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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: cherry blossoms signal the first Classic is almost here

It’s springtime in Japan and Adrian Webber has his eye on emerging talents ready to bloom, recaps the Dubai action, and looks ahead to the Osaka Hai and the Oka Sho.

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David Morgan

Nakauchida believes Dubai Turf is right fit for Serifos

Trainer Mitsumasa Nakauchida also outlines Group 1 plans for star filly Liberty Island and the talented Prognosis, while Grenadier Guards stays home for Sunday’s G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen.

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Homan

JRA Blackbook: turf convert builds on near-perfect record at Hanshin

One-time NAR galloper Danon Timpani made light work of his Hanshin opposition to make it five career wins from six starts on Sunday, while a daughter of Henny Hughes registered an even more dominant victory at the same track a day earlier.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Deep Bond’s hat-trick bid and goodbye Heart’s Cry

As Yuga Kawada and Christophe Lemaire continue their early season tussle in the jockey standings, JRA broadcaster Adrian Webber flags up the weekend’s Hanshin Daishoten fixture and looks at the comings and goings on the JRA scene.

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David Morgan

Deep Impact’s boys secure stud berths

Future opportunities to stand a son of the late Deep Impact could well be limited so securing a classy stallion by the great Japanese champion looks sound business for Haras Vacación, and Windsor Park and Mapperley Studs.
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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Japanese contingent sets sights on Saudi Arabia

Christophe Lemaire's new record, some Joao Moreira magic and a concerted Saudi Cup meeting raid all feature in Adrian Webber's run-down of JRA news from home and abroad.

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Homan

JRA Blackbook: Graded races await impressive Hanshin winner Lord del Rey

Unbeaten colt Lord del Rey looks destined for bigger things after making it two from two in the Tsubaki Sho, while a late-blooming four-year-old is spinning his own stakes-level claim.

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Homan

JRA Blackbook: Mikki Twinkle, little star?

Mikki Twinkle looks a filly with a bright future after a classy Newcomer display at Chukyo, while a son of Orfevre has furnished into a stayer of considerable quality.

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David Morgan

Top 5 magic moments of 2022: Japan

After Equinox’s brilliant Arima Kinen victory emphasised the wonder of top-level racing in Japan, Asian Racing Report looks back on 2022 and ranks its five most memorable Japanese racing moments of the year.

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Homan

JRA Blackbook: Efforia’s little sister makes big impression

Yuichi Shikato finds an appropriate day for Efforia’s little sister to make her debut while David Egan believes his lightly raced winner Big Ribbon can step into stakes company next year.

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David Morgan

A champion jockey title is Yuga Kawada’s destiny

Yuga Kawada stands on the cusp of a first championship, a feat that continues his family’s long racing legacy and is important to the profile of Japanese jockeys on the world stage.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: All set for an Arima Kinen thriller

Adrian Webber takes a look at this weekend’s big feature at Nakayama as well as what else is happening in Japanese racing around the Christmas season.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Liberty Island lights up the juvenile scene

Adrian Webber talks stakes races, David Egan’s Turfy presentation and Arima Kinen weekend looming large.
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Bren O’Brien

Liberty Island all class in Juvenile Fillies victory

Liberty Island has stamped herself as the leading two-year-old filly in Japan, with a superb victory in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies.
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Michael Cox

Australia or Dubai possible for Serifos and Damian Lane is happy to be along for the ride

Trainer Mitsumasa Nakauchida already had overseas options on the radar for Serifos but Sunday’s G1 Mile Championship confirmed to the world what his trainer suspected.

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Bren O’Brien

Serifos and Lane swoop late to win Mile Championship

Damian Lane and Serifos swept down the outside to win the G1 Mile Championship at Hanshin, giving the Australian rider his fourth Group 1 win in Japan.
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Homan

JRA blackbook: Epiphaneia colt justifies price-tag in Ivy Stakes

Chance The Roses cost Susumu Fujita 220 million Yen (USD$1.5m) as a yearling but despite some wayward tendencies, the colt looks set for a big future in his owner's colours.

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Homan

Homan’s JRA horses to follow – September 20

A devastating debut winner features in this week's JRA horses to follow, while a daughter of Screen Hero has bounced back strongly after a G1 Oaks flop.

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