David Morgan

New leading man: Damian Lane set to co-star in ‘box office’ Sodashi’s 2023 premier

Japan’s ‘White Wonder’ makes her five-year-old debut in Sunday's Victoria Mile at Tokyo and her trainer hopes for a new maturity that would take the iconic mare to a higher level under her new rider, the in-form Australian Damian Lane.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Dolce More faces NHK Mile Cup test while Lane aims to keep the fire burning

Adrian Webber has all the latest from the JRA including Damian Lane's hot streak, and a look at some of the two-year-olds preparing to debut in the coming weeks.

Asian Racehorse Rankings

2023 Tokyo Yushun rankings: Satsuki Sho shake-up

The first leg of the colts' Triple Crown has been run and won, pushing a worthy new leader to the top of the board as five previously unranked three-year-olds enter the top 18.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: idols in the vending machine but Liberty Island is the real deal

Adrian Webber takes a look at the Satsuki Sho prospects and has news of the injured and returning, along with a well-known jockey’s daughter starting out at the JRA school.

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.

Homan Ho

JRA Blackbook: Ebina unearths Yasuda Kinen contender

Trainer Masayoshi Ebina may have found a Group 1 horse in effortless Tokyo winner Red Mon Reve, while Naosuke Sugai's patient approach with Carro Veloce paid off at Chukyo.

Bren O’Brien

Dolce More gives Sugai sweet Futurity success

Dolce More has become the latest Group 1-winning star for trainer Naosuke Sugai after a skillful ride from Ryusei Sakai delivered victory in the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Milers ready to vie for championship honours

With the autumn Group 1 season in full swing, this week’s diary turns attention to the Mile Championship, while a visit to the shrine might work wonders, and there’s a juvenile race worth keeping an eye on.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Fillies and mares rev up for the QEII Cup

Sunday’s Group 1 not a one-filly race, stakes race upsets, two fan favourites clash and a look ahead to an intriguing Mile Championship in this week’s Keiba Diary.

Tenno Sho Autumn G1 Guide

The Autumn Tenno Sho is now Japan's top 10-furlong contest and the first of its three late-season majors, preceding the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen.

Michael Cox

Daddy-daughter day at Tokyo as the pop starlet Sodashi takes centre stage

Sodashi is at the forefront of a surge in popularity among young racefans – and they are bringing their dads back to the races with them.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Gentildonna’s girl gatecrashes the show, big weekend ahead

JRA broadcaster Adrian Webber unpacks all the latest happenings in Japanese racing, as eyes turn to Longchamp and Nakayama.

Michael Cox

The rockstar, the singer-songwriter and the pop princess: Naosuke Sugai – Japan’s super producer

Trainer Naosuke Sugai speaks to the Report's Michael Cox about what his three biggest stars, Gold Ship, Just A Way and Sodashi, have taught him and how horses are the real stars of the JRA.