Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Japan (GB)

Japan (GB) b c 22nd Feb 2016

Track Horse HorseTracker

Japan (GB) b c 22nd Feb 2016

Sire

Galileo (IRE)

Dam

Shastye (IRE)

Dam's Sire

Danehill (USA)

Owner

Matsushima, Masaaki, Magnier, Mrs John, Tabor, Michael B And Smith, Derrick

Trainer

A P O'Brien

Breeder

Newsells Park Stud

Last Win

Leopardstown Thu, 15th Jul, 21 15/8Fav, R L Moore (1253 days)

Last Run

Del Mar Sat, 6th Nov, 21 4th, 25/1, R L Moore (1138 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Flat IRE

60%

€129,437.5

5.88

Flat GB

27%

£1,103,076

0.12

Flat USA

33%

$877,629.6

-2.00

Under Rules Total

37%

4.00

Form Figures

711-431114-43359-13614/

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 711-431114-43359-13614/

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

06Nov21 Del 12f Fast F(4000K)

[25/1]4th of 14, 3.50L behind Yibir

R L Moore

Rated 115

22/125/1

Change of Trainer A P O'Brien

04Oct20 Lon 12f Heavy F

non-runner

06Oct19 Lon 12f Soft 3y+ F(4424K)

[6/1]4th of 12, 4.00L behind

R L Moore

6/1

14Jul19 Lon 12f Good to Soft 3y F(540K)

9-21st of 8, 0.5L to Slalom

Ry an Moore

1/2

Oct 2017

October Yearling Sale Book 1 (Tattersalls (UK))

Newsells Park Stud Ltd.

Purchaser: MV Magnier/Mayfair/P & R Doyle

£1,300,000

Lots Sold: 349

Prices

Avg: £293,095

Median: £165,000

Maximum: £4,000,000

Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

Date Course

Conditions

Race

Jockey Weight

OR Class

Date

Sale

Consignor

Purchaser

Price

Oct 2017

October Yearling Sale Book 1 (Tattersalls (UK))

Newsells Park Stud Ltd.

Purchaser: MV Magnier/Mayfair/P & R Doyle

£1,300,000

Lots Sold: 349

Prices

Avg: £293,095

Median: £165,000

Maximum: £4,000,000

Reports in which Japan (GB) was mentioned

Japan all out to land Meld Stakes

Japan had to pull out all the stops to justify favourtism in the Green Room Meld Stakes at Leopardstown this evening. Thu 15th Jul

Magical out for revenge on Ghaiyyath

Ghaiyyath bids to confirm his superiority over defending champion Magical in a fascinating rematch for the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown today. Sat 12th Sep

4 for O'Brien at Naas topped off by Japan in the Beresford

Japan (11/2) was a fourth winner on the day for Aidan O'Brien when leading home a 1-2 for Ballydoyle in the Group Two Bereseford Stakes at Naas. Sun 30th Sep

Beresford Stakes preview

Mount Everest bids to extend Aidan O’Brien’s phenomenal record in the Beresford Stakes at Naas on Sunday. Sun 30th Sep

Conditions foreign to Japan but Listowel win secured

Ballydoyle's Japan (1/2) pulled victory from the jaws of defeat on start number two, in the opening Exchange Inn Ballybunion & Kevin's Bar Listowel Irish EBF Maiden. Wed 12th Sep

After race at Naas Sun, 30th Sep, 2018 (1st)

He was very green the first day and won nicely the next day. We thought he would come forward again from this and he probably will. You couldn't be happier. He followed the pace when the other two were going along. I thought he'd come forward again from today, he's a big hardy horse, so he could be the type of horse for the Racing Post (the Vertem Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on October 27th). He travelled well and done everything right so you'd have to be delighted with him really. The second did nothing wrong and ran a lovely race too. There were no prisoners taken and it was an honest straight-forward race.

A P O'Brien