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Lys Gracieux Draws Barrier Six In Arima

Posted on December 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux will jump from gate six in the Grade One Arima Kinen at Nakayama. The field for Sunday's 2500m-race in Japan is decided by public vote with Lys Gracieux polling the second highest number behind champion Almond Eye. Australian jockey Damian Lane will continue his association with the mare after being[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Star Australian jockey Damian Lane will head to Japan with a chance to put an exclamation mark on a memorable 2019 when he rides Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux in her final start. Lane will be reunited with Lys Gracieux in next Sunday's Grade One Arima Kinen (2500m) at Nakayama, having ridden the Japanese mare[...]

Posted on December 8, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Win Bright produced a performance hallmarked with toughness to go with his considerable class to complete the Group 1 double of the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) and April's FWD QEII Cup (2000m) for trainer Yoshihiro Hatakeyama and jockey Masami Matsuoka. In doing so the steel-grey son of Stay Gold held off the late lunge[...]

Posted on December 8, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Admire Mars and an inspired Christophe Soumillon came to the fore in what was an emotional occasion for the Japanese racing industry in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin today (Sunday, 8 December). It was not, perhaps, the result that the home town audience yearned for, with the hat-trick seeking[...]

Posted on December 8, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Glory Vase streaked away with the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin this afternoon, Sunday, 8 December. The Japanese raider with the most fitting of names carried Joao Moreira to his fifth LONGINES Hong Kong International Races win – soon to be six – and his first since he guided Satono[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

In England it's long been the Derby, Australia has the Golden Slipper, France the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, North America looks to the Kentucky Derby, and you can throw in a couple of Breeders' Cup races too alongside all those other senior European Classics: these are some of the pinnacle races that have shaped[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Lucky Lilac will make her overseas debut in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase on Sunday as one of an impressive nine-strong raiding party from Japan. A star juvenile and placed behind Almond Eye in two classics at three, the Mikio Matsunaga-trained four-year-old has gradually regained her peak form, winning for the first time since[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Win Bright is looking to uphold an unblemished record over 2000m at Sha Tin with a win in Sunday's Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) after his record-setting success in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup at the course and distance earlier this year. “This is a very big target for him because after[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

In the recent annals of the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint there have been few foreign challengers that have been able to seriously trouble the local flyers around one turn of Sha Tin's 1200-metre course. The most striking exception has been Lord Kanaloa, who arrived in Hong Kong for the 2012 meeting with a[...]

Posted on December 6, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

In the weeks leading up to the 2019 Hong Kong International Races, Silk Racing had three horses in three different races, all with a decent shot to take home the prize. By far, Almond Eye was getting the most attention out of the three. But with her defection, due to a fever prior to departure,[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Damian Lane will be reunited with Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux when she has her last race in the Arima Kinen in Japan. Although short-term licences have been issued for 2019, the JRA has made an exception for Lane who spent some time riding in Japan earlier this year. Ten runners in the 16-horse field[...]

Posted on November 25, 2019
in Japan Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Britain's champion jockey Oisin Murphy has capped his year with victory in the Japan Cup aboard Suave Richard. Murphy has enjoyed a landmark 12 months, being crowned top jockey for the first time, and he teamed up with the Yasushi Shono-trained five-year-old in the Tokyo Group One race. Suave Richard was third at the top[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in Japan Horse Racing News

Japanese superstar Almond Eye has consolidated her position as the country's best with a scintillating victory in the Tenno Sho in Tokyo. The reigning Japanese Horse of the Year, Almond Eye beat nine other Group One winners to add the Tenno Sho to her Group One Dubai Turf win earlier this year. Trained by Sakae[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Connections of Cox Plate favourite Lys Gracieux are leaving nothing to chance with the mare having a familiarisation gallop around The Valley. Lys Gracieux and fellow Japanese Cox Plate invitee Kluger were taken to track on Wednesday morning having completed their quarantine period at Werribee. Damian Lane, who partnered Lys Gracieux in her most recent[...]

Posted on August 26, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Hong Kong representative Karis Teetan was unable to notch a win on the second and final day of the JRA World All-Star Jockeys series at Sapporo Racecourse, Japan yesterday (Sunday, 25 August), but a creditable second in the third leg helped him finish joint third behind eventual winner Yuga Kawada. Teetan had scored 31 points[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan hit the mark on the opening day of the World All-Star Jockeys at Sapporo Racecourse today, Saturday, 24 August, putting himself firmly in contention for honours at the half-way stage of the JRA's international jockey contest. The Hong Kong-based Mauritian sat joint-second in the standings after partnering Win Exceed to victory in the[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan heads to Sapporo, Japan, this weekend, refreshed off a summer break and keen to launch what he hopes will be a successful assault on the World All-Star Jockeys (WASJ) competition. “It's a great opportunity to be able to go and compete in the World All-Star Jockeys,” Teetan said. “Living and riding here in[...]

Lys Gracieux Draws Barrier Six In Arima

Lane Looking Forward To Arima Kinen

Win Bright completes spring autumn double to complete joyous treble for Japan

Plenty to Admire for Soumillon in poignant Hong Kong Mile

Moreira’s Glory in the Hong Kong Vase

Young sires Lord Kanaloa and Maurice are helping shift perceptions

Lucky Lilac aims to maintain her resurgence in Hong Kong Vase

Win Bright ready to shine in Hong Kong Cup

Danon Smash out to uphold family honour for Yasuda and Lord Kanaloa

Indy Champ steps up to take on the Hong Kong challenge

Damian Lane To Ride Lys Gracieux In Arima

Murphy Wins Japan Cup On Suave Richard

Almond Eye Adds Tenno Sho To Her Record

Valley Look For Japan Duo Before Cox Plate

Kawada wins World All-Star Jockeys, Teetan ranks joint third

Teetan strike puts him in contention for World All-Star Jockeys

Teetan’s ready to represent in All-Star Japan challenge

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