The Yasuda Kinen, the final G1 race of the five consecutive weeks of top level action at Tokyo racecourse will be run on Sunday.

Maurice, a horse that has yet to win above the G3 level, is expected to emerge as the favourite for Sunday’s G1 Yasuda Kinen, Japan’s premier mile race.

Japan this year boasts strength of numbers, at least, in its quest to end the eight-year winning run of Hong Kong trained ‘milers’ in Sunday’s G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile.