thu, Feb 21, 2019
Total sales were 31,529,736,000 yen for the year 2018.
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Mon, Feb 18, 2019
Inti extended his winning streak to seven by capturing his first G1 title in this year’s February Stakes.
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Wed, Feb 13, 2019
The 36th running of the February Stakes will be held on Sunday, February 17th and it is a 1,600 meter dirt event at Tokyo Racecourse.
2019 January
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Thu, Jan 24, 2019
Rankings from January 1 to December 31, 2018
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Wed, Jan 09, 2019
Comments from Almond Eye's Connections.
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Wed, Jan 09, 2019
Almond Eye won the Japan Racing Association's Horse of the Year for 2018.
2018 December
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Fri, Dec 28, 2018
Saturnalia won his first G1 title while undefeated in three career starts.
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Wed, Dec 26, 2018
The 35th running of the Hopeful Stakes will be held on Friday, Dec. 28th and it is a 2,000 meter inner turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 24, 2018
Blast Onepiece wins this year’s Arima Kinen to claim his first G1 title.
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Fri, Dec 21, 2018
Sunday’s Arima Kinen, perhaps the most anticipated Group One race of the season in Japan, is boiling down to a competition between eight G1 winners and several runners with a lot to prove.
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Fri, Dec 21, 2018
Racing and Sports' Priceline looks at the 2018 Arima Kinen from Nakayama where star galloper Rey De Oro heads the betting.
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Tue, Dec 18, 2018
The 63rd running of the Arima Kinen will be held on Sunday, Dec. 23 and it is a 2,500 meter turf event at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 17, 2018
Undefeated Admire Mars claimed this year’s Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes and stretched his winning streak to four.
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Wed, Dec 12, 2018
The 70th running of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16 and it is a 1,600 meter outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 10, 2018
A powerful late charge by Danon Fantasy toward the rear to claim this year’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and extended her winning streak to three.
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Mon, Dec 10, 2018
It was three of Japan’s four females to Hong Kong that managed to bring home second-place finishes.
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Fri, Dec 07, 2018
Japan runners ready for the big day in Sha Tin on 9th Dec 2018.
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Thu, Dec 06, 2018
Silvestre de Sousa won the series title for the first time.
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Tue, Dec 04, 2018
The 70th running of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9 and it is a 1,600 meter outer turf event at Hanshin Racecourse.
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Mon, Dec 03, 2018Three-Year-Old Le Vent Se Leve Marks Clear Victory in Record-Tying time in This Year's Champions Cup
Le Vent Se Leve extended his winning streak to four winning this year’s Champions Cup at Chukyo.
2018 November
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Mon, Nov 26, 2018
Champions Cup the race which was formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt will be held on Sunday, Dec. 2 and it is a 1,800 meter event at Chukyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 26, 2018
Almond Eye added the Cup to her Japanese fillies’ triple crown and annihilated the track record at Kyoto.
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Sat, Nov 24, 2018
The Japan Cup is the feature of the racing weekend around the world and star filly Almond Eye is the Racing and Sports selection in the great race.
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Fri, Nov 23, 2018
Another episode of the increasingly popular Almond Eye show will air from Tokyo racecourse on Sunday when the star filly takes on the G1 Japan Cup.
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Wed, Nov 21, 2018
The 38th running of the Japan Cup will be held on Sunday, Nov. 25 and it is a 2,400 meter turf event at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Nov 19, 2018
The two foreign contenders for this year’s Grade 1 Japan Cup, Capri (Ireland) and Thundering Blue (UK), arrived safely at Narita International Airport.
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Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Stelvio captured his first G1 victory in this year’s Mile Championship, a 1,600 meter turf event at Kyoto.
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Fri, Nov 16, 2018
The 38th running of the Japan Cup will be held on Sunday, Nov. 25 at Tokyo Racecourse and it is run over 2,400 meters.
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Tue, Nov 13, 2018
The 35th running of this year’s Mile Championship will be held on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the outer turf course at Kyoto and it is run over 1,600 meters.
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Mon, Nov 12, 2018
Lys Gracieux landed her first G1 triumph in this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup, a 2,200 meter turf event at Kyoto.
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Wed, Nov 07, 2018
The 43rd running of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Kyoto Racecourse and it is run over the venue’s outer 2,200 meter course.
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Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Graceful Leap claimed this year’s JBC Sprint on dirt over distances between 1,200 and 1,400 meters at Kyoto.
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Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Remarkable stretch run by K T Brave against a stellar field of graded winners to claim this year’s JBC Classic.
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Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Perform a Promise won the Grade 2 Copa Republica Argentina, a 2,500 meter turf event at Tokyo.
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Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Ange Desir won out a fierce duel with odds on favorite Rabbit Run to claim this year’s JBC Ladies’ Classic.
2018 October
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Tue, Oct 30, 2018
The 56th running of the Copa Republica Argentina, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Tokyo Racecourse and it is run over 2,500 meters on the turf track, as a handicap race.
