David Morgan

Champagne day for the little filly sold over lunch

Memorial Life’s second foal Champagne Color elevated her status to Group 1 producer at the weekend and gave a nod to the Chasemore Farm nursery that produced her, and to the Japanese approach that has uplifted her.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Joe Fujii keeps fighting

Adrian Webber caught up with Joe Fujii for this week’s Keiba Diary as the popular jockey continues to readjust to home life with his wife and children after suffering severe spinal injuries in a race fall last year.

David Morgan

Uchida takes the NHK Mile Cup applause on a weekend for veterans

Frankie Dettori and Hiroyuki Uchida are both 52 and they both won a Group 1 at the weekend, but only one has the stated intention to continue riding indefinitely.

NHK Mile Cup G1 Guide

Tokyo's NHK Mile Cup in May provides a still-testing 1600m Group 1 option for those perhaps lacking in the requisite stamina to take on Japan's best staying three-year-olds over the Classic distances.

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.

David Morgan

Breeze-ups could be a measure of Hong Kong interest

While unraced two-year-olds take centre stage in Newmarket midweek, across town on Saturday Auguste Rodin will attempt to further enhance Deep Impact’s incredible legacy

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Kyoto’s back online and Titleholder awaits

Manami Nagashima’s form at Fukushima caught the eye of Adrian Webber and he also liked what he saw of the redeveloped Kyoto racecourse, which hosts what could be an epic Tenno Sho Spring this weekend.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: another Classic stunner as Sol Oriens shines

JRA broadcaster Adrian Webber recaps all the weekend action and picks through recent happenings, including the reopening of the revamped Kyoto racecourse.

David Morgan

Daisuke Fukumoto is one of a new ilk of Japanese jockeys abroad

The former ‘Jockey Baby’ with an international outlook is now an established rider at Woodbine where his compatriot Kazushi Kimura keeps on turning heads.

Japan Cup G1 Guide

Japan’s biggest race in terms of the international attention it receives is the Japan Cup, which was first staged in 1981 as a restricted invitational race.

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.

David Morgan

Sydney’s Doncaster Mile is on Serifos’ radar

Lightly-raced Japanese miler Serifos could head to Hong Kong and next year Australia after missing out this month on a lucrative challenge down under.

David Morgan

Nakauchida’s Golden Eagle hope Serifos is still grounded

Mitsu Nakauchida has Golden Eagle ambitions for Serifos but unless pandemic measures change to enable flights, there will not be any Japanese horses racing in Australia this spring.