At the World Cup in Qatar, the Japanese football team won 2-1 against the powerful veteran team Germany, a super upset that most fans around the world expected.
Behind the upset, Japan has participated in the World Cup for the seventh time in a row, qualified from the group three times, and 20 of the 26-man squad of this year's Japanese team are from the European League.
Behind the impressive performance of Japanese football is the rise of many sports in Japan, including horse racing and equestrian.
At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the riders of the Japanese equestrian team finished fourth in triathlon and sixth in show jumping. Competing with European and American equestrian powers, this achievement is like a tiger's mouth.
Japan's speed horse race, whether it is the scale of the race, the quality of the horses, the stallion and the results of the race, can be said to have become a very influential existence in the world.
Yesterday, at the Tokyo Racecourse, Japan, a horse racing event hailed as Japan's highest honor, the "Japan Cup" (ジャパンカップ), which is known as Japan's highest honor, was staged. More than 220,000 people witnessed the birth of the 42nd Japan Cup champion at the scene.
The 2022 Japan Cup was successfully held at Tokyo Racecourse
Qatar Football World Cup, where tens of thousands of people rejoice in every match.
A horse race in Japan, where more than 220,000 people enjoyed the speed and excitement.
On the same planet, under the same sky, all our sporting events have been in almost semi-shock for three years.
Japan Cup: Created to enhance the international status of Japanese horse racing
The prize money of the 2022 Japan Cup is as high as 864 million yen, and the prize money for the championship is as high as 400 million yen (more than 20 million yuan), which is the most lucrative event in Japan along with Arima Memorial Magazine.
The Japan Cup was founded with the intention of enhancing the quality and international status of Japanese horse racing, and if it is held in its 42nd edition, it has already received global recognition. The Japan Cup is Japan's first international Grade 1 race, first held in 1981 on the last Sunday of November every year, and has been hailed for many years as one of the most important 2400m races in the world.
The time record holder for the Japan Cup is the 2018 champion "Kyome" with a time of 2:20.6. Japanese star jockey Takeho has won the Japan Cup four times, making him the jockey who has won the Japan Cup the most times in the history of Japanese horse racing.
Mo Yace rode "Flying Green Sails" to win the 2022 Japan Cup
This year's winner was the 5-year-old stallion Vela Azul (ヴェラアズール), who won the crown in 2:23.7 under the guidance of the famous jockey Ryan Moore. It is worth mentioning that the saddle people of the top four horses in this event are all foreign jockeys, which also shows the charm and attractiveness of this event. The Irish Oak Race champion hen "Magical Lagoon" was also invited to register for the Japan Cup, and finally chose to participate in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Japan, and was also the first horse under the name of the Chinese mainland horse owner to compete in the Japan International First Class.
"Fluttering Blue Sails" currently has 20 games, 5 championships, 3 runner-up seasons, and its parent is the Japanese stallion "Eishin Flash". "Flying Green Sails" had been running mud races before, and did not have a very dazzling performance. This year, he switched to running grass, but he did not expect to be reborn, having already won the Kyoto Grand Awards, and is expected to travel overseas next year.
"Flying Green Sails" won the 2022 Japan Cup
"Flying Green Sails" won the 2022 Japan Cup