When I’m 64: Japan’s dancing jockey Fumio Matoba breaks record for oldest winning rider
‘Emperor of Ohi’ is oldest jockey ever to have ridden on NAR circuit and stands ninth on world all-time jockeys’ list with 7,351 career wins.
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Tragedy in Tokyo as heart failure claims life of Saudi Derby hero Pink Kamehameha mid-race
Jockey Hitoshi Kitamura taken to hospital after three-year-old collapses into running rail at Tokyo racecourse.
Turn-up in Tokyo: 47-1 longshot Danon Kingly thwarts odds-on Gran Alegria in Yasuda Kinen
Superstar mare’s desperate late lunge fails by a head as Classic-placed five-year-old gains shock G1 success.
In the last gasp: Shahryar snatches Japanese Derby glory from Guineas hero Efforia in Tokyo thriller
Tokyo Yushun principals flash past together but 11-1 shot gets the nod over odds-on favourite.
Not all white on the night: Japan’s ‘idol horse’ Sodashi well beaten behind Uberleben in Oaks
All-white filly loses unbeaten record as she can finish only eighth n Yushun HImba (Japanese Oaks) in Tokyo.
World’s best miler? Gran Alegria wins fifth G1 with another display of Japanese brilliance
Superstar mare recorded bounded away to win by four lengths in Victoria Mile at Tokyo racecourse.
Efforia slams Guineas rivals to become Japan’s latest unbeaten Classic winner
Winning streak extended to four with powerful three-length victory in the Satsuki Sho, the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown at Nakayama.
Great white wonder: fairytale result as ‘idol horse’ Sodashi claims Japanese 1,000 Guineas
Sodashi, the all-white unicorn of Japanese racing, took her winning streak to five in the Oka Sho, the first Classic of the season.