Japan sends record-breaking 13 horses for LONGINES Hong Kong International Races

Japan will be well-represented in the upcoming LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, as 13 runners - seven of them Grade 1 winners - will be running in the four Grade 1 races on Dec. 11 at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Following are the list of Japanese runners declared to run:

* LONGINES HONG KONG CUP (2,000m, HKD25 million, 16:30)
- A SHIN HIKARI (Masanori Sakaguchi / Yutaka Take)
- MAURICE (Noriyuki Hori / Ryan Moore)
- STAPHANOS (Hideaki Fujiwara / Christophe Soumillon)
- LOVELY DAY (Yasutoshi Ikee / Hugh Bowman)
- QUEENS RING (Keiji Yoshimura / Mirco Demuro)

* LONGINES HONG KONG MILE (1,600m, HKD 23 million, 15:50)
- LOGOTYPE (Tsuyoshi Tanaka / Mirco Demuro)
- NEOREALISM (Noriyuki Hori / Ryan Moore)
- SATONO ALADDIN (Yasutoshi Ikee / Yuga Kawada)

* LONGINES HONG KONG SPRINT (1,200m, HKD 18.5 million, 14:40)
- BIG ARTHUR (Kenichi Fujioka / Ryan Moore)
- RED FALX (Tomohito Ozeki / Mirco Demuro)

* LONGINES HONG KONG VASE (2,400m, HKD 16.5 million, 14:00)
- SATONO CROWN (Noriyuki Hori / Joao Moreira)
- NUOVO RECORD (Makoto Saito / Yasunari Iwata)
- SMART LAYER (Ryuji Okubo / Yutaka Take)

# ( ) after race name notes distance, total prize money, post time (local time)
## ( ) after horse name notes trainer/jockey