March 2005 Vol.13 NO.1

2 3 5 6 7 8 Interview with 2004 JRA Award Elegy for a Looking Back on Breeding JRA 2005 Main Kinya Okamoto, Winners/NAR Magnificent the Racing World Business JAIR President Grand Prix 2004 , in 2004 Program and COO Northern Taste

JRA Best Trainer 2004 JRA Award

2004 JRA Award and NAR Horse of the Year Best Older Colt Or Horse Grand Prix Winners by (USA)

NAR BEST Trainer Masayuki KAWASHIMA ©NARAR

2004 NAR Grand Prix Horse of the Year Best Turf Horse Cosmo Bulk by Zagreb (UK) © NAR Interview with Kinya Okamoto, JAIR President and COO

by Barbara Bayer Racing Journalist world, Okamoto’s new post may at long Now, more than ever, Okamoto points last bring him closer to working with his to the growing need for communication interest in media communications. and for a serious exchange of informa- The JAIR, unique worldwide in its tion and opinions at the international function as a separate entity for interna- level. In addition to the JAIR’s annual tional information exchange, is also invitation for tens of representatives unique within Japan as the only organi- from other Asian and Southern zation that deals with the industry as a Hemisphere countries to observe the whole. Unlike the JRA, the JAIR con- Japanese racing world and system at cerns itself with the 17 local govern- work, participating in international con- ments organizing racing, in addition to ferences (especially the Asian Racing the national, government-level JRA. The Federation Conference) are key events JAIR also looks at the breeding industry for the organization. “No longer will as a whole, not just with an eye to those these be just opportunities for socializ- horses making their way into JRA races. ing; they will be increasingly concerned Over the years and through his many with serious issues,” Okamoto says. travels abroad, Okamoto has naturally Such issues, to name just a few, are made a great number of close contacts the battle to offset losses to cross-border with top racing officials and industry wagering, or “3U gambling” – unlimit- leaders. “I’m looking forward to being ed, unregulated and uncontrolled Ð and Kinya Okamoto, new JAIR president and COO in a position to communicate with them new issues emerging around racing- even more,” he says, reflecting on the related intellectual property rights. Last October, the Japan Association JAIR’s main tasks of acting as a window These, Okamoto says, will continue to for International saw a onto the world for Japan’s racing and, be key issues and, together with others, changing of the guard. Kinya Okamoto, vice versa, translating and conveying ones that the JAIR will be “keeping a former vice president of the Japan racing industry news and information close eye on” in cooperation with over- Racing Association, became JAIR’s from around the world to Japanese seas organizations during the coming president and COO, bringing with him horsemen. years. over 40 years of experience in the Japanese racing industry. Looking back, Okamoto understands that he has seen some extraordinary years and considers himself fortunate to have witnessed the emergence of four of Japan’s five Triple Crown winners and to have participated in two revisions of the Japan Racing Law. Not only did he see the organization through its best years, he saw it through some of its worst Ð the recent ones of falling revenues. “It was a very tough time. There was no simple way to get out of the situation. We under- took all kinds of measures to cut exces- sive costs and raise profits. Though there are still a lot of very worried-looking people in the horse racing industry, I don’t think we are in any dire trouble,” he says with his ready laugh. Given JAIR’s main role of acting as a clearinghouse for racing-related infor- mation between Japan and the rest of the 2004 JRA Award Winners Zenno Rob Roy (by Sunday Silence) Ð the second horse in history with consecutive Best Older Filly Or Mare wins in the (Autumn) (GI), (International GI) and (GI) Ð won the 2004 Horse of the Year award. NHK Mile Cup (GI) and Japanese Derby (GI) winner (by Kingmambo) was chosen Best Three-Year- Old Colt and Durandal (by Sunday Silence) won the Best Sprinter or Miler award for the second year running. Although affiliated with the NAR, Hokkaido’s Cosmo Bulk (by Zagreb) brought excite- ment to JRA classics and other races through the year, resulting in a decision to honor him with a Special Award. In trainer categories, Kazuo Fujisawa took the honors for races won, winning aver- age and money earned. Ritto’s won all three jockey categories – races won, winning average and money earned Ð to capture the Grand Prize Jockey title. Admire Groove by Sunday Silence (4-year-old filly, bay) Best Steeplechase Horse Best Horse By Home-Bred Sire