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Mon, Oct 29, 2018
The 2017 Japanese Derby winner Rey de Oro dominated the Tenno Sho Autumn on Sunday, scoring his second G1 win over six other G1 winners.
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Mon, Oct 29, 2018
The Tenno Sho, established in 1937, is run over 2,000 meters at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Mon, Oct 29, 2018
Japan’s racing industry, after hitting a low in 2011, has recovered steadily as evidenced once again in the fiscal 2018 third quarter.
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Sat, Oct 27, 2018
Sunday’s 2018 Tenno Sho Autumn in Tokyo on has drawn a field of 13 horses and includes two old rivals seeking supremacy in one of Japan’s great staying tests.
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Thu, Oct 25, 2018
Older Horses Begin Preparation Towards Fall G1.
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Thu, Oct 25, 2018
Shuka Sho completes the Triple Crown.
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Tue, Oct 23, 2018
The 158th running of the iconic event, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 28 at Tokyo Racecourse and it is run over 2,000 meters.
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Mon, Oct 22, 2018
The history of Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger and the last leg of the Triple Crown race for three-year-old colts and fillies, dates back to 1938.
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Mon, Oct 15, 2018
The 79th running of the Grade 1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) will be held on Sunday, Oct. 21 at Kyoto Racecourse. It is run over 3,000 meters on the outer turf track and takes in roughly one and a half circuits of the course.
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Mon, Oct 15, 2018
The Shuka Sho, established in 1996, is run over 2,000 meters at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Thu, Oct 11, 2018
Top-level action continues this Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse with the 3-year-old classics back following the summer hiatus.
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Mon, Oct 01, 2018
Fine Needle captured this year’s Sprinters Stakes to become the fifth horse in history to claim both JRA-G1 sprint races in the same year.
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Mon, Oct 01, 2018
Yutaka Take became the first JRA rider ever to reach the 4,000 figure in his 31st year as a jockey.
2018 September
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Fri, Sep 28, 2018
Comments from Japanese runners' Jockeys
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Fri, Sep 28, 2018
Comments from Japanese runners' Trainers
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018
Almond Eye expected to head straight to the last leg of the fillies’ Triple, the Shuka Sho, on October 14, in her bid to become the season’s triple-crown winner.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018
The dirt racing event will be hosted by the JRA for the first time and held at Kyoto Racecourse on November 4.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018
New Challenger to Last Year's Top Finishers in Japan Cup.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018
Sprint, Older Fillies & Mares.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018
Steeplechase racing has been dominated by Oju Chosan and Up to Date from 2016 up to now.
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Tue, Sep 25, 2018
The much anticipated return of Grade 1 action in Japan happens on Sunday, Sep. 30, when the Sprinters Stakes kicks off, the 52nd running of the race will be at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture.
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Wed, Sep 19, 2018
The 7-year-old gelding arrived at the JRA Horseracing School at 10:05 a.m., completing about a 10-hour journey from his home base at Sha Tin.
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Wed, Sep 12, 2018
For the second straight year, Japan-trained horses dominated the two Korean Grade 1 races – the Keeneland Korea Cup and Keeneland Korea Sprint.
2018 August
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Tue, Aug 28, 2018
Christophe Lemaire Prevails in Fourth Leg to Capture the 2018 World All-Star Jockeys Title.
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Thu, Aug 16, 2018
WASJ is an international event launched by the Japan Racing Association and will be held at Sapporo.
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Tue, Aug 07, 2018
Wagnerian has claimed the Group 1 Japan Derby (Tokyo Yushun) at Tokyo on Sunday in front of almost 120,000 people.
2018 July
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Mon, Jul 23, 2018
Geniale hit the front out of the gates and never surrendered the lead in the 1,600 meter, straight course race.
2018 June
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Sun, Jun 24, 2018
Setbacks, an earthquake, weight loss, a wide draw and firm ground could not stop Hong Kong champion Werther’s bid for glory in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin on Sunday - but he succumbed to a rocket blast!
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Thu, Jun 21, 2018
Hong Kong owner Johnson Chen watched Werther experience Hanshin racecourse in Japan for the first time on June 21.
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Mon, Jun 04, 2018
Mozu Ascot enjoyed a coming-of-age Grade One breakthrough less than a year after his debut when he struck in the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo.
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Fri, Jun 01, 2018
An exciting edition of the G1 Yasuda Kinen awaits on Sunday (3 June) with the addition of Hong Kong raider Western Express, who is looking to be the first foreign-trained horse to win the 1600m feature since Hong Kong’s Bullish Luck in 2006.
2018 April
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Sat, Apr 28, 2018
It's time for the 2018 Tenno Sho (Spring) - one of the world's great staying contests held over two miles at Kyoto.
2017 December
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Sun, Dec 24, 2017
Form preview for the 2017 Arima Kinen over 2500m on turf at Nakayama on December 26.
