WHAT a year it’s been for Japanese racing on the world stage, from Almond Eye’s win in the Dubai Turf in March to Lys Gracieux taking the Cox Plate in November in Australia and the successes in three of the four Group 1s on the Longines International meeting in Hong Kong this month.
The Arima Kinen (6.25am Sunday) is named in memory of Yoriyasu Arima, the second president of the Japan Racing Association, who had suggested the idea before his death in 1957. The Arima Kinen is unique because Japanese racing fans are given an opportunity to vote for the runners who will run.
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