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Yasuda Kinen

Lord Kanaloa certainly capable of rare double

5 Jun 2013

It is a rare beast able to win Group One races at 1,200m and also at a 1,600m level as high as the Yasuda Kinen and it's certainly an outstanding early prospect for the Longines December...

4:53AM

Lord Kanaloa eyes Hong Kong Mile

3 Jun 2013

The stallion emphatically swept aside pre-race doubts he could run a strong 1,600m as two of his potential rivals in December - Glorious Days and Helene Spirit - finished down the track.

4:39AM

John Size says Glorious Days is better for last year's Yasuda Kinen

2 Jun 2013

As disastrous as Glorious Days' 14th place in last year's Yasuda Kinen seemed at the time, trainer John Size and jockey Douglas Whyte believe it may have been the making of the horse who returns...

4:58AM

Glorious Days draws gate 6 and Helene Spirit gets 11 for Yasuda Kinen

31 May 2013

Glorious Days was gifted an "ideal" gate that gives jockey Douglas Whyte options, and Gerald Mosse was still putting a positive spin on a double-figure draw for outsider Helene Spirit in tomorrow'...

4:32AM

Don't be fooled by 'weak' Yasuda, says Size

31 May 2013

The Japanese media might have you believe the lack of top quality, in-form milers in Sunday's Yasuda Kinen leaves the race open for a visiting distance specialist like Glorious Days, but having...

5:30AM

Helene Spirit 'deserves Tokyo trip'

17 May 2013

Trainer Caspar Fownes admits Helene Spirit will be thrown in the deep end in next month's Yasuda Kinen in Japan, but he says the Champions Mile runner-up deserves his place in the race.

3:32AM

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12:54AM

Size still keen on Tokyo trip for Glorious Days

Glorious Days will stick to a plan hatched 12 months ago and press on to the Yasuda Kinen next month in Tokyo after emerging from his Champions Mile defeat unscathed yesterday.

5:23AM

Hong Kong trainers can learn from Moody's ingenuity

As Sunday's Yasuda Kinen showed us yet again, it is no easy task to take a horse away to win a Group One on foreign soil so it is always interesting to see what ideas smart people are employing to...

4:47PM

Whyte is all the rage

With two more to hit the century mark, Douglas Whyte is all the rage in the Jockey Challenge with a solid book of eight rides.

4:47PM

'Glorious will only get better from first foreign foray'

Champion jockey Douglas Whyte believes a career-worst performance could yet be the making of Glorious Days after the potential star's all-at-sea effort in Sunday's Yasuda Kinen.

4:41PM

Lucky Nine and Glorious Days flop miserably

Hong Kong horses again drew blanks on foreign shores with a disappointing duo failing to fire in yesterday's Yasuda Kinen, as Japanese comeback horse Strong Return emerged as contender for...

4:38PM

Overseas simulcasts figures continue to move upwards

The Jockey Club's overseas simulcasts have been a growth area this season and continue to move onwards and upwards, turnover-wise, with the Yasuda Kinen and the six-race offering from Epsom Downs...

4:38PM