2017 November
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Mon, Nov 27, 2017
Title Fifth favourite Cheval Grand captured his first G1 victory in this year’s Japan Cup where he deprived race favourite Kitasan Black from a back-to-back win.
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Sun, Nov 26, 2017Hugh Bowman will ride Cheval Grande in today's Japan Cup and his owner Sasaki was formerly a part owner of Admire Deus.
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Sun, Nov 26, 2017Hugh Bowman has brought a big smile to Kazahiro Sasaki's face as his horse Cheval Grande has one the Japan Cup 2017.
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017
Training Report of Foreign Entries Japan Autumn International The 37th Japan Cup (G1)
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017
Japan Cup (G1) - Comments from Japanese runners' connections
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017
The 37th Japan Cup will be run at Fuchu, Western Tokyo, on Sunday with 13 locals and 4 invaders lining up.
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017Not too many surprises in the quotes so far and for the first three there probably won't be a great deal of movement.
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Sat, Nov 25, 2017
The international gala that is the Japan Cup is upon us.
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Fri, Nov 24, 2017
Trainer Hisashi Shimizu and jockey Yutaka Take agree that six-time G1 champion Kitasan Black to be “in the best shape of his life” as he heads towards Sunday’s Japan Cup.
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Fri, Nov 24, 2017Trackwork this morning was a totally different ball fame with the sun shining and Fuji in the background watching over proceedings.
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Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time will start from gate 10 in the Japan Cup.
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Thu, Nov 23, 2017The rain came down at Fuchu and everyone got a good soaking but the sun is back out this afternoon so the track will not be affected by it.
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Wed, Nov 22, 2017
The international gala that is the Japan Cup will be run Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse with horses representing four nations chasing one of the biggest racing purses in the world.
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Fri, Nov 17, 2017
Once again, the main event of the week will be staged at Kyoto Racecourse, just a week before the international gala Japan Cup.
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Fri, Nov 10, 2017
Grade 1 action returns to Kyoto Racecourse for the next two weeks, with the first of the Japan Autumn International Series of races in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Sunday, Nov. 12.
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Fri, Nov 10, 2017
Race favorite Suave Richard rose to meet fans’ expectations with a stupendous turn of foot in the stretch as he scooped the Copa Republica Argentina at Tokyo.
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Mon, Nov 06, 2017
Round up of racing and breeding results from Japan Racing Association.
2017 October
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Thu, Oct 19, 2017
Kyoto Racecourse stages its second Grade 1 in as many weeks on Sunday, Oct. 22, and after the 3-year-old fillies slogged it out in the wet last Sunday in the Shuka Sho, the track gets ready for the 78th running of the Kikuka Sho, the final leg of the Triple Crown, run over 3,000 meters on the outer turf course.
2017 June
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Tue, Jun 27, 2017
Japan's hopes of ending its Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hoodoo suffered a blow after Kitasan Black was beaten in the Takarazouka KInen at Hanshin on Sunday.
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Fri, Jun 23, 2017
Sunday’s G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin has drawn the joint smallest field in a decade with only 11 horses expected to go to the gate but is big on quality with four outstanding G1 winners in the line-up.
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Mon, Jun 05, 2017Satono Aladdin’s deep-closing surge sealed a win in the G1 Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo on Sunday as Hong Kong’s raiders finished out of the frame.
2017 May
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Sun, May 28, 2017Race information for Japanese Derby Day at Tokyo Racecourse as of 9:30am (JPN time) on May 28, 2017.
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Sat, May 27, 2017An all-male field has been nominated for Sunday’s G1 Japanese Derby (2400m), the second race in the Japan Triple Crown.
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Thu, May 25, 2017
After an exciting Oaks win last Sunday for the Frankel filly, Soul Stirring, attention turns to the colts this week, when Tokyo Racecourse stages one of the greatest races on the Japanese racing calendar, namely the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), on Sunday, May 28.
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Tue, May 09, 2017Connections made the right decision to start the three-year-old filly Aerolithe in the G1 NHK Mile Cup in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Mon, May 01, 2017
Japan’s reigning Horse of the Year KItasan Black added another Group One to his record at Kyoto on Sunday when he won his second Tenno Sho Spring in course record time.
2017 April
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Tue, Apr 18, 2017Deep Impact filly Fan Dii Na failed in her attempt to beat the colts and become the first of her sex to win the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in almost 70 years on Sunday.
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Mon, Apr 17, 2017Japan's leading jumps performer Oju Chosan completed back-to-wins and made it six win on the bounce with a comfortable victory in the Saturday’s Nakayama Grand Jump.
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Mon, Apr 03, 2017
Japanese star Kitasan Black has the option of a trip to Ireland later this year after overcoming a top class field in the Osaka Hai at Hanshin on Sunday.
2017 March
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Sun, Mar 26, 2017
After disappointing in the Hong Kong Sprint, Red Falx is trying to bounce back in Sunday's Takamatsunomiya Kinen in Japan.
