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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

Japan’s stallions in 2023: freshman sires to watch, new North American influences and the Deep Impact dilemma

This week's Asian Bloodstock Report analyses Japan’s stallion landscape as the freshman sires that entered the breeding sheds in the immediate wake of Deep Impact’s passing will soon have their first runners in Japan.

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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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Hopeful Stakes G1 Guide

Upgraded to elite status in 2017, the 2000-metre Hopeful Stakes for two-year-olds is one of only three juvenile Group 1 races in the JRA.

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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.

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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: Forget Hong Kong for a minute, the rising stars are out at Hanshin

Adrian Webber shares his observations from Japan with the juvenile fillies’ pecking order to be decided this weekend, a Saudi campaign on the agenda, and the latest on the upcoming Arima Kinen.

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David Morgan

Fownes has a rare Japan ambition for Senor Toba

The Tenno Sho Spring could be on the agenda for Casper Fownes' grey stayer Senor Toba if he shows up well against his Japanese rivals in the Hong Kong Vase.

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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Tango time in Tokyo

JRA broadcaster Adrian Webber talks Derby form, dance moves in the parade ring, planting trees and JBC Day in this week’s edition of Keiba Diary.

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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.
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Adrian Webber

Keiba Diary: Kikuka Sho provides a classic puzzle

A look at an intriguing G1 Kikuka Sho, the retirement of two dirt stars and a firm date for the re-opening of Kyoto Racecourse all form part of this week's Keiba Diary.

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David Morgan

Japan’s top five Arc heartbreaks

A brief history of Japan's tortured relationship with one of horse racing's most coveted prizes, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

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David Morgan

Team Titleholder is gearing up for the Arc challenge

Toru Kurita and his staff are happy with the triple Group 1 winner’s preparations ahead of a key gallop at Chantilly on Wednesday.
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David Morgan

Deep Bond takes a fresh approach to the Arc

Ryuuji Okubo’s Arc contender Deep Bond will have star jockey Yuga Kawada onside in a bid to banish last year’s Longchamp disappointment.

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Michael Cox

The star among All-Stars, Yutaka Take’s mastery spans decades

A wild World All-Star Jockeys series win in Sapporo was a reminder that ‘the Legend’ Yutaka Take is more than just a veteran trading off past achievements.

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Michael Cox, David Morgan

Yoshida: Record sale results point way forward from Deep Impact era

Three years after the great sire Deep Impact’s death, a rising crop of stallions is emerging from his shadow.
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Bren O’Brien

Foals out of Amphitrite, Mosheen set to make splash at JRHA Sale

The progeny of Group One winners Mosheen and Amphitrite are set to go through the ring from Monday in the JRHA 2022 Select Sale in Hokkaido.
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Michael Cox

Life in the Hanshin moshpit

Space was at a premium at Hanshin as more than 40,000 fans crammed into the track to watch Titleholder dismantle a quality field in the Takarazuka Kinen. Michael Cox was trackside.

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