Horse Racing: Takamatsunomiya Kinen

Let's Go Donki's connections are desperate to give their mare another chance in Hong Kong but she needs a big run in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen to earn a place in next month's Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin. A slow start ruined Let's Go Donki's chances in the Group One Hong Kong Sprint but a closer look reveals her unplaced effort was…

Triple Crown winner Contrail looks tailor-made for the Osaka Hai over his favoured trip but faces a speedy rival in Gran Alegria The growing sense of anticipation among Flat racing fans in Britain this weekend is felt just as keenly in Japan where the season is also ready to burst into life. The first Grade 1 race of the turf season, the…