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Wed, Mar 22, 2017The top-level racing action in Japan on March 26 is at Nagoya’s Chukyo Racecourse,with the running of the G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen, a 1200m sprint on turf.
2017 January
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Tue, Jan 17, 2017
Champion stayer Kitasan Black was a double winner when the Japan Racing Association announce its awards for 2016.
2016 December
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Mon, Dec 26, 2016Classic winning three-year-old Satono Diamond edged out Japan Cup Kitasan Black to win Sunday's Arima Kinen at Nakayama.
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Sat, Dec 24, 2016
The countdown to one of the biggest days on the Japanese racing calendar is almost done with the 61st Arima Kinen to be run on Christmas Day at Nakayama racecourse near Tokyo.
2016 November
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Sun, Nov 27, 2016
Winning connections of Kitasan Black join the post race press conference - Yutaka Take, Saburo Kitajima and Hisashi Shimizu (22 mins Japanese to English
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Sun, Nov 27, 2016
Australian ABC broadcaster Matt Hill private call of Kitasan Black winning the 36th running of the Japan Cup.
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Sun, Nov 27, 2016
This afternoon’s 36th running of the time honoured Japan Cup at Fuchi racecourse in Tokyo has assembled an outstanding line up of local and international stayers.
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Sun, Nov 27, 2016
Race favorite Kitasan Black topped the 17-horse field of first-class international runners in this year’s Japan Cup by a comfortable 2-1/2-length margin, marking his sixth grade-race and third G1 victory after his 2015 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) and 2016 Tenno Sho (Spring) triumphs.
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Sat, Nov 26, 2016
Lightly raced German galloper Iquitos after settling in well to his new surroundings looks set to race well in Sunday’s G1 Japan Cup at Fuchu race course in Tokyo.
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Sat, Nov 26, 2016
2014 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) winner Nuovo Record won the Grade 3 Red Carpet Handicap on Thursday, Nov. 24, held at Del Mar.
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Fri, Nov 25, 2016
The Niarchos Families' Racing Manager Alan Cooper takes time out to discuss the prospects of Erupt in Sunday's 2016 G1 Japan Cup at Tokyo race course.
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Fri, Nov 25, 2016
Leading French trainer Francis Graffard talks to Gary Crispe about the prospects of Erupt in Sunday's G1 Japan Cup at Tokyo racecourse.
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Tue, Nov 22, 2016
The past 35 running of the Japan Cup have been won by 21 Japanese horses and the locals are favoured to continue their dominanve over three foreign challengers in Sunday’s premier international contest in Tokyo.
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Mon, Nov 21, 2016Deep Impact star Mikki Isle broke his Group One drought on Sunday when he won the G1 Mile Championship at Kyoto but not without some drama.
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Tue, Nov 01, 2016
Race favorite Maurice, under British jockey Ryan Moore, showcased a magnificent stretch-run to claim this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn) marking his fifth G1 triumph.
2016 October
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Fri, Oct 28, 2016
Sunday’s G1 Tenno Sho Autumn in Tokyo includes three winners of G1 races outside of Japan - Maurice, A Shin Hikari and Real Steel.
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Mon, Oct 24, 2016Another Japanese classic has fallen to a three-year-old by champion sire Deep Impact with the colt Satono Diamond winning the G1 Kikuka Sho (St Leger) at Kyoto on Sunday.
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Sun, Oct 16, 2016Deep Impact filly Vivlos made smart progression to win the G1 Shuka Sho, third leg of Japan’s Triple Crown for fillies, at Kyoto on Sunday.
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Tue, Oct 04, 2016Third favorite Red Falx claimed the G1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama on Sunday, topping the best short distance runners to become Japan’s autumn champion sprinter.
2016 September
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Tue, Sep 27, 2016His name is Big Arthur and he is the emerging giant of racing in Japan.
2016 July
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Tue, Jul 19, 2016
Japan has a record 11 entries for this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp but it appears only one will make it to Chantilly for Europe’s greatest race.
2016 June
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Mon, Jun 27, 2016
Tommy Berry rode four winners over the weekend in Japan but missed out in his major assignment when unplaced in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin in Osaka.
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Fri, Jun 24, 2016
Contenders for the 57th running of the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin in Osaka on Sunday went through their final fast gallops for the 2200m feature on Wednesday.
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Mon, Jun 06, 2016Logotype, the eighth pick in the betting, produced a gate-to-wire victory in the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo on Sunday, bringing to an end the winning streak of hot favourite Maurice.
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Thu, Jun 02, 2016
The Yasuda Kinen, the final G1 race of the five consecutive weeks of top level action at Tokyo racecourse will be run on Sunday.
2016 May
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Mon, May 30, 2016Makahiki, a son of champion sire Deep Impact and runner-up in the Satsuki Sho, went one better to win the world’s richest classic race, the G1 Tokyo Yushun on Sunday.