Blandices by Sakura Bakushin O (7-year-old gelding, bay) by Dance in the Dark (3-year-old colt, bay)

Best Two-Year-Old Colt Best Three-Year-Old Colt Best Sprinter Or Miler

Meiner Recolte by Chief Bearhart King Kamehameha by Kingmambo Durandal by Sunday Silence (2-year-old colt, bay) (3-year-old colt, bay) (5-year-old horse, chestnut)

Best Two-Year-Old Filly Best Three-Year-Old Filly Best Dirt Horse

Shonan Peintre by Sunday Silence Dance in the Mood by Sunday Silence Admire Don by Timber Country (2-year-old filly, bay) (3-year-old filly, dark bay or brown) (5-year-old horse, bay) Best Trainers JRA Equine Cultural Award

Best Trainer - Races Won - Winning Average - Money Earned Best Trainer - Training Kazuo FUJISAWA Technique Hidetaka OTONASHI "What Lovely Horses from 100 Films" Tomoe TSUMUJIMARU Best Jockeys

Best Jockey - Races Won - Winning Average - Money Earned Grand Prize Jockey (all three jockey titles) Yutaka TAKE Best Steeplechase Best Jockey - Newcomer Jockey - Races Won Yusuke FUJIOKA Shigefumi KUMAZAWA

Best Thoroughbred Older Horse NAR Grand Prix 2004 BEST Trainer BEST Jockey © NAR Masayuki Hiroyuki UCHIDA Nike a Delight by Diablo (4-y-o colt) KAWASHIMA

Best Thoroughbred 2-Year-Old Best Thoroughbred Filly or Mare Best Banei (Draft) Horse

Sea Chariot (USA) by Seeking the Gold Belmont Beach by Adjudicating (6-y-o mare) Super Pegasus by Hikaru Tenryuu (8-y-o horse) (2-y-o colt) Best Thoroughbred 3-Year-Old Best Anglo-Arab Horse Special Award

