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Mcdonald Gives Japanese Horse A Work-Out

Posted on April 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

James McDonald has given Japanese visitor Danon Premium the seal of approval after riding him in a gallop ahead of his Group One assignment in Sydney. Danon Premium is the third northern hemisphere horse to make it to Sydney for the carnival with English-trained Young Rascal and Addeybb already winners at Rosehill. Addeybb, winner of[...]

Posted on January 8, 2020
in Japan Horse Racing News

Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been named Japan's Horse of the Year, receiving 271 votes from a possible 274. The mare won three Group One races in 2019, the Takarazuka Kinen, Cox Plate and Arima Kinen, all with Australian jockey Damian Lane aboard. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, Lys Gracieux was also named the best[...]

Posted on January 7, 2020
in Japan Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Champion British jockey Oisin Murphy has ridden a career-high six winners at Nakayama. Riding in Japan on a one-month contract, Murphy began his latest stay with two winners on Sunday before his six a day later. Murphy has had a successful association with Japanese racing, riding Deirdre to win the Group One Nassau Stakes at[...]

Posted on December 29, 2019
in Japan Horse Racing News

Cox Plate-winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi has ended the year on a high with two-year-old Contrail taking out the Group One Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama. His win on Saturday came a week after the Yahagi-trained Lys Gracieux added the Grade One Arima Kinen to her Cox Plate. The Hopeful Stakes over 2000 metres is the final[...]

Posted on December 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has capped an amazing year for Australian jockey Damian Lane by winning the Grade One Arima Kinen at Nakayama. Having her final race before she heads to the broodmare barn, Lys Gracieux came out of the pack late to claim what was in the end an emphatic win over 2500[...]

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[...]

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Mcdonald Gives Japanese Horse A Work-Out

Lys Gracieux Named Japanese Champion Horse

Six Winners For Oisin Murphy At Nakayama

Another Group 1 For Cox Plate Winning Trainer

Lane Wins Arima Kinen On Lys Gracieux

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

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