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Article by Nancy Sexton: Part 2 of our special on the late, lamented sire whose crowning achievement came with Auguste Rodin’s Epsom Derby triumph

In horse racing, it is simply a fact that the strong win and the weak lose. Each year, only 18 horses out of an entire generation get to compete in the glamorous Japanese Derby. This year, 7,398 3-year-olds competed fiercely for the privilege. But the sad fact outside the spotlight is those that quietly retire without ever finishing first outnumber those that do. Under the rules of the Japan Racing Association, horses that win at least once by the summer of the year they turn 3 years old are al...

May 28, 2021 As the month of May leads us toward the hotter days just around the corner, it’s once again time for one of Japan’s great horse races, the Japanese Derby, or Tokyo Yushun, as it is sometimes called here in Japan. This Sunday sees the race run at its traditional home, Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, just a short journey west from the center of the capital. Despite the difficult conditions from the pandemic continuing well into 2021, horse racing in Japan has been largely abl...