Horse Racing Nov 29, 2020
Ridden by veteran jockey Christophe Lemaire, the 5-year-old mare won by over a length on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
Horse Racing Nov 22, 2020
Gran Alegria wins Mile Championship for third straight G1 victory
Gran Alegria made a stunning late dash to capture the 37th running of the Mile Championship at Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday and claim her third straight Grade 1 victory. Steered by Japan's leading jockey Christophe Lemaire, the race-favorite barreled around the pack in the final ...
Horse Racing May 17, 2020
Heavy favorite Almond Eye won the 15th running of the Victoria Mile on Sunday to tie the all-time record for most Grade 1 victories by a Japanese racehorse on turf. Ridden by jockey Christophe Lemaire, Almond Eye finished the 1,600-meter race at Tokyo Racecourse in ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 22, 2019
Prolific winner Christophe Lemaire gears up for Japan Cup
by Hiroshi Ikezawa
Christophe Lemaire started his career as a horse racing jockey in 1999 in France, his home country. He began competing in Japan Racing Association events in 2002, racing under a short-term license before making a complete transfer in 2015. The 40-year-old Frenchman set a new Japanese ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 22, 2019
Japan Cup provides annual celebration of horse racing
by Adrian Webber
When the entrance gates open at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, another chapter in the history of one of the world's most prestigious horse races will also open, and those passing through the gates on Sunday will experience the unique atmosphere that accompanies the running ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Oct 27, 2019
Racing for the first time since June, Almond Eye regained G1 dominance on Sunday as the four-year-old filly won a three-length victory at the autumn Tenno-sho. Steered by Christophe Lemaire, the race favorite got off to a good start in the 2,000-meter turf race at ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Sep 29, 2019
Second-favorite Tower of London won his first Grade 1 title after darting past the pack at Nakayama Racecourse on Sunday to claim the Sprinters Stakes as G1 action resumed after the summer break. French jockey Christophe Lemaire steered Tower of London through the middle of ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Apr 28, 2019
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 ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Apr 14, 2019
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 ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Apr 7, 2019
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, ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Dec 28, 2018
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 ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 25, 2018
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 ...