Moreira shows his magic in the saddle with super six-timer

Joao Moreira left the track at Sapporo as a hero on Sunday afternoon after equalling Yutake Take's record for consecutive winners, but it was not enough for him to retain his World All-Stars Jockeys' title.

Brazilian Moreira, known as Magic Man in his adopted home of Hong Kong, created pandemonium as he rode six winners on the spin at Sapporo on Sunday - to add to his win in the last race at the track the previous day - to equal Take's record for a Japan Racing Association meeting set back in 2005. He came agonisingly close to breaking the record with a second on his next ride and finished the day with a third.

While autograph-hunters lined up to get Moreira's signature, it was Mirco Demuro who claimed the riders' crown with 80 points from the four races which formed the two-day challenge, and give the JRA Team overall success from the Rest of the World.