Adjudi Mitsuo by Adjudicating (3-y-o colt) Suigun by Hoei Hiro Boy (4-y-o colt) Nihonkai Laurel by Imrad (18-y-o mare) Elegy for a Magnificent Stallion, Northern Taste - Interview with Teruya Yoshida - by Toshinori Ishii, Racing Journalist position, we had just sold around half a He finished third in his debut, if I remem- pasture lot in Narita and were comparative- ber correctly. However, he followed imme- ly flush with cash. We split that money diately with wins in the Eclipse Awards between expansion of the Hokkaido farm and . Thinking back and the purchase of horses. Was it a major now, the English Derby’s distance might project that gambled the company’s for- have been a bit long (he finished fifth) and tunes? No, it was not such an exaggerated I believe he would have won if we had thing, it was probably purely and simply used him in the French 2,000 Guineas. that my father wanted a good horse. Based on the trainer’s opinion, we used (Laughs) him in the British 2,000 Guineas, where he It was in this fashion that we set our finished fourth behind Nonoalco, a horse sights on the progeny of a famous stallion that was sort of a career rival, and they of the time, and among these Northern often met up in GI events of around a mile. Dancer had a reputation as a sure-fire win- Although it was a relationship in which he ner. He had already produced , had a hard time winning, but sometimes who had begun to show signs of success, overcame, he came to be widely recognized Shadai Farm president Teruya YOSHIDA and when viewed at auctions, there were, as one of Europe’s top milers with his vic- in fact, many good horses among Northern tory in the Prix de la Foret in the fall of his When I bought Northern Taste, most of Dancer’s offspring. And that is why we third year. Around that time, the Northern the overseas that arrived in Japan wanted to start by buying a good horse Dancer offspring boom caught fire and we were used goods. Horses discarded over- from among ’s progeny. even received requests to sell him for a seas because of their lack of success as Like his father, Northern Taste was born price of around $1 million. At that time, stallions, despite fairly good racing at Canada’s Winfields Farm, and at the ´300 million was a substantial amount of careers, were purchased and brought to time Winfields only sold horses at auctions money, but we held on, telling ourselves Japan. These types of horses formed the held at Saratoga Racetrack. So, we decided that if we sold this horse it would be all overwhelming majority. It was a period to go to Saratoga and buy the best horse over. We were also absolutely certain that when Japanese racing was still developing among Northern Dancer’s progeny on he would be a success as a stallion. and even if you wanted to buy a brand new offer by Winfields. Surveying the situation The reason we were able to be so confi- horse, you could not. Our farm also bought in the U.S. at the time, it was a natural dent was due solely to the horse’s level. various stallions, but we did not see much train of thought. After arriving a few days For example, looking at race records alone, improvement. early and looking over the horses, there were others in the past who excelled However, stallions are an extremely Northern Taste had the most balanced con- Northern Taste. However, there were no important element that influence the suc- formation. We had already targeted the prior examples of that class of horse debut- cess of a farm, or, in other words, whether horse after viewing the list, but this was ing as a stallion in Japan. In addition, he it wins or loses. In that light, my father (the the first time we had actually seen the also possessed Northern Dancer’s pedigree late Zenya) and I often visited American horse. We had the impression that he was a as collateral. From our standpoint, this and European auctions and thought, “We bit small, but Northern Dancer’s offspring would be a horse on a completely different can’t buy really good horses once they’ve were in general small and that did not level, but we continually were told that he become stallions. Therefore, if we buy a bother us in the slightest because his father was too small physically. Maybe the rea- top-class horse at a yearling auction and had gone unsold due to aversion to his son most people did not believe he would turn it into a stallion after its racing years, small physique. For their part, Winfields amount to much was because large stal- we should be able to buy horses that are was also confident that this was their best lions like Hindostan (GB) and Tesco Boy out of reach once they become stallions.” horse. (GB) were successful at that time. Looking back, it was good timing. It was The asking price was $100,000, so we Certainly, Northern Taste’s size and a bit later that Arabs and the Robert jumped right in with a $100,000 bid. physique did not conform to the popular