2019 6o2e
The Japanese Grade 1 season for 2019 finished with a flourish for trainer Yoshito Yahagi when two-year-old Contrail (JPN) continued undefeated to win the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes (2000m) at Nakayama on Saturday, December 28th, 2019, a week after his multiple Group 1 winning race mare Lys Graciuex (JPN) won the Grade 1 Arima Kinen. 5n654s
Runners from Asian Racing Federation jurisdictions will gather in Dubai over the coming weeks to contest the 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival which begins on January 3rd, 2019, at Meydan Racecourse.
The three-year-old’s struck again in Japan with Blast Onepiece (JPN), the only three-year-old in the field, beat his senior Grade 1 rivals in this year’s 63rd renewal of the Grade 1 Arima Kinen (2500m) at Nakayama on Sunday, December 23rd, 2018, emulating the feat of three-year-old filly Almond Eye in the Grade 1 Japan Cup (2400m) in November.
Japanese syndicator Silk Racing Co. Ltd completed a remarkable double in two Asian Racing Federation countries in December, 2019, with victories in Hong Kong and Japan with two separate runners.
ARF countries contribute to record success at LONGINES Hong Kong International Races
Triple Nine seals Korea's Grand Prix glory at last
The LONGINES Hong Kong International Race meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday saw close Asian Racing Federation neighbour Japan sweep three of the four Group 1 races.
Asian Racing Federation member country Korea held its top juvenile race at Busan on Sunday and it was the Kim Young Kwan trained colt King Socks who lived up to his odds-on favourite status in the Breeders’ Cup.
Adu Dhabi conducted their most valuable race of the season last weekend, the Group 1 AED 5,000,000 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown (1600m) on turf for Arabian breds, and it was a cosmopolitan result.
Asian Racing jurisdiction Japan has a new star to present to the international stage after three-year-old Lord Kanaloa filly Almond Eye (JPN) won the ¥ 648 million Grade 1 Japan Cup in association with Longines (2400m) at Tokyo on Sunday.
The Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club of Bahrain staged their first international race on November 22nd with the £500,000 Bahrain International Trophy (2000m) for runners rated 95 and above.
The Singapore Turf Club announced that the Kranji Mile (1600m) will be run as an International Group 3 race from 2020.
Third favourite Suave Richard claimed this year’s Grade 1 Japan Cup (2400m) at Tokyo on Sunday while capturing his much awaited second Grade 1 title since his Osaka Hai victory last year and has now collected five grade-race titles.
The Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington during the week of November 2nd through to 9th, 2019, has again produced the four-best attended racedays in Australia with world-class racing, fashion, dining and entertainment enjoyed by more than 276,000 people across rthe four days of racing.
A vintage ride from leading Australian jockey Craig Williams and plenty of room were the key ingredients to Mr Clint’s gallant win in the S$1m, Group 1 Dester Singapore Gold (2000m) at Kranji on Sunday.
The Asian Racing Federation’s Australian champion mare Winx (AUS) has been ed at the top of the ninth edition this year of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse rankings released this week by Cracksman (GB) after his powerful performance in the QIPCO Champion Stakes (G1) on British Champions Day at Ascot in October.
Asian Racing Federation countries, along with a world-wide racing audience, on Tuesday watched the international broadcast of the 158th running of the A$7m, Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington, Australia.
There were just two Australian-bred horses in the 2019, A$8m, Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday, November 5th, out of an assembled field of 22 internationally bred runners and one of them, Vow And Declare, ridden by Craig Williams and trained by Danny O’Brien, won the race.
Triple Nine galloped his way in to Korean racing history books at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon as he cruised to an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the KRW 800 Million, WFA The President's Cup (KOR G1) (2000m).
Asian Racing Federation member Australia had world-wide racing coverage on Saturday as the Chris Waller trained champion mare Winx (AUS) under Hugh Bowman won their historic fourth $5m, Group 1 WFA WS Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley, Melbourne, a feat not achieved by any other runner in the history of the race.