Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Equinox does things Hanshin style

Adrian Webber shares insights from the Takarazuka Kinen, finds they’re keeping it in the family in Kyushu, and brings word of another potential ‘white wonder’.

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【從練首次】Red Mon Reve為蛯名正義帶來首個級際賽冠軍

這匹由第二季成為練馬師，前頂尖騎師訓練的級際賽頭馬，將以下月安田紀念賽為目標。

David Morgan

Red Mon Reve earns Ebina a notable first

The Yasuda Kinen is the next target as the former top jockey gets his Group race tally as a trainer up and running in only his second season.

Michael Cox

Zac Purton commits to another season in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s five-time champion jockey has put an end to speculation this season will be his last, citing increased freedoms and the lure of star sprinter Lucky Sweynesse as key factors in his decision to stay.

Tenno Sho (Spring) G1 Guide

The 3200 metre Tenno Sho (Spring), or ‘Emperor’s Prize’, is the JRA's longest Group 1 event and has been won by some of Japan's biggest equine stars, including Mayano Top Gun, T M Opera O (twice), Kitasan Black (twice) and the great Deep Impact.

Satsuki Sho G1 Guide

The first leg of the Triple Crown was first run in 1939, and presents a serious test of character as Japan's best three-year-old colts negotiate the searching Nakayama 2,000 metres.

David Morgan

Liberty Island makes Yankee Rose the height of fashion

Japanese breeders have sourced top international broodmare prospects for decades but in recent years they have cherry-picked Group 1-winning mares from Australia and the latest rising star is rich reward for that approach.

David Morgan

Could Japan’s young ‘American’ stallions bring the Kentucky Derby into reach?

Mind Your Biscuits was an international star for Chad Summers and the ten-year-old and his old Stateside rival Drefong were leading freshman sires in Japan the last two years; each has a Kentucky Derby candidate this spring.

Michael Cox

Children’s fan mail, expectations and Equinox

A dominant win in the G1 Sheema Classic has built on the already substantial hype around Equinox as Japan’s Arc drought again pulls into sharp focus.

David Morgan

Who is Bauyrzhan Murzabayev? He’s more than just the ‘Kazakh jockey’

Germany’s dominant champion comes from an ancient tradition of nomadic Kazakh horsemen and he is now turning more heads internationally after a successful winter in Japan.

Michael Cox

The Arc of the east: Arima Kinen looms as race of 2022

Japan’s racing media is abuzz ahead of a Christmas Day clash in which form lines converge for a classic edition of the country’s biggest race.

Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Arc washout and Sprinters shock, Japan’s autumn season is here

JRA broadcaster Adrian Webber looks at what’s happening on the Japan front with a three-day weekend coming up off the back of last weekend’s Group 1 action at home and abroad.

David Morgan

Japan is still an option for Arc heroine Alpinista

Kirsten Rausing and Sir Mark Prescott weigh up whether or not to embark on a lucrative Tokyo raid after another Japanese washout at Longchamp.