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Michael Cox

JRA G1 wrap: Equinox breaks Tokyo track record in dazzling Tenno Sho Autumn defence

Equinox scored his fifth consecutive Group 1 win as the world's top-rated racehorse set a new Tokyo track record for 2000 metres in Sunday's G1 Tenno Sho Autumn.

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David Morgan

Is the Tenno Sho Autumn a two-horse race?

Equinox is the clear favourite to win Sunday’s big race at Tokyo, but can Do Deuce prove his Derby superiority to be right? JRA expert David Morgan takes a look at some of the key questions around the Group 1 clash.

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David Morgan

Yutaka Take: the human face of Japan’s racing revolution

David Morgan profiles the man who has been a constant through the last 40 years of Japanese racing and whose fame transcends the sport in his country.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: triumph and tragedy in Derby

Adrian Webber reflects on the Tokyo Yushun, casts his eye over a deep Yasuda Kinen and looks forward to the summer season up north in the charming seaside city of Hakodate.
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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: no loneliness for popular Liberty Island

Adrian Webber reflects on a brilliant Oaks win, looks ahead to a taste of Royal Ascot at the Japanese Derby, and celebrates a grand old retiree.

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Andrew Le Jeune

LJ Confidential: Sodashi fever provides opportunity at the odds

Sodashi will have the Tokyo crowd at fever pitch but given the hype around the great white hope, perhaps the best play is to look elsewhere to some high class rivals who could represent value. Andrew Le Jeune previews all the Hong Kong simulcast action.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Liberty Island in the Oka Sho spotlight

Adrian Webber has the latest happenings around the JRA from Classic musings to Kawada’s continuing hot streak, to the Ho O man’s Group 1 ambitions.
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David Morgan

Richards stable to benefit from Easter buys

Hong Kong buyers were active at Inglis this week, among them Jamie Richards who is finding his feet in his new sphere after a slow start, and his five Easter purchases signal valuable support from his owners

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Asian Racing Review: answering the Nature Strip retirement ‘question’

Michael Cox and Andrew Le Jeune weigh-in on the Nature Strip retirement debate on this week's episode of Asian Racing Review, as they analyse all the weekend's Group 1 action from Australia and Japan.

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Michael Cox

Yutaka Take takes on first smartphone, threatens to take on Panthalassa

The mind games have begun before Sunday's Hong Kong Cup as Jack D’Or’s jockey Yutaka Take – who in breaking news now owns a smartphone – suggests Panthalassa may not get his own way in front.
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Bren O’Brien

Jack D’Or edges out Panthalassa in stirring Sapporo Kinen finish

Jack D’Or continued his stellar four-year-old season with a narrow win in the G2 Sapporo Kinen on Sunday.

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