Together, Forever Young and Ryusei Sakai have forged the kind of bond between horse and rider that spells greatness.

They’re improving by the year, these racehorses from Japan. They won a pair of Breeders’ Cup races in 2021. They won the UAE Derby in 2022 and 2023. Surely, sooner rather than later, a horse from the ...

Forever Young, 7-2 on the morning line, looks poised to give Japan its first victory in America’s richest thoroughbred race ...

Japan’s Forever Young made history as the first horse from that country to win the $7 million Classic and long shot Ethical ...

With many eyes focused on next weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships, top-shelf horse racing action in Japan, England ...

SO IT IS AN ANIMAL. I MEAN, THE AGE OF RACING DOES NOT FEEL LIKE GOING UP TO THE SEAT. HE’S ONLY ABOUT 60 MILES. YEAH, HE’S VERY, VERY EXCITED. LEADING INTO THE KENTUCKY DERBY. IT’S THE BIGGEST RACE ...

Given the success Japanese horses have enjoyed on the world stage in recent years, it is no longer a surprise when they return home with another load of hardware. The latest haul occurred last weekend ...

A new exhibit, 'Heart of the Horse,' on display at the Kentucky Horse Park's International Museum of the Horse is giving visitors a chance to explore the spiritual and cultural role of horses in Japan ...

For the third consecutive year, Japan-based horses will participate in the Kentucky Derby (G1). As talented runners continue to arrive each year from Japan, the same statement can be heard Derby week ...

The Kentucky Derby is one of horse racing’s elite events. Every year the Run for the Roses is filled with rags-to-riches stories of success, whether that’s the horses themselves or the connections who ...

For the fourth year in a row more than 200 pre-entries have been accepted for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.