Horse Racing

Two horses previously trained by Baffert will still race in the Derby.

Efforts to import fast bloodlines and improve domestic training facilities have led to wins at some of the world's biggest races for Japanese horses.

Last year's Japanese Derby winner Shahryar, ridden by Cristian Demuro, won the 2,410-meter Dubai Sheema Classic for his second G1 victory.

The three-year-old colt, this year's Satsuki-sho and Tenno-sho winner, completed the 2,500-meter turf race at Nakayama Racecourse in 2 minutes, 32 seconds.

With jockey Yuichi Fukunaga aboard, colt made one big late sprint down the middle of the 2,400 meters over turf at Tokyo Racecourse in the event featuring three overseas challengers.

Horse racing is considered a sport of bloodlines. The people who breed horses or the places where they are bred may change, but their bloodlines remain. The origins of Japan’s horse racing can be traced through bloodlines. Turn back the hands of time 114 years ...

The Group 1 Japan Cup enters its fifth decade this year, and the autumn showpiece will once again be run Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, the home of many of Japan’s top-flight horse races, including the Oaks and the Japanese Derby, also run ...

Juggling being a mother and a jockey isn't easy, but at 44 years old, Miyashita soldiers on.

After getting off to a slow start, jockey Christophe Lemaire took Gran Alegria to the outside down the stretch at Hanshin Racecourse and battled his way to the lead over the last 300 meters.