1 of 4 | Romantic Warrior wins Sunday's Group 1 Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse, becoming only the third winner of the Hong Kong Triple Crown. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club
May 26 (UPI) -- A Triple Crown in Hong Kong, the first female Japanese jockey to win a Japanese Grade 1 race and lots of action among the European 3-year-olds marked weekend horse racing around the world.
In North America, champions and would-be champions furthered their cause for the big summertime and fall races leading up to the Breeders' Cup.
Jumping right in, starting with the global perspective:
Around the world, around the clock
