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While 14 of Japan’s tried and true racers take on Sha Tin in the biggest Japan team to the Hong Kong International Races yet on Sunday, back home the spotlight is focused on the up-and-coming talent, more specifically the most promising 2-year-old fillies in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies.
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This coming Sunday and next, the Japan Racing Association turns the spotlight onto the budding talent in this season s 2-year-olds and it s ladies first with the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Dec. 13, followed by the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes the week after, also at Hanshin Racecourse.
The 72nd Hanshin Juvenile Fillies sees 20 fillies nominated for a full deck of 18 with many of those set to take on their first top-level race having only a few starts underneath their belts – some only one. The runners will carry 54kg over 1,600 meters (one mile) on the outer turf course at Hanshin, located west of Osaka in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture.