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Soul Rush (horse)
is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his victories in the 2024 Mile Championship and the 2025 Dubai Turf. He won the JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler in 2024. Racing career 2020: two-year-old season Soul Rush debuted on December 13, 2020, in a 2-year-old maiden race at Chukyo Racecourse (2000m, turf). Racing mid-pack early, he surged ahead in the final stretch to win by two lengths. 2021: three-year-old season In his second career start, the Asunaro Sho, he finished sixth. Subsequent races saw mixed results: fourth in the Shinryoku Sho (a six-horse field), sixth in a 1-win class dirt race, fourth, and seventh in another. After a four-month break, he returned to win a 1-win class mile race by one and a half lengths with a powerful late sprint. He capped the year with a victory in the Christmas Cup, securing his third win by half a length. 2022: four-year-old season Soul Rush began his four-year-old season with a dominant three-length victory in the Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji Stakes
The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse. It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. It serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship, which is run in November. Weight 55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above. ''Allowances:'' * 2 kg for fillies / mares * 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds ''Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):'' * If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: ** 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) ** 1 kg for a grade 2 win * If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: ** 1 kg for a grade 1 win Winners since 2000 Earlier winners * 1986 - Waverley Star * 1987 - Triptych * 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Racecourse
is located in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has a capacity of 223,000, with seating for 13,750. Tokyo Racecourse hosts numerous G1 (Grade 1) races, including the Japan Cup, Tokyo Yushun (the Japanese Derby) and the Yasuda Kinen, a part of the Asian Mile Challenge. Physical attributes Tokyo Racecourse's grass course measures with two chutes (1800 m and 2000 m). Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), the "C Course" setting (rail out 6 meters), the "D Course" setting (rail out 9 meters) or the "E Course" setting (rail out 12 meters). The dirt course measures , with a chute. The jump course measures . There was a chute for 3200m races (used for the Tenno Sho Autumn races), but when the race was shortened to 2000m, the 3200m chute was useless and is not in use as of today. The course was renovated in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokura Racecourse
is located in Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas .... It was built in 1994. It has a capacity of 20,000, including 1,192 seats. Physical attributes Kokura Racecourse has grass courses and a dirt course. The turf measures 1615m (1 mile + 19 feet). 1000m, 1200m, 1700m, 1800m, 2000m, and 2600m races are run on the oval. The dirt course measures 1445 meters (7/8 mile + 310 feet). 1000m, 1700m, and 2400m are races run on the oval. Notable races Track records Source 小倉競馬場 (Kokura Racecourse)">レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 小倉競馬場 (Kokura Racecourse) * † Reference Time. * Last updated on August 20, 2022. Turf course (2yo) Turf course (3yo+) Dirt course (2y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) was founded in 1884 and is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong. In 1960, it was granted a royal charter and renamed The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (). The institution reverted to its original name in 1996 due to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Membership of the club is by nomination and election. It is a non-profit organisation providing horse racing, sporting and betting entertainment in Hong Kong. It holds a government-granted monopoly in providing pari-mutuel betting on horse racing, the Mark Six lottery, and fixed odds betting on overseas football events. The organisation is the largest taxpayer in Hong Kong, as well as the largest community benefactor and one of the city's major employers. In 2022/2023, The Hong Kong Jockey Club contributed a record HK$35.9 billion to the community. This comprised a record HK$28.6 billion in betting duty, profits tax and Lotteries Fund contributions, and HK$7.3 billion in approved charity d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Demuro
