Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted December 10, 2019 Journalists Share Posted December 10, 2019 Godolphin colourbearers in Japan scored 100 Japan Racing Association (JRA) victories in 2019, making the international racing operation the first sole-ownership entity to collect that achievement to date. Polar Summer (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) landed a Nakayama maiden on Dec. 1 to bring up the century for his owner. The royal blue has been first past the post this year with Group 1 winner Tower of London (Jpn) (Raven’s Pass), who won the G1 Sprinters S., while Woman’s Heart (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) claimed the G3 Niigata Nisai S. and Right On Cue (Jpn) (Shamardal) saluted in the G3 Keihan Hai. “It is a great achievement for Godolphin to have won 100 JRA races this year,” said Godolphin Japan President Harry Sweeney. “Only a few of the very large syndicates with many thousands of owners and many more horses have reached this goal and indeed Godolphin is the very first non-syndicate to do so in the entire JRA history. It is a credit to our staff and trainers and reflects their hard work, dedication and great professionalism. It also appears that Godolphin’s investment in our Castle Park training centre is paying dividends. “It is particularly pleasing that it was our superior strike rate rather than number of horses that allowed us to reach this important landmark. While it certainly is a very noteworthy achievement, we will be hoping to do better again next year and we will also be striving to win a greater number of graded races.” The post Godolphin Hits 100-Win JRA Milestone appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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