Cafe Pharoah repeats in BC WAYI February Stakes in record time
For the second straight year, Cafe Pharoah found Sunday’s $2.2 million February S. (G1) a sweet rebound spot after disappointing in the Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
February Stakes
Mozu Ascot joins exclusive club in Breeders’ Cup WAYI February Stakes
A son of turf phenom Frankel and Grade 2-winning dirt performer India, Mozu Ascot has inherited his parents’ aptitudes to become a rare top-level winner on both surfaces at Tokyo. The hero of Japan’s marquee […]
Oval aces Hyacinth on Japan Road to Kentucky Derby; Inti takes Breeders’ Cup WAYI February
Both features at Tokyo on Sunday had potential implications for the U.S. racing scene, with the February S. (G1) serving as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and the Hyacinth […]
Nonkono Yume arrives in time to pick up Breeders’ Cup Classic ticket in February
Kazumasa Yamada’s Nonkono Yume has rediscovered his taste for winning. After snapping a more than two-year losing skid in the January 28 Negishi (G3), the whirlwind closer made it two in a row by collaring […]
Gold Dream goes for repeat in Breeders’ Cup WAYI February
Two races after the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby concludes with the Hyacinth, older dirt stars will take to the Tokyo track for Sunday’s featured February S. (G1). Japan’s reigning champion dirt horse, Gold […]
Epicharis earns Kentucky Derby invitation; Gold Dream gets BC Classic spot
Two days after their successful sire, Gold Allure, died unexpectedly, two of his sons burnished his legacy still more brightly with a significant Sunday double at Tokyo. His next budding star, unbeaten three-year-old Epicharis, captured […]
Japanese-based Triple Crown hopes seek Derby points in Hyacinth
Sunday’s Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo will determine which three-year-old becomes the first ever to secure a Kentucky Derby (G1) berth in Japan. (Click here for free past performances for the Hyacinth.) Mont Saint Legame, the winner […]