Cristian Demuro (born 8 July 1992) is an Italian jockey who competes in Flat racing. Demuro is now based in France and is noted for his major race wins at the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe riding Sottsass. He is currently a first jockey for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. He was champion jockey in Italy in 2011 and 2012. His elder brother Mirco also is a jockey, currently based in Japan. Major wins France * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - (2) - ''Sottsass (2020), Ace Impact (2023)'' * Prix du Jockey Club - (3) - ''Brametot (2017), Sottsass (2019), Ace Impact (2023)'' * Poule d'Essai des Poulains - (2) - ''Brametot (2017), Olmedo (2018)'' * Prix de Diane - (1) - '' La Cressonniere (2016)'' * Poule d'Essai des Pouliches - (2) - '' La Cressonniere (2016), Coeursamba (2021)'' * Prix Ganay - (1) - ''Sottsass (2020)'' * Prix Jean Romanet - (1) - ''Grand Glory (2021)'' * Prix Saint Alary - (1) - '' Tawkeel (2020)'' * Grand Prix de Paris - (3) - ''Helene Charisma (2016), Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakayama Kinen
The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, ''Nakayama Kinen'') is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March. The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa. Weight 57 kg for four-year-olds above. ''Allowances:'' * 2 kg for fillies / mares * 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds ''Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):'' * If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: ** 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) ** 1 kg for a grade 2 win * If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: ** 1 kg for a grade 1 win Records Most successful horse (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. The New Currency Act of 1871 introduced Japan's modern currency system, with the yen defined as of gold, or of silver, and divided decimally into 100 ''sen'' or 1,000 ''rin''. The yen replaced the previous Tokugawa coinage as well as the various ''hansatsu'' paper currencies issued by feudal ''han'' (fiefs). The Bank of Japan was founded in 1882 and given a monopoly on controlling the money supply. Following World War II, the yen lost much of its pre-war value as Japan faced a debt crisis and hyperinflation. Under the Bretton Woods system, the yen was pegged to the US dollar alongside other major currencies. After this system was abandoned in 1971 with the Nixon shock, Nixon Shock, the short-lived Smithsonian Agreement temporarily reinstat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartier Racing Award
The Cartier Racing Awards are awards in European horse racing, founded in 1991, and sponsored by Cartier. The award winners are decided by points earned in group races (40%) plus the votes cast by British racing journalists (30%) and readers of the ''Racing Post'' and ''The Daily Telegraph'' newspapers (30%). Eight horse awards are given out annually plus the Daily Telegraph Award of Merit to the person whom members of the Cartier jury believe has done the most for European racing and/or breeding either over their lifetime or within the previous 12 months. The highest Cartier award for horses is "Horse of the Year". The equivalent in Australia is the Australian Thoroughbred racing awards, in Japan the JRA Awards, in Canada the Sovereign Awards, and in the United States the Eclipse Awards. ''Horse names are followed by a suffix indicating the country where foaled.'' Winners See also * Cartier Champion Sprinter Horse of the Year * 2024: City of Troy (USA) * 2023: Ace Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Warrior (horse)
Romantic Warrior (foaled March 18, 2018) is a multiple Group 1 winning champion thoroughbred racehorse that was born in Ireland and trained in Hong Kong. After it arrived in Hong Kong in June 2021, he scored a five-race winning streak, including a championship of the Hong Kong Classic Mile. He is currently owned by Lau Pak Fai and trained by Danny Shum Chap Shing. He was the Champion Middle-Distance Horse, the Champion Four-Year-Old and the Most Improved Horse in the year 2022. He is notable for winning the Cox Plate in 2023 and the Hong Kong Cup in 2022, 2023 and 2024. He also won the Yasuda Kinen in 2024, being the first foreign-trained horse in 18 years to win at the Tokyo Racecourse since Bullish Luck in 2006, also in the same race. Racing career Notable performances by Romantic Warrior include: * 1st 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m, Sha Tin) beating Tourbillon Diamond and Panfield * 1st 2022 Hong Kong Cup (2000m, Sha Tin) beating Danon The Kid and Money Catcher * 1st 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Sixty
Golden Sixty ( zh, 金鎗六十, foaled 14 October 2015) is a champion Australian-bred Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#Hong Kong, Four-Year-Old Classic Series in year 2020 and was named the 2020/2021, 2021/2022, and 2022/2023 Hong Kong Horse of the Year. After being sold to New Zealand-based interests as a yearling he was exported to Hong Kong as a two-year-old. In his first season the gelding won his first three races but ran unplaced in his final start. In the 2019/2020 season he emerged as one of the best horses in Hong Kong as he was undefeated in seven starts including the Chinese Club Challenge Cup, Hong Kong Classic Mile, Hong Kong Classic Cup, and Hong Kong Derby. In the 2020/2021 season he won another seven consecutive races: the Celebration Cup, Sha Tin Trophy, Jockey Club Mile, Hong Kong Mile, Stewards' Cup (Hong Kong), Stewards' Cup, Hong Kong Gold Cup and Champions Mile to take his unbeaten run to fourteen. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
