Dubai World Cup Day - Japan ten set sights on Meydan six

Japan will be well-represented in the upcoming Dubai World Cup Day Races, as ten runners will be running in the six races on March 25 at Meydan racecourse in UAE.

Following are the list of Japanese runners declared to run:

DUBAI WORLD CUP (G1, 2,000m Dirt, US$ 10 million, 20:45)
- AWARDEE (Mikio Matsunaga / Yutaka Take)
- APOLLO KENTUCKY (Kenji Yamauchi / Christophe Lemaire)
- GOLD DREAM  (Osamu Hirata / Joao Moreira)
- LANI (Mikio Matsunaga / Ryan Moore)

DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC (G1, 2,410m Turf, US$ 6 million, 20:05)
- SOUNDS OF EARTH (Kenichi Fujioka / Christophe Lemaire)

DUBAI TURF (G1, 1,800m Turf, US$ 6 million, 19:30)
- VIVLOS (Yasuo Tomomichi / Joao Moreira)

DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN (G1, 1,200m Dirt, US$ 2 million, 18:35)
- DIOS CORRIDA (Yoshitada Takahashi / Shane Foley)

UAE DERBY (G2, 1,900m Dirt, US$ 2 million, 17:25)
- ADIRATO (Naosuke Sugai / Yutaka Take)
- EPICHARIS (Kiyoshi Hagiwara / Christophe Lemaire)

GODOLPHIN MILE (G2, 1,600m Dirt, US$ 1 million, 15:45)
- KAFUJI TAKE (Sachio Yukubo / Yuichi Fukunaga)

# ( ) after race name notes distance, total prize money, post time (local time)
## ( ) after horse name notes trainer/jockey
### REAL STEEL has been withdrawn from the Dubai Turf (G1), due to a nosebleed.

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