Sangster group began buying up the best However, maybe due to distaste for the wisdom of Japanese racing, but we knew yearlings one after another. In those days, horse’s small stature, nobody else joined that we were entering an era for this kind if you spent $100,000 (around ´30 million the battle. The auctioneer tried to bid up of horse because we had seen so many at the rate then) to $200,000, you could the price, saying, “Just one bid is a bit races overseas. In a word, Japanese horse buy the best class of horse. The second- sad,” and, “This is an incredibly fine racing was still behind. hand stallions I mentioned above went for horse,” (laughing) but in the end there was His offspring’s success did not surprise anywhere from ´70 to ´80 million up to just the one bid and we were able to us either. In a sense, it was just as we had ¥100 million (at today’s rate), so it was acquire the horse. predicted and it turned out just as we hardly that they were “too high.” At that Thinking Europe would be best because thought it would. That said, it was a happy time, fewer horses were bred in the U.S. he was one of Northern Dancer’s off- miscalculation that his progeny did not just than now and, along with the fact that it spring, we subsequently put him in the care end up as early blooming milers. They had was fairly easy to choose from the buyer’s of Cunnington Stable in Chantilly, France. no trouble with increased distances and ran even better as older horses. that, supposing he had entered stud I tend to believe that their remarkable service in Europe, Northern Taste successes as they aged were not due to might have achieved success on the their great potential for improvement, but same scale. rather because they were sturdy and had a In any case, he was a healthy lot of capacity, which were large factors in horse and hardly ever caught cold or their surviving as the years increased and suffered stomach ailments even after other horses quickly faded from the scene. entering stud service. He had a calm Using the same logic that a powerful car personality, so he never rampaged does not wear out, the engine does not about in the pasture, nor did he eat burn out even when running at high speed. until he was full, as if he understood In other words, they had outstanding that he should eat just enough. Northern Taste (CAN) by Northern Dancer (CAN) Standing stud from 1976 to 1999, he reigned as capacity in various areas. Long-lived horses are like that, after all. leading sire for the 11-year period from 1982 to The same can be said regarding his suit- We installed a heater in the stall, helped 1992. His progeny have set JRA records for wins ability for racing in Japan. I think that him out when he woke up, and all the staff over 26 years, amassing 1,754 career victories, entering stud service in Japan, where he worked together to support him. I believe including 92 graded races (of which 10 were in G1 events). He was retired from stud service in 2000 had no powerful rivals, was a larger factor he lived as long as he was able to. and died at the age of 33 in 2004. Dyna Gulliver, the in all the success he achieved than the fact For our group and for me, that horse was 1986 Japan Derby winner, Amber Shadai, winner of that he was suited to Japanese racing. Of our cornerstone. I also believe that we have the fall 1983 Tenno Sho, and the 1992 Japan Oaks course, he probably would also have suc- made an effort not to let the descendants winner, Adorable, are some of his leading offspring. ceeded as a stallion in Europe or the U.S., that have carried on from that horse die but I honestly do not know whether he out. Living to that age, I was extremely my own career as a breeder. I think that, in would have been able to reach the level of happy to always have that horse nearby. the course of my life, I am most proud of leading stud. That said, Northern Taste’s He was like a guardian angel for our com- buying Northern Taste and being the one race results are quite similar to those of pany. On the whole, it can be said that who was directly responsible for him. The , who was two years older. He was Northern Taste bought all the stallions we image of him in his prime, when he was also a small-statured colt by Northern have. If Northern Taste had not been there, racing, is what I first recall about that Dancer and I often compared the two hors- Sunday Silence might have been beyond horse, but the funeral naturally revived es because the time frame was nearly the our reach. Which is to say, that horse was images of the long-ago, hardworking era of same and there were many overlapping the first in a series of winning bets we rein- Zenya Yoshida. Right now, I am just full aspects. In addition, Lyphard had great vested. (Laughs) of feelings of gratitude and want to say, success as a stallion. It has occurred to me That horse also completely overlapped “Thank you so much.”

