Japan Cup updates...
 

From the JRA.....



Horses Accepted Invitations - JAPAN CUP - G1
Sunday, November 25

as of November 2
number of horse(s) : 8 Trained Country Horse Name Sex/Age trainer
USA ARTISTE ROYAL (GB) H6 Neil D. Drysdale
USA GRAND COUTURIER (GB) C4 Robert Ribaudo
USA ROYAL HIGHNESS (GER) M5 Christophe Clement
UK HALICARNASSUS (IRE) C3 Mick Channon
UK PAPAL BULL（GB) C4 Sir Michael Stoute
UK RED ROCKS (IRE) C4 Brian Meehan
Ireland DYLAN THOMAS （IRE) C4 Aidan O'Brien
Germany SADDEX (GB) C4 Peter Rau

*There may be more horses to accept invitation.

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Horses Accepted Invitations - JAPAN CUP DIRT - G1
Saturday, November 24

as of November 2
number of horse(s) : 4 Trained Country Horse Name Sex/Age trainer
USA FITZ FLAG (ARG) H7 Juan J. Reviriego
USA STUDENT COUNCIL (USA) H5 Steven M. Asmussen
UK JACK SULLIVAN (USA) G6 Gerard Butler
UK KANDIDATE（GB) H5 Clive Brittain

*There may be more horses to accept invitation.

Sporting Life.....

DYLAN AMONG JAPAN CUP ACCEPTORS
By Tom Peacock, PA Sport

Dylan Thomas features among the acceptors for the Japan Cup later this month.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner will be on the Coolmore Stud roster for next year and while his participation is by no means certain, what was to be his final outing in the Breeders' Cup Turf was effectively wrecked by soft ground at Monmouth Park.

Three other European horses have accepted invitations, with Halicarnassus and Papal Bull - first and third in the Arc Trial at Newbury last time - also possibilities, along with German ace Saddex.

Brian Meehan's Red Rocks, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2006, was pulled out of Tokyo's November 25 showpiece.

Meanwhile, Clive Brittain's Kandidate and the Gerard Butler-trained Jack Sullivan have accepted invitations for the Japan Cup Dirt the day before.

Call me a fool but I just love the horse Jack Sullivan! Must be an irish thing.:)

kandidate will
retire in
style.

I knew you could be tempted back with news about Kandidate :)

Good to 'see' ya.

Grand Couturier injured and out.....

Big Papa Big Bull
 

PAPA BULL IF IS ON IT WILL FIGHT ALL THE WAY MAYBE WIRE TO WIRE WIN.:cool:

You mean Papal Bull :p

and i hope you're right. The horse is a law to himself, but that's what makes him so popular.

PAPA "(L)" BULL LIKES TO RIDE FROM ALL THE WAY BACK AND CLOSE LIKE A ROCKET (SEE PRINCESS OF WALES´S STAKE AND GEOFFREY FREER STAKES) THIS TIME HE NEED TO GET AT LEAST IN THE 3TH POSITION FROM THE BEGINING, AND HE WILL DO THE JOB.
NICE HORSE
PAPAL BULL TO WIN;)

He does need to be held up towards the rear really. He's a funny horse, and has his own ideas about the sport and when he will perform his best. Ryan Moore seems to be able to get the best out of him.

Ryan loves him because he's a reall character and he tests him as a jockey.

He wouldn't be likely to run if Dylan Thomas was to take his chance though.

K. Fallon fits well with him and I will love to see him ride on it. I know that will be a good respond on PAPAL.:rolleyes:

I'd love to see kieren there..... or anywhere.

Oh well.

Didn't Ryan have the mount on Kandidate last time he won? Feels like it was a long time ago, poor thing.

PPs, first nominated horses.....

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/pdf/...ormance_JC.pdf

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/pdf/...rmance_JCD.pdf

Well, as you know, Mr Fallon has a been a bit stupid in getting himself mixed up with the wrong people and telling lies. Getting himself mixed with them is one thing, but the lies are another.

