WE are a month away now from the annual Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) sale of yearlings and foals. Northern Horse Park is the venue for the two-day auction which comprises 243 yearlings and 241 foals.

We are well aware of the roll that Japanese-bred horses have been on since last November when the country took home two of the Del Mar features, headed by Loves On You’s victory in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She followed up the following month at Sha Tin where she won the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup, while another Group 1 there was annexed by Glory Vase.