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Top Filly Daiwa Scarlet Wins Arima Kinen

Guided to victory on the front end by jockey Katsumi Ando, favored Daiwa Scarlet became the first female winner of the Arima Kinen (Jpn-I) in 37 years before a crowd of 110,000 at Nakayama Race Course in Japan Dec. 28.

 Sunday, December 28, 2008

Meisho Samson Upset in Takarazuka Kinen

Front-running Eishin Deputy held off favored Meisho Samson by a head to win the $2.4 million Takarazuka Kinen at Osaka's Hanshin Racecourse June 29 in the final grade I race on the Japanese Racing Association spring calendar.

 Sunday, June 29, 2008

Admire Jupiter Orbits Tenno Sho Spring

Admire Jupiter, one of four horses entered by owner Riichi Kondo, held off defending champion Meisho Samson by a head to win the US$2.4 million Tenno Sho (Spring) before 81,760 at Kyoto Racecourse May 4.

 Sunday, May 04, 2008
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
Admire Moon Hangs on For Japan Cup

Admire Moon Hangs on For Japan Cup

Admire Moon took the lead at the top of the stretch, and then hung on bravely while three rivals challenged from his outside, taking the $4.6-million Japan Cup (Jpn-I) by a head on Nov. 25 at Tokyo Racecourse.

 Sunday, November 25, 2007
Meisho Samson Avoids Trouble, Wins Tokyo's Tenno Sho

Meisho Samson Avoids Trouble, Wins Tokyo's Tenno Sho

Favored Meisho Samson avoided traffic problems in the straight that compromised several leading contenders and drew away late for a 2 1/2-length victory in the 136th running of the US$2.45 million Tenno Sho (Jpn-I) Oct. 28 at Tokyo Race Course.

 Sunday, October 28, 2007

Admire Moon Captures First Group I in Japan

International traveler Admire Moon earned his first group I victory on Japanese soil Sunday when he defeated an outstanding field in the 48th Takarazuka Kinen by a half-length at Hanshin Race Course.

 Sunday, June 24, 2007

Meisho Samson Wins Japan's Tenno Sho by Nose

Meisho Samson, Japan's 3-year-old colt of the year in 2006, showed that he was back to his best with a hard fought nose victory in Sunday's Tenno Sho (Spring) (Jpn-I) contested over 3,200 meters at Kyoto racecourse.

 Sunday, April 29, 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

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