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Fri, May 27, 2016Leading contenders for this weekend’s Japan Derby have gone through their final paces at the two JRA training centres with the focus on the first three from the G1 Satsuki Sho, Dee Majesty, Makahiki and Satono Diamond.
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Mon, May 23, 2016Deep Impact filly Sinhalite justified favouritism to land the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo on Sunday.
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Mon, May 23, 2016
Race Favorite Sinhalite Powers to Victory inYushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) Race favorite Sinhalite showed her strength in dominating the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks), claiming her first G1 title and second grade-race victory.
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Tue, May 17, 2016
Straight Girl became just the second mare to win back-to-back Victoria Miles when successfully defending her title at Tokyo on Sunday.
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Thu, May 12, 2016
UAE Derby winner Lani finished 9th in the 2016 Kentucky Derby on May 7 at Churchill Downs.
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Thu, May 12, 2016
Major Emblem beat over a dozen colts to the finish line in the NHK Mile Cup on Sunday, May 8 in a fitting Mother’s Day tribute to the fairer sex.
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Thu, May 12, 2016
Sent to post race favorite in her first G1 test against male foes, Major Emblem won wire-to-wire to become only the fourth female runner to win the NHK Mile Cup—the last female winner was Pink Cameo in 2007.
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Sun, May 01, 2016Last year’s Japanese St Leger winner Kitasan Black stamped himself as a stayer of the highest quality when he won the prestigious G1 Tenno Sho Spring in Kyoto on Sunday.
2016 April
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Mon, Apr 18, 2016Colts by champion sire Deep Impact filled the first three placings with the winner Dee Majesty setting a new course record in the G1 Satsuki Sho at Nakayama on Sunday.
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Mon, Apr 11, 2016Third favorite Jeweler claimed the first leg of Japan’s 3YO Fillies’ Triple Crown with a thrilling performance to win in the G1 Oka Sho at Hanshin on Sunday.
2016 March
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Fri, Mar 18, 2016
The Japan Racing Association (JRA) have recorded betting turnover growth for the fourth consecutive year partly due to a surge in racing interest from women.
2016 February
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Mon, Feb 29, 2016
Second favorite Moanin claimed the season’s first JRA-G1 competition in a record time of 1:34.0 over a course rated muddy against a field of renowned dirt specialists.
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Wed, Feb 24, 2016
Second favorite Moanin claimed Japan’s first G1 contest of the year in the February Stakes in Tokyo on February 21.
2016 January
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Mon, Jan 11, 2016French jockey Fabrice Veron has joined the influx of overseas riders granted short term licences in Japan.
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Mon, Jan 11, 2016
International star Maurice has been named the Japan Racing Association's Horse of the Year for 2015.
2015 December
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Sun, Dec 27, 2015A crowd of more than 121,000 saw Gold Actor record a narrow win in Japan’s iconic season ending G1 race, the Arima Kinen, at Nakayama on Sunday.
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Mon, Dec 21, 2015Leontes, a colt by King Kamehameha, staked his claim for champion two-year-old honours with a powerful last to first win the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity at Hanshin on Sunday.
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Thu, Dec 03, 2015Top level racing action in Japan moves from the Japan Cup in Tokyo to the G1 Champions Cup at Chukyo on December 6.
2015 November
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Tue, Nov 24, 2015Maurice remained unbeaten in 2015 with his fifth win of the season in Sunday’s G1 Mile Championship at Kyoto.
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Mon, Nov 02, 2015
Lovely Day, trained by Yasutoshi Ikee, continued his rise through the Japanese staying ranks with a smooth victory in the G1 Tenno Sho Autumn in Tokyo on Sunday.
2015 October
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Mon, Oct 26, 2015Kitasan Black claimed the last leg of the Japanese Triple Crown the Kikuka Sho to register his first G1 title and his third graded victory at Kyoto on Sunday.
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Wed, Oct 21, 2015
Following last Sunday’s Shuka Sho, the Kyoto Racecourse, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year.
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Tue, Oct 20, 2015
The G1 Shuka Sho, final leg of the Japanese 3YO Fillies Triple Crown, was won in record time by Mikki Queen at Kyoto on Sunday.
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Fri, Oct 09, 2015
Only one of last year’s top five finishers is set to return for next month’s Japan Cup following the retirements of Epiphaneia, Just A Way,Gentildonna and Harp Star.
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Fri, Oct 09, 2015Fuji Kiseki mare Straight Girl recorded her second G1 win for the year when she landed the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama following her victory in the Victoria Mile in May.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2015
Kicking off the autumn G1 series on Sunday, Oct. 4 is the Sprinters Stakes, a speed test over 1,200 meters of turf, the eighth leg of the 10-race Global Sprint Challenge.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2015
French jockjey Christophe Lemaire partnered Hong Kong sprinter Rich Tapestry for the first time in a turf track gallop on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at the Tokyo track.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2015
Though he was retired from racing at the end of 2013, Orfevre once again beat the competition earlier this week when he clinched a spot in the JRA Racing Hall of Fame.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2015
The globe-trotting Hong Kong-based Rich Tapestry, who has competed in three different countries in the past year alone, set down for his first time in Japan on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 24.
