Race-favorite Fierement claimed the spring Tenno-sho by a neck on Sunday as French jockey Christophe Lemaire picked up his third straight Grade 1 victory in Japan. Fierement crossed the finish line at Kyoto Racecourse in 3 minutes, 15 seconds, edging sixth-favorite Glory Vase. A four-year-old colt ...
No. 1 favorite Saturnalia pulled away from a tight pack of contenders to win the Satsuki-sho, the last Japanese Classic of the Heisei Era, on Sunday. Saturnalia, ridden by French jockey Christophe Lemaire, edged fourth pick Velox by a head at Nakayama Racecourse with Danon ...
Gran Alegria was the uncontested winner of the Oka Sho on Sunday, claiming her first Grade 1 victory in record time. The second-favorite, ridden by Christophe Lemaire, pulled ahead before the final turn at Hanshin Racecourse and crossed the finish line unrivaled in 1 minute, ...
Steady Christophe Lemaire steers Almond Eye to victory at Dubai Turf
Jockey Christophe Lemaire steered Almond Eye to the horse's first Grade 1 victory outside of Japan at the Dubai Turf on Saturday. The four-year-old filly came from behind in the final dash to finish the 1,800-meter race at Meydan Racecourse ahead of Japan's Vivlos, the ...
Jockey Christophe Lemaire picked up two wins on Friday to set a single-season Japan Racing Association record with 213 wins. The French-born Lemaire steered 2-year-old colt Maillot Blanc to victory in the sixth race of the day at Nakayama Racecourse to break star jockey Yutaka ...
Top pick Almond Eye, who completed the Japanese fillies' Triple Crown last month, won the Japan Cup for her fourth Grade One victory on Sunday. Almond Eye, ridden by jockey Christophe Lemaire, was behind fourth-pick Kiseki for most of the 2,400-meter race but came from ...
Rey de Oro thundered down the final stretch to win the Autumn Tenno-Sho at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday. French jockey Christophe Lemaire guided the four-year-old colt, the second favorite, to the winner's circle, and in so doing notched his third Grade 1 victory in three ...
Lemaire, Fujisawa taste Japanese Derby glory with Rey de Oro
Christophe Lemaire and Kazuo Fujisawa struck gold for the second straight weekend on Sunday, with the jockey and trainer this time teaming up to win their first Japanese Derby with Rey de Oro. On a glorious afternoon at Tokyo Racecourse, second choice Rey de Oro ...
Frankel-sired Soul Stirring captured the second jewel in the filly's Triple Crown on Sunday, comfortably winning the Japanese Oaks at Tokyo Racecourse. Runaway favorite Soul Stirring did her legendary father of 10 Grade 1 wins proud, bouncing back from last month's disappointment of finishing third ...
Jockeys Demuro, Lemaire qualify for JRA's full-time riding license
Mirco Demuro of Italy and Christophe Lemaire of France became the first foreigners to qualify for a full-time riding license by passing the Japan Racing Association's current exam on Thursday. Since 1994, the JRA has been issuing short-term licenses to overseas jockeys for up to ...
