06.40 JAPAN CUP (GROUP 1) 12F. TURF. 18 RUNNERS.

The Japanese are looking to keep the Japan Cup at home for the 10th successive year, fielding 14 of the 18 runners, most notably Lovely Day, the five-year-old likely to secure JRA Horse of the Year if he makes it a third Group 1 win from nine starts this season, for trainer Yasutoshi Ikee and jockey Yuga Kawada.