Cafe Pharoah repeats in BC WAYI February Stakes in record time
For the second straight year, Cafe Pharoah found Sunday’s $2.2 million February S. (G1) a sweet rebound spot after disappointing in the Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
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T O Keynes delivers knockout in Champions Cup
The progressive T O Keynes vaulted to the top of Japan’s dirt division with a dominant performance in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
Snow-white star Sodashi tests dirt in Champions Cup
Japan’s celebrated white filly Sodashi, who sports a win over Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) winner Loves Only You, will test her dirt aptitude in Sunday’s $2 million Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. […]
Cafe Pharoah captures Breeders’ Cup WAYI February Stakes
The top performer on last year’s Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Cafe Pharoah earned another gilt-edged U.S. invitation – this time for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) – by landing the “Win and You’re […]
Chuwa Wizard weaves his magic in Champions Cup
The first four from last year’s Champions Cup (G1) once again swept the superfecta in the dirt feature at Chukyo, only Sunday’s renewal witnessed a surprising switch of the bookends. Chuwa Wizard, who didn’t have […]
Cafe Pharoah hopes to dethrone Chrysoberyl in Champions Cup
The race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt, Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1) pits reigning titleholder Chrysoberyl against a younger aspirant to the throne – Cafe Pharoah, the top scorer on the 2020 Japan Road […]
Mozu Ascot joins exclusive club in Breeders’ Cup WAYI February Stakes
A son of turf phenom Frankel and Grade 2-winning dirt performer India, Mozu Ascot has inherited his parents’ aptitudes to become a rare top-level winner on both surfaces at Tokyo. The hero of Japan’s marquee […]
Unbeaten Chrysoberyl shines in record-setting Champions Cup
In midstretch of Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1), Chrysoberyl appeared to be going nowhere behind front-running Inti, and about to lose his unbeaten status. But the star three-year-old rose to the occasion in his stiffest test […]
Chrysoberyl puts perfect record on line in Champions Cup
A perfect five-for-five so far on the Japanese dirt, rising star Chrysoberyl is the one to beat in Sunday’s Champions Cup (G1). The race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt has attracted a full […]
Oval aces Hyacinth on Japan Road to Kentucky Derby; Inti takes Breeders’ Cup WAYI February
Both features at Tokyo on Sunday had potential implications for the U.S. racing scene, with the February S. (G1) serving as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and the Hyacinth […]