Christophe Lemaire and the grey mare rode an eye-popping burst of speed over the final 300 meters and cruised to victory.
It was jockey Yuichi Fukunaga’s third Japanese Derby victory. Shahryar became the seventh Deep Impact-sired thoroughbred to win the Tokyo Yushun.
The Deep Impact-sired mare pulls away late to give jockey Christophe Lemaire his 1,400th JRA win.
Over the final 100 meters of the tight race, Schnell Meister hit his stride with superb closing speed to win by the narrowest of margins, lunging...
World Premiere, guided by jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, found his way to the front of the pack with 100 meters remaining and held off race favorite Deep...
"My goal is to keep my jockey title. Because when you are on top, you need to do your best to stay on top," Lemaire said.
"Here in Japan, it's kind of a social link to play golf. You play with the owners, with the trainers, with the jockeys," Lemaire said.
Sodashi, the daughter of Kurofune, began her five-race winning streak at the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in December.
The son of American Pharoah, the 2015 American Triple Crown winner, won the year's first Japan Racing Association Grade I race.
In a year defined by unexpected interruptions to our lives and normal routines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resilience and determination were character traits that helped...
Chrono Genesis collected her third Grade I victory on Sunday, December 27 in dramatic fashion, galloping to the finish and winning by the length of a...
It was an amazing finish to an extraordinary career. A storybook finish, a finish that seemed predestined to happen as the year marched on....
