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A stunning victory in Sunday's G1 Takarazuka Kinen further enhanced Equinox's status as the world's best racehorse. 🇯🇵 #イクイノックス

But just eight months ago, Japan's now globally-revered superstar hadn't even won a Group 1 race.

💫 The story of Equinox’s meteoric rise 👇

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"Form Pointers" is an insightful and informative new column from the TechTeam. This week's focus is TRACK BIAS. https://t.co/NIS5lNtaHg

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Harry Bentley has not ridden since November 1 after being stood down by Hong Kong stewards for a ‘potential disciplinary matter’. But what is the charge, and why the secrecy? #HKracing https://t.co/KCneaNSG4B

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Romantic Warrior’s Cox Plate victory at Moonee Valley was the first major in Australia for a Hong Kong horse, but the champ is back at Sha Tin and trainer Danny Shum’s focus now falls on the Hong Kong Cup. #HKracing
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#天皇賞秋 #イクイノックス

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How do you exceed expectations when you are Equinox? The JRA’s English language racecaller Murray Johnson’s immediate post-race reaction answered that question: “1:55.2!” #イクイノックス #天皇賞秋

📸: @ShuheiOkada
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Emperor's Prize

#天皇賞秋 #イクイノックス

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1:55.2 😤

Equinox. 🚀

#天皇賞秋 #イクイノックス

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… and Aussie hero too 🇦🇺

#浪漫勇士

#ロマンティックウォリアー

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Danny Shum, Hong Kong hero 🇭🇰

Romantic Warrior wins the 2023 Cox Plate.

#浪漫勇士

#ロマンティックウォリアー

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Calm before the storm: Danny Shum enjoys a quiet moment with Romantic Warrior before the Cox Plate.

#ロマンティックウォリアー
#浪漫勇士

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Legendary Zac Purton and family arrive for Cox Plate Day @TheValley 🏆

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Equinox is the clear favourite to defend his Tenno Sho Autumn crown at Tokyo, but can Do Deuce prove his Derby superiority to be right? @themorganline answers the key questions around Sunday's Group 1 clash.

#イクイノックス | #天皇賞秋 | #ドウデュース
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Christophe Lemaire: journey to the JRA https://t.co/6UIc6T80vh

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"When you enter the track, you feel the horse ready to fight, to give his best. His tension is getting higher before the start. It’s the tension of a winner."

Equinox's physical gifts are matched by a champion's temperament, says Christophe Lemaire.

#天皇賞秋 #イクイノックス

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More on the Romantic Warrior 'excuses', as well as the Manfred Man/Lucky Sweynesse situation and a look ahead to Sunday's Tenno Sho Autumn on this week's episode of Asian Racing Review: https://t.co/VQA5vc7Hra

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Danny Shum has said Romantic Warrior will be only ‘90 or 95 per cent fit’ heading into Saturday's Cox Plate, blaming limited training facilities at the quarantine training centre.

But why didn’t the trainer know what he would be working with, asks Michael Cox?

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A pair of talented two-year-old fillies feature in this week's edition of #JRA Blackbook, including a daughter of Heart's Cry that is starting to justify the early hype.

#ルージュスエルテ

📸: @pfmpspsm

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'Christophe Lemaire: journey to the JRA' features original illustrations depicting the defining moments in Lemaire's Japan adventure, from the despair of serious injury to the dazzling highs of Almond Eye and Equinox. #アーモンドアイ #イクイノックス

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When Christophe Lemaire lost his role as retained rider to the Aga Khan in 2014, he was devastated.

But there was hope on the horizon: Japan.

Moving his young family to a new country in pursuit of a full-time #JRA licence would require a huge leap of faith, however. #競馬

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When champion French jockey Christophe Lemaire left his home country behind for a life in Japan he could never have imagined the adventures – and champion racehorses – that awaited him.

#Ｃ·ルメール | #ルメール | @christo68914587 | #アーモンドアイ
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