Experienced traveller Jack Sullivan has brushed off the effects of his trip from Gerard Butler's Blewbury stables, near Didcot, to Tokyo ahead of Saturday's Japan Cup Dirt.
The six-year-old is a regular in Dubai where he has produced many of his best efforts, and while his form in Britain has dipped a little over the summer, connections feel there will be plenty in his favour in Japan.
He has been working at the course with travelling head lad Andrew Morris, who reported: "The dirt track here I would say is probably pretty similar to Dubai. He likes it and moves very easy on it.
"He's done his gallop back home, so he's fit and ready and I'm happy with him so far."
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