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Saudi Cup Day - Japan 21 set sights on King Abdulaziz six

Japan will be well-represented in the upcoming Saudi Cup Day Races, as 21 runners will be running in the six races on Feb. 24 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Following are the list of Japanese runners declared to run:

SAUDI CUP (G1, 1,800m Dirt, US$ 20 million, 20:40)
- Crown Pride (Koichi Shintani / Joao Moreira)
- Derma Sotogake (Hidetaka Otonashi / Christophe Lemaire)
- Lemon Pop (Hiroyasu Tanaka / Ryusei Sakai)
- Ushba Tesoro (Noboru Takagi / Yuga Kawada)
Note: Meisho Hario has been scratched from the race.

RED SEA TURF HANDICAP (G3, 3,000m Turf, US$ 2.5 million, 19:50)
- Breakup (Naoyuki Morita / Joao Moreira)
- Echt (Hideyuki Mori / Yuga Kawada)
- Iron Barows (Hiroyuki Uemura / Cristian Demuro)
- Libyan Glass (Yoshito Yahagi / Ryusei Sakai)

NEOM TURF CUP (G2, 2,100m Turf, US$ 2 million, 19:10)
- Hearts Concerto (Ryo Takei / Joao Moreira)
- Killer Ability (Takashi Saito / Cristian Demuro)
- Studley (Yutaka Okumura / William Buick)

1351 TURF SPRINT (G2, 1,351m Turf, US$ 2 million, 18:25)
- Aguri (Takayuki Yasuda / Christophe Lemaire)
- Bathrat Leon (Yoshito Yahagi / Ryusei Sakai)
- La La Christine (Takashi Saito / Cristian Demuro)
- Win Greatest (Yoshihiro Hatakeyama / Masami Matsuoka)

RIYADH DIRT SPRINT (G3, 1,200m Dirt, US$ 1.5 million, 17:40)
- Jasper Krone (Hideyuki Mori / Taisei Danno)
- Keiai Dorie (Akira Murayama / Christophe Lemaire)
- Remake (Koichi Shintani / Yuga Kawada)

SAUDI DERBY (G3, 1,600m Dirt, US$ 1.5 million, 17:00)
- Forever Young (Yoshito Yahagi / Ryusei Sakai)
- Satono Phoenix (Masato Nishizono / Joao Moreira)
- Set Up (Yuichi Shikato / Takeshi Yokoyama)

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

Click here for the racecard

Please visit the following websites for more information.
Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Cup