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JRA Award Winners Named

JRA Award Winners Named

Admire Moon, winner of three grade I races in his final season, was presented Jan. 28 with the Japan Racing Association's top honor of Horse of the Year, as well as older male. Wednesday, January 30, 2008

'Major Repeats in Mile Championship

Favored Daiwa Major made it back-to-back victories in the US$1.85 million Mile Championship Stakes (Jpn-I) Nov. 18 with a gritty neck victory over Super Hornet on the turf at Kyoto Race Course. Sunday, November 18, 2007

Daiwa Major Captures Yasuda Kinen, Asian Mile Series

Daiwa Major won his fourth grade I race Sunday with an impressive performance in the US$1.9 million Yasuda Kinen (Jpn-I) at Tokyo Racecourse, which also sewed up the 2007 Asian Mile Challenge for the 6-year-old Sunday Silence horse. Sunday, June 03, 2007

Admire Moon Secures Dubai Duty Free for Japan

Japan had a strong hand going into the US$5million Dubai Duty Free (UAE-I) and it was their Admire Moon, ridden by Japanese icon Yutaka Take, who landed the spoils in scintillating fashion. Saturday, March 31, 2007

Deep Impact Repeats as Japan's Horse of Year

Deep Impact collected 287 of a possible 289 (97.9%) total votes in winning the 2006 Japanese Racing Association's Horse of the Year Award for the second year in a row. Monday, January 22, 2007

World Cup Abuzz Over Invasor-Discreet Cat Clash

The Emirates Airline-sponsored $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) is set for the showdown between the two top-ranked horses on the planet after the nominations were released for the world's richest race meeting Jan. 22. Monday, January 22, 2007

Deep Impact Retired; Japanese Star Won 12 of 14 Starts

Deep Impact demolished a field of Japan's best horses to record his seventh grade I win and end his career on a tremendous high in the Arima Kinen Sunday over 2,500 meters at Nakayama racecourse. Sunday, December 24, 2006

Deep Impact Makes Final Start in Arima Kinen

Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact makes the final start of his career in Sunday's Arima Kinen (Jpn-I), the nation's biggest race and the only one Deep Impact has lost on his home soil.

 Friday, December 22, 2006

Deep Impact Makes Final Start in Arima Kinen

Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact makes the final start of his career in Sunday's Arima Kinen (Jpn-I), the nation's biggest race and the only one Deep Impact has lost on his home soil. Friday, December 22, 2006

Daiwa Major Posts Tenno Sho (Autumn) Upset

Daiwa Major earned his first grade I victory in 2 1/2 years when he captured the Tenno Sho (Autumn) over 2,000 meters at Tokyo racecourse Sunday. Sunday, October 29, 2006

Bullish Luck Gets Bonus with Yasuda Kinen Win

Hong Kong-trained Bullish Luck demolished a top field of Asian milers in the 56th running of the Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse Sunday, and in the process earn a US$1 million bonus for the first time in the history of the recently established Asian Mile Challenge series. Sunday, June 04, 2006