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Fri, Oct 02, 2015
The Sprint G1 is held twice a year by the JRA—the Takamatsunomiya Kinen in spring and the Sprinters Stakes in Autumn.
2015 September
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Sun, Sep 27, 2015
Hong Kong’s G1 Sprinters Stakes hope Rich Tapestry is settling into his new surroundings in Japan since arriving on September 24.
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Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Former Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner Orfevre has been inducted into the Japan Racing Association’s Racing Hall of Fame.
2015 August
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Thu, Aug 27, 2015
Australia’s Craig WiIliams and Brazilian champion Joe Moreira will join a star-studded list of international riders in the 2015 World All-Star Jockeys series at Sapporo racecourse in Japan this weekend.
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Mon, Aug 03, 2015Last year's Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia has been retired due to a training injury.
2015 June
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Mon, Jun 29, 2015Little went right for odds on favourite Gold Ship in his bid to complete a hat-trick in the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin on Sunday when he beat only one rival to the finish.
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Sun, Jun 28, 2015
History is at stake for prolific Group One winner Gold Ship at Hanshin on Sunday when he attempts to win the Takarazuka Kinen for the third time.
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Tue, Jun 09, 2015Maurice has been hailed as Japan’s newest champion after he continued his rise to the top ranks with his fourth successive win in the G1 Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Thu, Jun 04, 2015
Maurice, a horse that has yet to win above the G3 level, is expected to emerge as the favourite for Sunday’s G1 Yasuda Kinen, Japan’s premier mile race.
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Tue, Jun 02, 2015Duramente is two thirds of the way to the Japanese Triple Crown but may not contest the final leg in favour of a trip to France for the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe.
2015 May
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Tue, May 26, 2015
Sunday’s 82nd running of the G1 Tokyo Yushun – the Japanese Derby - is the pinnacle for three-year-old thoroughbreds in Japan with all interest in Duramente’s bid to capture the second jewel in this year’s Triple Crown.
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Mon, May 25, 2015Third favourite Mikki Queen sustained a furious stretch drive to capture the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) ion Tokyo on Sunday for her first graded triumph at her fifth career start.
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Sun, May 03, 2015
It was third time lucky when Gold Ship made up for two previous losses in the 151st running of the Tenno Sho Spring at Kyoto on Sunday.
2015 April
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Mon, Apr 20, 2015
Regally bred Duramente completed a quick classic double for his sire King Kamehameha when he won the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at Nakayama on Sunday.
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Thu, Apr 16, 2015It’s a big weekend at Nakayama with Saturday’s Grand Jump to be followed on Sunday by the 75th running of the colts classic, the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas).
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Mon, Apr 13, 2015Japan’s classic season began on Sunday when fifth favourite Let's Go Donki won the G1 Oka Sho (1000 Guineas) for fillies at Hanshin.
2015 March
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Wed, Mar 11, 2015Emerging as race favorite in this year’s February Stakes after being dismissed as the longest shot on the board in the 2014 event, Copano Rickey has become the first horse in JRA history to capture the title two years in a row.
2015 February
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Tue, Feb 24, 2015Dirt specialist Copano Rickey became the first horse to win the G1 February Stakes two years in a row with at on Sunday.
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Wed, Feb 11, 2015
The Japan Racing Association has made history by granting European jockeys Mirco Demuro and Christophe Lemaire full season licences from March 1.
2015 January
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Thu, Jan 08, 2015
Just retired champion mare Gentildonna, who ended her brilliant career with a victory in the G1 Arima Kinen last month, has been crowned Japan’s Horse of the Year for 2014.
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Tue, Jan 06, 2015
The Japan Racing Association has granted short-term licenses to four foreign jockeys.
2014 December
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Mon, Dec 29, 2014
The 2015 race plans for top Japanese filly Harp Star are focused on Dubai before a return to France for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
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Mon, Dec 29, 2014
Grand mare Gentildonna closed out her illustrious racing career on Sunday with an impressive win in the $3.45 million Arima Kinen, Japan's season-ending all-star race at Nakayama.
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Sat, Dec 27, 2014
Nearly all the horses aimed at the Sunday G1 Arima Kinen were given their last fast work on 24 December at their respective training grounds – Miho in the east, Ritto in the west.
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Wed, Dec 24, 2014
Japan racing’s annual grand finale, the G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama, is always a star-studded affair.
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Mon, Dec 22, 2014The favourite Danon Platina ran up to expectations when he captured the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes for two-year-olds at Nakayama on Sunday to earn top rating among his generation.
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Mon, Dec 22, 2014Race favourite Danon Platina responded well to expectations in capturing this year's Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes to top his generation.
