Just as additional scoring opportunities have been added to the domestic Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule, so will Japanese-based hopefuls get more chances to earn an invitation to Churchill Downs. The two new races on […]
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 […]
With the top three Japan Road points scorers Der Flug, Oval Ace, and Nova Lenda declining, the Kentucky Derby (G1) invitation went to the next on the list, Triple Crown-nominated Master Fencer, and owners Katsumi […]
Sunday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama concluded this season’s Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, and the result fit the pattern of the three prior scoring races: the victorious Der Flug is not nominated to the […]
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 […]
Three days after his Admire Mars capped a perfect season in the Asahi Hai Futurity (G1) on turf, the Sunday Silence stallion Daiwa Major celebrated a major juvenile double as another son, Nova Lenda, landed […]
Sanshisuimei Co. Ltd.’s Sumahama turned an apparently wide-open renewal of the Hyacinth S. into a one-sided affair at Tokyo Sunday, and in the process, snared the Kentucky Derby (G1) berth on offer by way of […]
Tokyo’s Sunday card holds more than usual interest for North American racing fans. While the featured February (G1) serves as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), if connections are so […]
Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki, Japan’s premier dirt race for juveniles and now a scoring race on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, has accordingly attracted several smart prospects among the 14-horse field. […]
Churchill Downs on Thursday unveiled the points schedule for eligibility to the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), with several new initiatives for the upcoming year. One year after establishing a separate “Japan […]
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