Four horses from Japan are to run in this year’s Royal Ascot in Berkshire, marking the first contingent from the country since 2011, Racing Post reported on 29 April.
Owner Hidetoshi Yamamoto and trainer Kazuo Fujisawa will send over Prince of Wales’s stakes contender Spielberg, as well as Lelouch, Pelussa and Super Moon.
Nick Smith, head of communications and international racing at Ascot said, “It is great to have such a strong Japanese team coming over this year and a runner or two in the handicaps would be quite exciting.”