Japan Racing - Post Times?

Twin Spires is taking racing from Kyoto tonight with the Stay Gold colt Orfevre trying to become 7th Triple Crown winner in Japan history by winning the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger). Twin Spires program has post time of 8th race from Kyoto at 11:55 p.m. Eastern time and the 9th race at 4:25 a.m. (Sunday). You talk about a break between races!

I believe the Kikuka Sho post time (11th race) is 2:40 a.m.

All global racing associations that want to successfully import their signal to North America should emulate Australian Racing (South America, UK/Ireland (which does some of this), South Africa, New Zealand and Japan). Would be nice to eventually add France, Hong Kong and Singapore to this list.

Sectional Timing in UK

Watching the RacingUK coverage of Champions Day at Ascot and they are making a great deal that the races are being sectionally timed (i.e. fractions, timing by mile marker). This is something that North American racing has had since the 1890s (1895 is first year in Champions).