Nanako Fujita, 27, became an idol among Japanese racing fans when she entered the sport at the age of 16. She was the first woman to join the jockey ranks in 16 years on the top tier Japan Racing ...

Japan's main horse racing governing body on Friday announced the retirement of its most successful female jockey, Nanako Fujita, following her suspension for taking a smartphone inside a restricted ...

Fresh off a strong runner-up performance in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), grade 2 winner May Day Ready will carry the American flag across the Pacific to race in Japan.

Do Deuce, reunited with jockey Yutaka Take, swept to victory in the Arima Kinen (G1) Dec. 24 at Nakayama Racecourse, the final top-level contest for older horses on the Japanese racing calendar.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main horse racing governing body on Friday announced the retirement of its most successful female jockey, Nanako Fujita, following her suspension for taking a smartphone ...

Victory by a Japanese horse in Saturday’s Golden Eagle at Rosehill for the second year in a row could open up a river of ...

The 7-hectare former farm was leased and reopened in 2020 by Yasuyuki Kawagoe, 57, a former stable hand at the Japan Racing Association, and Sachie Sasaki, 56, his partner who writes about horse ...

the Japan Racing Association (JRA) said Friday. Under JRA rules, jockeys are required to stay in a designated room on the day before a race and are banned from communicating with others outside ...

Rio Takeda of Japan won the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic in a playoff that lasted six sudden-death playoff holes, defeating ...

"This is not an ideal shape of the course to be honest with you, but at the same time he's a really good stayer and he's obviously been racing in top-class Japanese stayers' races, so he'll do well.

with fans sporting the black and red of Toyota Gazoo Racing waiting patiently for their chance to get an autograph and share a few words with the Japanese drivers. In other parts of the pitlane ...