Mejiro Dober wins 2nd straight Queen Elizabeth Cup

Mejiro Dober wins 2nd straight Queen Elizabeth Cup

KYOTO, Japan - Second favorite Mejiro Dober (C) darts from the middle of the pack entering the stretch and held off a surging Fusaichi Aredale on Nov. 14 to win her second straight Queen Elizabeth Cup race for fillies and mares. The 5-year-old Mejiro Dober covered the 2,200-meter turf at Kyoto Racecourse in 2 minutes, 13.5 seconds to win by three quarters of a length, giving jockey Yutaka Yoshida and trainer Yokichi Okubo their second Queen Elizabeth Cup each.

Peru's Machu Picchu to ink friendship pact with Fukushima village

Peru's Machu Picchu to ink friendship pact with Fukushima village

File photo taken in August 2012 shows the famous Incan citadel ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. The village of Machu Picchu has agreed to sign in Peru in October a friendship agreement with Otama in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. The first Machu Picchu headman was said to be a man named Yokichi Nouchi hailing from the Japanese village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Peru's Machu Picchu, Fukushima village to sign friendship pact

Peru's Machu Picchu, Fukushima village to sign friendship pact

Toshikazu Oshiyama (L), head of Otama village, Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with Peruvian Ambassador to Japan Elard Escala at a press conference in the northeastern Japanese village on Sept. 3, 2015. The two sides announced a friendship agreement will be signed in Peru in October between Otama and Machu Picchu village, known for its Incan citadel ruins. The first Machu Picchu headman was said to be a man named Yokichi Nouchi hailing from the Japanese village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mejiro Dober wins 2nd straight Queen Elizabeth Cup+

Mejiro Dober wins 2nd straight Queen Elizabeth Cup+

KYOTO, Japan - Second favorite Mejiro Dober (C) darts from the middle of the pack entering the stretch and held off a surging Fusaichi Aredale on Nov. 14 to win her second straight Queen Elizabeth Cup race for fillies and mares. The 5-year-old Mejiro Dober covered the 2,200-meter turf at Kyoto Racecourse in 2 minutes, 13.5 seconds to win by three quarters of a length, giving jockey Yutaka Yoshida and trainer Yokichi Okubo their second Queen Elizabeth Cup each.