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Tue, Dec 16, 2014Shonan Adela, The only Deep Impact filly in the field, recorded her third consecutive win to claim the champion two-year-old filly title in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on December 14.
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Fri, Dec 12, 2014Grade One action returns to Hanshin this weekend for the 66th Hanshin Juvenile Fillies.
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Wed, Dec 10, 2014Second pick Hokko Tarumae won the Champions Cup, the new incarnation of the Japan Cup Dirt, avenging his two previous third place finishes in 2012 and 2013.
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Mon, Dec 01, 2014
Epiphaneia partnered with Christophe Soumillon exerted an explosive late charge in the last two furlongs for a four-length victory against a strong field that included 12 G1 horses to register her second G1 and fourth graded victory.
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Mon, Dec 01, 2014
Jim Bolger has paid tribute to the "much adored" Trading Leather after the colt sustained a fatal fracture when pulled up in the Japan Cup.
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Mon, Dec 01, 2014
A minor placing was the best result either Zac Purton or James McDonald could achieve in Japan’s World Super Jockey’s Series over the weekend.
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Mon, Dec 01, 2014Or WSJS - World Super Jockeys Championship - we think they could do without the "World" in the title - "International" would be better.
2014 November
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Sun, Nov 30, 2014
Champion Belgian rider Christophe Soumillon combined with leading local trainer Katsuhiko Sumii and talented stayer Epiphaneia to land the 250 million yen group one Japan Cup in Tokyo this afternoon.
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Sun, Nov 30, 2014Epiphaneia has always threatened to do great things and on Sunday at Fuchu he did it.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014
Ryan Moore attempts to put the gloss on a superb year when he tries to guide Gentildonna to a third consecutive victory in the Japan Cup.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014Zac Purton summed it up when he said you could take ten of these horses and put them in any G1 in the world and you’d find the winner.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014
So far it is the Japanese riders who are in the lead in the Super Jockeys series which is being run at the Fuchu racecourse in Tokyo.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014
So far it is the Japanese riders who are in the lead in the Super Jockeys series which is being run at the Fuchu racecourse in Tokyo.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014
Such is the strength of the home team that no European-trained horse has won the Japan Cup for nine years and it is long odds-against that sequence being broken as Trading Leather lines up for Godolphin in the 34th edition of Japan's most famous race.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2014
Champion Hong Kong rider Zac Purton talks to Gary Crispe about is success in Hong Kong, the WSJS and Japanese racing.
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Fri, Nov 28, 2014A further highlight of the Japan Cup weekend is the Super Jockeys Series which will take place on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
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Fri, Nov 28, 2014A further highlight of the Japan Cup weekend is the Super Jockeys Series which will take place on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
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Fri, Nov 28, 2014
Reigning Hong Kong Champion Jockey Zac Purton has confirmed for his four rides in the 2014 World Super Jockeys Series to be held at Tokyo Racecourse, Japan this weekend.
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Thu, Nov 27, 2014
Trainer Jean-Pierre Carvalho discusses the prospects of Ivanhowe ahead of Sunday's 2014 Japan Cup in Tokyo.
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Thu, Nov 27, 2014
Pat O'Donovan and Kevin Manning talk to the media about Trading Leather's chances in Sundays 2014 Japan Cup.
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Thu, Nov 27, 2014
Trainer of Canadian runner Up With The Birds in Sunday's 2014 Japan Cup , Malcolm Pierce answers questions from the media at this morning's press meeting.
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Thu, Nov 27, 2014
The Japan Cup is again looking like a tall order for the foreign raiders with a spectacular home team poised to give them a rude welcome on November 30.
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Thu, Nov 27, 2014The flying horsebox made a good landing in the rain yesterday but today the sun is out and it is a beautiful day and we could see Fuji from the track.
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Wed, Nov 26, 2014Danon Shark recorded his first G1 victory in his third grade-race win in the second event of the Japan Autumn International series, the Mile Championship.
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Wed, Nov 19, 2014Two of the international invitees Up With The Birds and Trading Leather have arrived in Japan ahead of the Japan Cup in Tokyo on November 30.
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Tue, Nov 18, 2014
Zac Purton and James McDonald will be two well known hoops to Australia contesting the World Super Jockey’s Series in Tokyo later this month.
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Mon, Nov 17, 2014After finishing second in the 2013 edition Lachesis overwhelmed a top class field of fillies and mares for a deserved victory in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto on Sunday.
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Tue, Nov 11, 2014Second favourite Fame Game took top billing at Tokyo on Sunday when the four-year-old colt captured the 52nd running of the G2 Copa Republica Argentina over 2500 metres.
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Fri, Nov 07, 2014
Ryan Moore will follow up his al-conquering Melbourne spring carnival with a short term riding stint in Japan.
2014 October
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Fri, Oct 31, 2014The G1 Tenno Sho Autumn, considered as one of the most prestigious 2000m events in Japan, is a traditional showcase for older horses but this year has attracted the top three-year-old Isla Bonita.