Looking Back on the Racing World in 2004 Ð JRJ editorial office Ð and the first time in 14 years that pro- ever to achieve three consecutive wins in ceeds fell below ´3 trillion. At the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and Arima 8,099,985, or 95.2 percent of the previ- Kinen. Jockey Olivier Peslier also ous year’s figure, attendance also wrapped up his third win in a row at the dropped, for the eighth year in a row. Arima Kinen. (USA, by However, the total number of bettors, ) placed an awful 17th in the including at WINS and via telephone, Arc de Triomphe but was second in the was a bit higher than the previous year at Arima Kinen. 167,094,643, compared to 167,063,164 Regarding jockeys, Yutaka Take best- in 2003. ed his own record for wins in one year Tap Dance City (USA) by Pleasant Tap (USA), With respect to races, Hokkaido NAR with 211 and has 100 overseas victories winner of the (GI) 2004 Cosmo Bulk’s entry in the GI contest under his belt, a first for a Japanese rider. attracted attention. In the first half of the Last year, 3,452 races were held on year, 3-year-old King Kamehameha (by Local Government Racing 288 days at 10 racecourses, the same as Kingmambo) achieved consecutive victo- Seventeen local governments held in an average year. Out of a total of ries in the NHK Mile Cup and Japanese 18,481 races on 1,715 days at 23 tracks. 47,533 starters, 10,105 horses actually Derby, an historic first. In the latter half 18,462 horses actually ran out of a total ran. Total prize money distributed was of the year, 4-year-old Zenno Rob Roy of 186,013 starters. Total prize money ´68,940,265,000. (by Sunday Silence) had three GI wins in distributed was ´22,596,745,400. Pari- Pari-mutuel betting handle came to a row in the Tenno Sho (Autumn), the mutuel betting turnover came to ´2,931,433,543,600, 97.4 percent of the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen (The ´396,871,739,700, a decline of 11.8 per- previous year’s figure. The new type of Grand Prix), becoming the second horse cent from the previous year, while trifecta went on sale nationwide on in history to collect a ´200 million 6,335,601 racing fans showed up at the September 11. Nonetheless, 2004 was the bonus. Thanks to this horse’s victories, tracks, 89.3 percent of the previous seventh consecutive year of downturns, Kazuo Fujisawa became the first trainer year’s total. Breeding by Kaoru Matsuda Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association ● Record $4.5 Million Colt Sold at for an initial stud fee of ´6 million Japanese Foal Sale (approximately $55,000). The syndication A colt by 1996 Japanese champion 3- deal is the largest ever for a Japanese- year-old Dance in the Dark out of 1997 trained horse. Horse of the Year became the King Kamehameha is out of Last world’s highest-priced foal and the most Tycoon mare Manfath and is a half-broth- expensive horse sold at auction in Japan er to 2000 Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner when purchased by Mr. Fusao Sekiguchi The Deputy. In addition to the Japanese Derby, King Kamehameha also captured for ´490,000,000 at the Japan Racing Silver Charm (USA) by Silver Buck Horse Association’s (JRHA) Select Sale the NHK Mile Cup (GI) and won seven of of foals held at the Northern Horse Park eight career starts with earnings of on the island of Hokkaido. The colt, ´429,733,000 (approximately $4 million). ● Sunday Silence Continues to Break which sold in the first of the sale’s two Records sessions, which ran from July 12-13, was ● Dual Classic-winning Champion Stallion sensation Sunday Silence always certain to attract huge interest due Silver Charm Purchased for Stud (USA), who succumbed to laminitis in the to its superb breeding. The ´490 million Duty in Japan summer of 2002 at the age of 16, once bid, based on the JRHA’s exchange rate, Dual classic winner and 1997 champion again led Japan’s general sires list in 2004 converted to $4,537,037 and surpassed the 3-year-old colt Silver Charm (USA) was for the 10th consecutive year. He was also previous world record price of $4,424,438 purchased by the Japan Racing the leading general sire of 2-year-olds in paid for the foal by Satish Sanan for Association in late October 2004 to stand 2004. Padua’s Pride, a son of Caerleon, at the at the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ During 2004, Sunday Silence broke 1997 Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Association’s Shizunai Stallion Station in Northern Taste’s previous record for total Although 2004 was the first year without Hokkaido beginning with the 2005 sea- wins in JRA racing, his progeny having any Sunday Silence foals on offer at the son. The son of Silver Buck out of Poker won a total of 2,042 JRA races by the end sale, the gross of ´8,066,100,000 (approxi- mare Bonnie’s Poker had stood at Robert of the year. He also rewrote his own pre- mately $77 million, including tax) was the and Blythe Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm vious record for most JRA wins in a year highest in the history of the sale, and the since entering stud service in 2000. Silver with 327 wins in 2004. Sunday Silence overall clearance rate was 76 percent. Charm was among the leading second also sired 2004 Horse of the Year Zenno crop sires of 2004, and his progeny Rob Roy who won the Japan Cup (GI), ● Record Syndication Deal for Derby include San Fellipe Stakes (GII) winner Arima Kinen, and Tenno Sho (Autumn) in Winner King Kamehameha Preachinatthebar and graded stakes placed 2004. As of the end of 2004, Sunday King Kamehameha, winner of the 2004 runners Consecrate, Charming Jim and Silence’s progeny has won earnings total- Japanese Derby (GI) and champion 3- Deb’s Charm. ing ´55,774,412,000 (approximately $520 year-old colt, was retired from racing due Campaigned by Bob and Beverly million) in JRA racing. to a bowed tendon in early November, Lewis, Silver Charm captured the 1997 Sunday Silence, who was 1989 Horse of followed by a deal to syndicate him for and the Year in North America, was bought by ´2.1 billion (approximately $19 million) followed by victory in the $4-million the late Zenya Yoshida to begin his stallion for stud duty beginning in 2005. The son Dubai World Cup (GI) the following sea- career at the in of Kingmambo will stand at Shadai son. He scored 12 wins from 24 career Hokkaido where he stood from 1991 until his Stallion Station on the island of Hokkaido starts and won $6,944,369 in earnings. death.

