Wikipedia article of the day for May 11, 2026

The Wikipedia article of the day for May 11, 2026 is Japan Cup.
The Japan Cup is a Group 1 horse race in Japan, held annually on the last Sunday of November at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchū, Tokyo. It is a flat race run over a distance of 2400 metres (about 1+1⁄2 miles), with a maximum of 18 horses. First run in 1981, the Japan Cup was created by the Japan Racing Association and extends invitations to top-performing horses aged 3 and above from around the world. The race has had a total prize purse of over one billion yen since 2023, and is the middle leg of the informal "Autumn Triple Crown" along with the Tennō Shō (Autumn) and the Arima Kinen. The Japan Cup is regularly ranked highly in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' "Top 100 Group 1 Races of the Year" compilation due to the high quality and depth of racers, and has had winners from all over the world. Initially, the race was dominated by foreign horses, with 8 of the first 10 winners coming from abroad, however, in the last twenty years only one horse from outside Japan has won.