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Tue, Oct 28, 2014Third favourite Toho Jackal,captured the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) over 300m at Kyoto in course record time to register his first G1 win on October 26.
2014 September
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Mon, Sep 22, 2014The trio of Japanese contenders for next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe arrived at Chantilly on Sunday after a 35-hour marathon trip by plane and road from Tokyo.
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Tue, Sep 16, 2014Japanese galloper Admire Rakti has been confirmed as the 58kg topweight for the Melbourne Cup with weights released on Tuesday.
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Tue, Sep 09, 2014Masayuki Goto has been appointed the new President and CEO of the Japan Racing Association.
2014 August
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Thu, Aug 28, 2014Harp Star and Gold Ship, two of the three Japanese horses set for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, dominated the G2 Sapporo Kinen last weekend in their final race on home ground before they depart for France.
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Wed, Aug 27, 2014
Harp Star was trimmed up in markets for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after beating fellow Arc contender Gold Ship
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Sat, Aug 23, 2014
Zac Purton has been booked to ride Japanese raider Admire Rakti in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups this spring.
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Fri, Aug 15, 2014
Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga concedes the distance of Europe's richest race is not ideal for star galloper Just A Way but he is excited about the opportunity.
2014 July
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Mon, Jul 21, 2014Zac Purton and Nash Rawiller each tasted success in Japan over the weekend.
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Mon, Jul 14, 2014
Zac Purton has hit the ground running during a riding stint in Japan with three winners in two days at Chukyo.
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Mon, Jul 07, 2014
Nash Rawiller rode his first winner since arriving in Japan at Hakodate on Sunday.
2014 June
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Mon, Jun 30, 2014Gold Ship overcame a tardy start to record an unprecedented second straight win in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin on Sunday and puthimself on course to France for the Arc De Triomphe.
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Sat, Jun 28, 2014
Defending winner Gold-Ship and champion mare Gentildonna renew their long running rivalry in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin on Sunday.
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Fri, Jun 27, 2014
Last year's Prix Niel winner Kizuna will not be returning to Paris this autumn for a second attempt at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe due to injury.
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Mon, Jun 09, 2014
Hot favourite Just a Way had to pull out al stops to scramble home by a nose in the G1 Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Sat, Jun 07, 2014
Hong Kong-trained Glorious Days will break from gate six in Sunday’s G1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo racecourse where he will be the lone overseas raider in a field of 17 headed by Dubai Duty Free winner Just A Way.
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Wed, Jun 04, 2014
Hong Kong star Glorious Days has stepped up his preparation in Tokyo as he aims to make it third time lucky in the G1 Yasuda Kinen on Sunday.
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Wed, Jun 04, 2014
Just A Way, the Japanese champion challenging Treve as Timeform’s top rated horse of 2014, is the one to beat in the 64th running of the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Mon, Jun 02, 2014One And Only edged the favourite Isla Bonita after a final furlong battle for a close win in the Yunshun Himba in Tokyo on Sunday before a crowd of nearly 140,000.
2014 May
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Thu, May 29, 2014The Japanese 2000 Guineas (Satsuki Sho) winner Isla Bonita will be the likely favourite in the 81st running of the Japanese Derby (Tokyo Yushun) this Sunday
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Wed, May 28, 2014
Champion jockey Craig Williams joined Shane Anderson to give an insight into life riding in Japan ahead of this weekend's Group 1 Derby.
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Tue, May 27, 2014
Japanese sensation Just A Way has been given an entry in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes.
2021 November
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Fri, Nov 12, 2021
Breeders’ Cup Turf runner-up Broome will have his next start in the Japan Cup as one of three European runners in the nation’s joint-richest race.
2021 May
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Fri, May 14, 2021
The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will rely on Japan for its global presence after the nomination of six horses among a total entry of 101 for Europe’s richest race.
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Thu, May 06, 2021
Japan’s obsession with the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is set to be renewed this year after G2 winner Deep Bond was put forward for the latest mission to Paris.
2021 February
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Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Mickaelle Michel is not giving up on her dream to ride full-time in Japan after pandemic restrictions left her unable to enter the country to take up her short-term licence.
2021 September
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Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Deep Bond wins this year’s Prix Foy at Longchamp.
2021 July
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Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Japan is set to have its first runner in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile after the owners of G1 winner Grenadier Guards announced the colt would head to Del Mar this year.
2020 October
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Mon, Oct 26, 2020
Contrail wins this year’s Kikuka Sho at Kyoto.
2019 October
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Tue, Oct 01, 2019
Tower of London wins this year’s Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama.
2019 May
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Mon, May 13, 2019
Normcore wins this year’s Victoria Mile at Tokyo.
2019 January
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Fri, Jan 04, 2019
Omega Perfume beat a pair of five-year-olds to notch his first Grade 1 title.
