Dylan Thomas has been declared drug free by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, giving the six-time Group 1 winner the go-ahead to run in the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Traces of equine viral arteritis that had lingered in his system after a vaccination intended to prepare the 4-year-old Dylan Thomas for breeding purposes have vanished, so he is free to face 13 rivals in the 1 1/2-mile Vase. Among them will be Red Rocks, third and first in the last two runnings of the Breeders' Cup Turf; Man o' War winner Doctor Dino; and Canadian International runner-up Quijano.

Edgar Prado and Julien Leparoux were out of luck in the World Super Jockeys Series at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan this past weekend. Against 13 international rivals, Prado finished 11th in the two-day, four-race competition, his best placing a sixth-place finish, while Leparoux finished 14th, a seventh his best effort. Australian Craig Williams won the contest with local rider Hiroki Goto the runner-up.

Dylan Thomas arrived in Hong Kong early Tuesday morning for the 1 1/2-mile Hong Vase at Sha Tin on Dec. 9.

Forced out of last Sunday's Japan Cup because of lingering traces of equine viral arteritis induced by a vaccination he received while at Monmouth Park for the Breeders' Cup, Dylan Thomas must still pass muster with Hong Kong Jockey Club veterinarians before he can run in the $1.8 million Vase.

Admire Moon showed unexpected grit in deep stretch as he held off the late charges of three proven stayers to land the spoils before a crowd of 103,545 at Tokyo on Sunday in the $4.4 million Japan Cup. American hopeful Artiste Royal faded through the stretch to finish eighth in the 1 1/2-mile race.

Admire Moon showed unexpected grit in the deep stretch as he held off the late charges of three proven stayers to land the spoils before a crowd of 103,545 at Tokyo on Sunday in the 1 1/2-mile $4.4 million Japan Cup, as American hopeful Artiste Royal faded throught the stretch to finish eighth.

Vermilion swept all before him in Tokyo on Saturday with an impressive victory in the $2.3 million Japan Cup Dirt as Student Council, the lone American representative in the 1 5/16-mile Grade 1 contest, weakened to finish eighth, 11 3/4 lengths behind the winner.

Artiste Royal was handed the prime post position for Sunday's $4.3 million Japan Cup at Tokyo, where he will break from post 8 in an 18-runner field in which two-time Emperor's Cup and Japanese Derby winner Meisho Samson will start as the prohibitive favorite.

The late-blooming Student Council has Vermilion to beat in his effort to become the second American winner of the $2.5 million Japan Cup Dirt at Tokyo Racecourse on Saturday. A 5-year-old son of Kingmambo, Student Council prepped perfectly for his Japanese odyssey with a solid 1 1/4-length victory in the Hawthorne Gold Cup on Sept. 29. His previous outing, a 23-1 surprise score in the Pacific Classic, made him eligible for a $900,000 bonus if he is successful in the 1 5/16-mile Japan Cup Dirt, meaning that victory would be worth more than $2.2 million to his owners at Millennium Farms.

Dylan Thomas has been rerouted from the Japan Cup to the Hong Kong Vase, having accepted an invitation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club a day after he was banned from running in the Japan Cup.

His positive for equine viral arteritis disqualified him from his prospective meeting with Meisho Samson in Sunday's $4.8 million Japan Cup, but his name is among the invited horses for the $1.8 million Hong Kong Vase, at 1 1/2 miles the same distance as the Japanese race. To run in Sha Tin on Dec. 9, however, Dylan Thomas must still overcome a number of obstacles.

Emma-Jayne Wilson has been selected to represent Canada in the Cathay Pacific International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 5. The 26-year-old rider, winner of both the Sovereign and Eclipse awards as leading apprentice rider in 2005, became the first woman rider to win the Queen's Plate this year, aboard Mike Fox.