Horse Racing Nov 28, 2021
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.
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 26, 2021
Breeding and racing enjoy a long history in Japan
by Naoki Matsuda
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 ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 26, 2021
International horses set to challenge Japan’s best
by Adrian Webber
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 ...
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.
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 27, 2020
Thrills in store as two unbeaten horses lead loaded
by Adrian Webber
It’s once again the time of year for the Japan Cup, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and certainly the race on the horse racing calendar here in Japan that jumps off the page as one of the year’s biggest ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 27, 2020
AI system aims to forecast race outcomes
by Hiroshi Ikezawa
On a winter day four years ago, Takeshi Watanabe, then a graduate student at the University of Tokyo, went to watch the year-end Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. For him the day was more about watching horses and ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 24, 2019
Suave Richard makes late surge in dramatic Japan Cup victory
Third favorite Suave Richard came from behind to win the 39th running of the Japan Cup on Sunday for the horse's second Grade 1 title. Ridden by Oisin Murphy, who was recently crowned British champion jockey, Suave Richard finished the 2,400-meter race at Tokyo Racecourse ...
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 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 ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Oct 19, 2018
Olympic champ Nao Kodaira triumphs in first 500-meter race of season
Nao Kodaira opened the new season on a strong note Friday, topping the podium in the women's 500 meters at the Japan Cup. The Pyeongchang Olympic gold medal-winning speedskater, competing in her first official meet of the season, won the race in 37.78 seconds at ...
More Sports / Horse Racing Nov 26, 2017
Cheval Grand overtook race favorite Kitasan Black in a final dash to win the 37th running of the Japan Cup on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse. Kitasan Black, coming out of the fourth stall, maintained a clear lead for most of the 2,400-meter run but was ...