Tokyo Colm

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having been given a JRA licence from Oct 27 to Nov 5, Colm O’Donoghue has now been given another one from Nov 6 to Nov 12:
http://japanracing.jp/_news2018/181104-02.html

he won the big race yesterday:

Irish rider Colm O’Donoghue won his first big race in Japan on Sunday with a win aboard Perform a Promise in the Grade 2 Copa Republica Argentina, a 2,500-meter turf event at Tokyo. Race third pick Perform a Promise topped a field of 12 and turned the tables on favorite Muito Obrigado, whom he beat to the line by 3/4 length.

…The trainer really had a lot of confidence in the horse and that helped give me confidence,” O’Donoghue said following the race. “He still had a lot more left,” the 37-year-old native of County Cork said. “He has a tendency to put on the brakes when he gets to the top and he’s not a type that likes to put too much room between the others when he wins. I’ve always dreamt of riding in Japan, so I’m overjoyed to have won my first big race here.”

….O’Donoghue, who had ridden in Japan during the years 2010-2012, began his first stint in Japan in six years last weekend at Tokyo when he picked up two wins and three seconds riding on a highly competitive card that included three other non-Japanese jockeys – Mirco Demuro, Christophe Lemaire and Joao Moreira.

This weekend O’Donoghue picked up another two wins from 14 rides.

http://japanracing.jp/_news2018/181104-05.html

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