Of course, we are here to win a great race, the Longines Classic, and become the first Japanese to win it," Yahagi said.

Trainer said the Real Steel colt came out of the race very well and would be aimed for the Saudi Cup in February followed by ...

This year’s Classic featured nine horses after Sovereignty, the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, was scratched with a fever.

Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi discusses what it means to him to win the Breeders' Cup Classic with Forever Young in America ...

The storyline from Team Japan this week has been "redemption." Trainer Yoshito Yahagi believed he had a horse good enough to win the 2024 Kentucky Derby; Forever Young finished a heartbreakingly ...

Breeders' Cup Classic-winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi reacts to Forever Young's Breeders' Cup Classic win and what it means to Japanese horse racing.

Forever Young had a grudge to settle in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic and he got revenge on old enemies, while Scylla got ...

In 2021, Japan announced their presence on horse racing’s global stage, taking two races on Breeders’ Cup Saturday. This year ...

The colt was third in last year's Classic behind Sierra Leone and Fierceness. The horse gave Japan a victory in North America's richest race.

Japan is known as The Land of the Rising Sun. On what was Sunday, just as the sun was rising in Japan, Forever Young, the ...

Japan’s Forever Young made history as the first horse from that country to win the $7 million Classic and long shot Ethical ...

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