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Champ Lord Kanaloa Sets Chukyo Course Record

Champ Lord Kanaloa Sets Chukyo Course Record

Japan's reigning champion sprinter Lord Kanaloa uncoiled powerful strides on the uphill stretch at newly renovated Chukyo Racecourse and won the $2,195,000 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-I) in course-record time March 24.

 Sunday, March 24, 2013
TVG to Air Group I Races from Japan

TVG to Air Group I Races from Japan

TVG has announced that in partnership with Woodbine Entertainment Group, the horse racing network is expanding its live coverage of racing from Japan in 2013.

 Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Sprint Queen Curren Chan Wins Takamatsunomiya

Sprint Queen Curren Chan Wins Takamatsunomiya

Last year's Japanese sprint champion Curren Chan returned to form March 25 when she captured the $2.47 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-I) at newly renovated Chukyo Racecourse by a neck over San Carlo.

 Sunday, March 25, 2012
Kinshasa no Kiseki Repeats in Japan Grade I

Kinshasa no Kiseki Repeats in Japan Grade I

Twelve hours after the historic 1-2 finish by Japanese horses Victoire Pisa and Transcend in the Dubai World Cup defending champion Kinshasa no Kiseki captured the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse March 27.

 Sunday, March 27, 2011

Laurel Guerreiro Upsets Sleepless Night

Laurel Guerreiro upset favored Sleepless Night, last year's Japanese Racing Association champion sprinter, while posting his first grade I win in the US$2.25 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo racecourse March 29.

 Sunday, March 29, 2009

Take Wins Aboard Suzuka Phoenix, Extends Streak

Suzuka Phoenix broke through for his first group I win March 25 in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo racecourse just outside the Japanese city of Nagoya, enabling champion jockey Yutaka Take to claim a group I triumph for the 20th consecutive season.

 Sunday, March 25, 2007

No Success for California Sprinters in Japan

Trainer Darrell Vienna's California-bred sprinters Disturbingthepeace and Echo Eddie finished 13th and 17th, respectively, in Sunday's $1.435-million Takamatsunomiya Kinen on the turf at Chukyo racecourse in Japan.

 Sunday, March 30, 2003