After retiring with a four-length triumph in the Japan Cup, Equinox was honored for his unbeaten final year on the track at the World Racing Awards...
Kitasan Black progeny Equinox joins his father as a repeat winner of the yearly award. Equinox won four Grade 1 races in as many starts in...
Guided by Christophe Lemaire, Regaleira earned her first JRA Grade 1 title in the Hopeful Stakes, completing the 2,000 meters in a race-record time of 2:00.2.
Teaming up with Christophe Lemaire for the 10th time in as many career races, Equinox thrills horse racing fans with his sixth consecutive victory.
Ushba Tesoro became the first Japanese thoroughbred to win the prestigious international race since Sunday Silence descendant Victoire Pisa in 2011.
Equinox, a 3-year-old colt, galloped to victories in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and Arima Kinen, securing the top individual honor for a Japanese thoroughbred.
French jockey Lemaire, who won his first Arima Kinen aboard Heart's Cry in 2005, steers race favorite Equinox to his second Grade 1 victory this year.
Trainer Tetsuya Kimura is hoping Equinox can replicate his winning form from October, when he produced a come-from-behind victory in the Tenno Sho (Autumn).
Christophe Lemaire guided the Kitasan Black-sired Equinox from 10th place late in the race to the front of the pack, earning his 42nd JRA Grade One...
Yuichi Fukunaga pilots the 3-year-old colt to a dramatic victory at the wire in the first leg of this year’s Japanese Triple Crown.
“As the level of Japanese racehorses has increased over the years, I’ve been really proud to showcase it on the global stage,” trainer Yoshito Yahagi said.
