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Famed Japanese racehorse Haru Urara dies

File photo taken at Kochi Racecourse in the western Japan city of Kochi on May 23, 2004, shows Haru Urara, a thoroughbred that captured the hearts of race fans and the wider public in the 2000s for her remarkable losing streak spanning all 113 appearances. The mare died on Sept. 9, 2025, at age 29.

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Japan: Racehorses Trapped in Floodwater as Record Rainfall Hits Hokuriku

Torrential rain battered Japan’s Hokuriku region on Thursday, August 7. The heavy downpour caused widespread flooding, road closures, and train service suspensions, including the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Nagano. This video shows a horse in a flooded stable at Kanazawa Racecourse after the heavy downpour.

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Horse racing: Redentor claims spring Tenno-sho

Jockey Damian Lane poses after riding first-favorite Redentor to victory in the spring Tenno-sho horse race at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on May 4, 2025.

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Horse racing: Redentor claims spring Tenno-sho

Jockey Damian Lane waves after riding first-favorite Redentor to victory in the spring Tenno-sho horse race at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on May 4, 2025.

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Horse racing: Redentor claims spring Tenno-sho

First-favorite Redentor (L), ridden by Damian Lane, wins the spring Tenno-sho horse race at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on May 4, 2025.

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Australia: Chaos Erupts at NSW Selective School Exams, Riot Squad Deployed 2

Chaos erupted at Sydney's Canterbury Racecourse and Randwick Racecourse on Friday, May 2, as thousands arrived for the NSW selective schools and Opportunity Class (OC) tests, leading to the deployment of the riot squad and significant delays.

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Australia: Chaos Erupts at NSW Selective School Exams, Riot Squad Deployed

Chaos erupted at Sydney's Canterbury Racecourse and Randwick Racecourse on Friday, May 2, as thousands arrived for the NSW selective schools and Opportunity Class (OC) tests, leading to the deployment of the riot squad and significant delays.

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Horse racing: Dubai World Cup

American steed Hit Show with jockey Florent Geroux (R) competes en route to winning the Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2025. Japan's Forever Young ridden by Ryusei Sakai (L) finished third.

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou & Mariam performing during the Solidays festival, special edition for caregivers, organized by Solidarité Sida at the Paris-Longchamp racecourse in Paris, France on July 4, 2021. Presented as: A 23th Unexpected edition of Solidays, free and reserved for women and men who bring health to life. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Christophe Meng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Unexpected Snowfall in Cheltenham Ahead of 2nd Day of Festival

On Wednesday morning, March 12, snow fell at Cheltenham Racecourse before the Queen Mother Champion Chase event. The course experienced a light snowfall around 7:00 a.m., and sleet and cold temperatures were predicted to continue throughout the morning.

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US: Unexpected Snowfall in Cheltenham Ahead of 2nd Day of Festival 2

On Wednesday morning, March 12, snow fell at Cheltenham Racecourse before the Queen Mother Champion Chase event. The course experienced a light snowfall around 7:00 a.m., and sleet and cold temperatures were predicted to continue throughout the morning.

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Tibetan New Year

Riders stage a polo match in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

Riders perform in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs riding and archery in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

Riders perform in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A young rider enters the racecourse in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) collecting in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

Riders enter the racecourse in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) collecting in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

Riders celebrate after the performance in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jigme Dorje/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

Riders perform in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs riding and archery in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) collecting in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A young contestant competes during a horse race in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tibetan New Year

A rider performs in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 2, 2025. The city of Lhasa hosted an equestrian show on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, featuring traditional equestrian performances and horse races. The riders were dressed in colorful Tibetan clothes and galloped gracefully around the racecourse in the northern suburbs of the city. Photo by Xinhua/Jiang Fan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebs at Arc De Triomphe horse race - Paris

Karim Aga Khan (C) seen at the 89th edition of the Qatar Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp racecourse, near Paris, France on October 3, 2010. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebs at Arc De Triomphe horse race - Paris

His Highness the Aga Khan attends the 89th edition of the Qatar Arc de Triomphe prize at the Longchamp racecourse on October 3, 2010 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Qatar Arc de Triomphe horse race - Paris

Michel Barnier, Christophe de Margerie attending the 87th Arc de Triomphe horserace, one of the world's richest races, at Longchamp Racecourse, near Paris, France, on October 5, 2008. The race, that was sponsored by Qatar for the first time, was won by Aga Khan's horse Zarkava. Photo by Thierry Plessis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebs at Arc De Triomphe horse race - Paris

His Highness the Aga Khan attends the 89th edition of the Qatar Arc de Triomphe prize at the Longchamp racecourse on October 3, 2010 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebs at Arc De Triomphe horse race - Paris

His Highness the Aga Khan attends the 89th edition of the Qatar Arc de Triomphe prize at the Longchamp racecourse on October 3, 2010 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2012 - Paris

Ismaelian leader and racehorse owner Prince Karim Aga Khan and companion attend the 91st edition of the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe (now Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) meeting at Longchamp racecourse, in Paris, France on October 7, 2012. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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90th 'Prix du Qatar Arc de Triomphe' - Paris

His Highness the Aga Khan attending the 90th edition of the Qatar Arc de Triomphe prize at the Longchamp racecourse on October 2, 2011 in Paris, France. Photo by Alban Wyters/ABACAPRESS.COM

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92nd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Horserace - Paris

Zahra Aga Khan, and her father, Ismaelian leader and racehorse owner Prince Karim Aga Khan, attend Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe held at Longchamp racecourse, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2013. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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92nd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Horserace - Paris

Christophe Lambert (1st from L), Prince Karim Aga Khan (3rd from L), jockey Christophe Soumillon and France Galop chairman Bertrand Belinguier (5th from L) attend the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe held at Longchamp racecourse, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2013. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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92nd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Horserace - Paris

L-R : Zahra Aga Khan, her father, Ismaelian leader and racehorse owner Prince Karim Aga Khan and Alain Wertheimer attend Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe held at Longchamp racecourse, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2013. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Jockey Keita Tosaki celebrates after steering three-year-old mare Regaleira to victory at the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024.

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Jockey Keita Tosaki celebrates after steering three-year-old mare Regaleira to victory at the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024.

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Jockey Keita Tosaki celebrates after steering three-year-old mare Regaleira to victory at the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024.

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Three-year-old mare Regaleira (L), ridden by jockey Keita Tosaki, competes en route to winning the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024.

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Three-year-old mare Regaleira (back), ridden by jockey Keita Tosaki, beats Shahryar by a nose to win the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024, for her second G1 victory.

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Horse racing: Japan Cup

Jockey Yutaka Take reacts after riding Do Deuce to victory in the Grade 1 Japan Cup on Nov. 24, 2024, at Tokyo Racecourse.