Sunday promises to be a day of memories, some of them new, but most of them acquired from the past several decades of Japanese racing, and sure to be brought back to life by the sight of old familiar faces, both human and equine.
Veteran jockeys who long ago hung up their silks will meet once again at Tokyo Racecourse to vie for a win of the second running of the Jockey Masters, a 1,600-meter event over turf. The race will be run after the day's regular card, with post time set for 4:40 p.m.
Eight riders will take part in this year's race. Five of them, two of them non-Japanese, were winners in the Japan Cup, each of them, top-notch in his day.