Number of Births Leading Sires in 2004 Number of Births for 8,241 Rank Name Races Run Rnrs Wins Wnrs Wnrs rate Earnings (´) Number of Births for Angro-Arabs 107 1Sunday Silence (USA) 3,074 550 449 266 4.29 9,076,931,000 2Dance In The Dark 2,462 343 235 138 2.01 2,649,028,000 Number of Horses Imported 3Brian’s Time (USA) 1,846 293 218 126 2.15 2,420,894,000 Stallion Mare Racehorse 4Fuji Kiseki 1,775 299 193 121 1.71 1,965,479,500 Thoroughbred 3 111 264 5Sakura Bakushin O 1,859 274 184 120 1.58 1,668,575,500 Angro-Arab 1 2 6 Forty Niner (USA) 1,148 178 127 75 2.37 1,621,532,000 Total 7Afleet (CAN) 1,743 251 219 111 1.61 1,550,884,500 Thoroughbred 378 8Tony Bin (IRE) 913 131 89 55 2.83 1,424,215,000 Angro-Arab 3 9Bubble Gum Fellow 1,846 276 235 130 1.25 1,331,005,500 10 End Sweep (USA) 697 109 115 67 3.08 1,292,751,000

Ð JRJ editorial office Ð JRA 2005 Main Business Program 1. Race Meetings [3] Mixed Races place first or second in spring GI races ① Program ratio for 3-year-olds will be allowed to 1) This year’s race meetings appears Mixed races (or races in which both enter either the Shuka Sho (GI) or the in the accompanying table. Japanese-bred and overseas-bred Kikuka Sho (GI) and their trial races. Racecourse Racing Days horses who have not yet raced abroad Sapporo 16 will be allowed to enter) will com- 2. Measures to Prevent Illegal Hakodate 16 prise around 55 percent of all races in Activities Related to Pari- Fukushima 24 the makeup of the racing schedule. mutuel Bets ② Graded races that will be newly des- Niigata 24 Aggressive efforts to publicize the Nakayama 40 ignated as mixed races Tokyo 40 From the perspective of improving illegality of similar acts to pari-mutuel Chukyo 24 the content of races, except for the five betting such as bookmaking and internet Kyoto 40 classic races for 3-year-olds and the betting, efforts to prevent these activities Hanshin 40 Chunichi Shimbun Hai (GIII), which is will include the adoption of specific Kokura 24 limited to horses sired by domestic measures in liaison with the police and Total 288 horses, all graded races will be desig- other concerned agencies. In light of the nated mixed or international races. increasingly borderless nature of betting 2) Foreign-bred horses on the Internet, every effort will be made Foreign-bred horses raced abroad and 3) Changes in entry requirements and to promote good neighbor policies, those who have not yet raced abroad will assigning weight together with based on the basic principle of mutually be treated as follows: more international races avoiding inflicting harm on the betting [1]Regarding the five classic races for [1]Changes in handicap race entry markets of other countries through coop- 3-year-olds, four 3-year-olds who requirements eration with racing authorities around the have not yet raced abroad will be Foreign graded races will be added to world. permitted to enter each of the five race records that serve as entry quali- races. fications for handicap races in con- 3. Facility Improvements and In addition, along with selection junction with handicap races run as Construction based on current accumulated earn- international races. ings, foreign-bred horses who have 1) Following the completion of the sec- [2] Assigning weight for international races ond stage of remodeling the main not yet raced abroad who finish in When a race in which a special weight the top three spots during the trials stands at , the third applies in accordance with accumulat- stage of refurbishing will begin. shown in the right-hand column in ed earnings has been designated an the accompanying table will be given international race, existing assigning priority to enter the races shown in 2) A new off-course betting facility weight will apply to Japanese- (WINS) will be established in Ogori. Trial races (priority afforded to foreign- bred horses, but a special Race Name bred horses who finish in the top three weight in accordance with the 3) An upgraded large screen (Turf spots and who have not raced abroad) record of graded race wins (Japanese 1,000 Vision) will be installed at Tokyo Guineas)(GI) Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue (GII) will be added to foreign hors- Racecourse. (Japanese es, bearing disparities in purse Goals: Fuji TV Sho (GII) 2,000 Guineas)(GI) standards in mind. ¥Provide impressive race videos. (Japanese Sankei Sports Sho (GII) ¥Offer enhanced images (of the paddock, Oaks)(GI) 4)Exchanges with local gov- warm-up exercises, and so on) and data Tokyo Yushun (Japanese TV Tokyo Hai (GII) ernment racing horses (odds and such) correspond-ing to an Derby)(GI) [1] Local government racing increase in the number of races and the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. horses that win in spring Leger)(GI) (GII) introduction of trifecta bets. graded turf races for 3-year- ¥Promote track attendance. olds will be allowed to enter Size: the column on the left, in the same spring GI races for 3-year-olds and fashion as Japanese-bred horses. 11 meters high x 60 meters wide, 660 their trial races. 2 [2] International Races m total area [2] Local government racing horses that Date of installation: In addition to the existing 24 races, 36 place first or second in the NHK graded and listed races for 3-year-olds Scheduled for completion in Mile Cup (GI) will be allowed to September 2006 and up (and 4-year-olds and up) will enter either the Yushun Himba (GI) be newly designated as international or Tokyo Yushun (GI). 4) Construction to widen Hanshin races that horses who have raced [3] Local government racing horses that abroad may enter. Racecourse’s track will begin.

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