Ryan Moore is the best man for the job, you have to handle this horse with kid gloves, and that isn't something that Fallon is great at doing.

[quote=NoChanceToDance]Well, as you know, Mr Fallon has a been a bit stupid in getting himself mixed up with the wrong people and telling lies. Getting himself mixed with them is one thing, but the lies are another.

Ryan Moore is the best man for the job, you have to handle this horse with kid gloves, and that isn't something that Fallon is great at doing.[/quoteI

I´m nobudy to judge his behavior his OK as a jockey for me. He also put this horse twice in the winners circle in a grades stakes, BUT BUT if he is not the eligeble Ryan must be the man.
Im just worry about THE MOON (¿¿Remember the Yellow Floyd??):eek::eek::eek:

[quote=jaripeo]I love this post. :)

Maybe Murtagh will ride Papal (???).....

Figured I'd take a guess anyway.

I will be surprised if Ryan doesn't get the ride if the horse runs. There is no way Fallon will be able to ride, he has already said he will not be riding anywhere while to court case is going on.

Still waiting on Dylan i expect. I think it's probably a case of if he runs, Papal won't.

They're heeeere (... or there)..... :D

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/071116-02.html

Thank´s, nice pictures.......and papal bull locks "shorty" but great :o

He looks good!

Poor Kandidate looks like he's wondering where Gallant is.

Who will cut Samson hair?
 

MEISHO SAMSON. Could be his year, his doing great this season.
!!!Oh my good spirit ¡¡¡ PAPAL BULL must watch out.
THE YELLOW FLOYD IS COMING.:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Looks like it.....:D

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/071119.html

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/071119-02.html

Is my boy running?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

How far is he gonna win.......... the race is 12 furlongs, right? I reckon he will win by 10.......... furlongs :D




GOOOOOOOOOOOOO SAMSON

betting the races on Saturday night, it seemed pretty chalkey.

They give you huge fields, but the cream seems to rise to the top there. We'll find out again this Sat night...

Not always... :)

Aston winning the Sprinters Stakes, Sans Adieu winning the Centuar (30/1), Koiuta winning the Victoria Mile (60/1), Lohengrin winning the Nakayama (at what, 17/1 or something?), Tokai in the Nikkei Shinshun Hai, Jolly Dance in the Sankeisports whatever the rest of the name was :D , even Eye Popper (yea!) winning the Hanshin had a pretty nice payout.

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On Kandidate, Jack and SC.....

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/pdf/071119.pdf

My home track, Canterbury Park, offered the last 3 races at Kyoto last Sutrday night, and will be doing it again this Saturday. In the 3 races they showed last Sat, it was pretty chalky in all 3. But I do love the field sizes.

Please don't go broke playing him..... :)

Dylan Thomas Out of Japan Cup
by Blood-Horse Staff
(Edited Japan Racing Association release)

Dylan Thomas, who was recently named Cartier Horse of the Year and top older horse in Europe, is no longer a contender for the Nov. 25 Japan Cup (Jpn-I) due to not testing negative for Equine Viral Arteritis.

A series of examinations conducted on Dylan Thomas as a part of the regular quarantine procedure at the import quarantine at Shiroi Quarantine Station revealed non-negative results.

Consequently, the 4-year-old Irish-bred son of Danehill was not approved to enter into Japan as a part of the sanitation provision established between Ireland and Japan.

Though not confirmed, it is estimated that EVA vaccination prior to entry into Japan may have caused his elevated antibody level. Dylan Thomas’s case does not have any effect to other overseas horses in the quarantine facility, and the horses undergoing quarantine at Shiroi are on schedule to move to Tokyo Racecourse Nov. 20.

The sanitation provision between Ireland and Japan for the equine viral arteritis requires the horse, prior to departure from Japan, to be stabled at an EVA-free facility for 60 consecutive days. He must not show irregular symptoms and must produce a negative antibody examination result within 30 days. During quarantine in Japan, the horse must be free from symptoms and approved negative from antibody examination.

EVA is designated as a notable infectious disease by the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control. In its history of horse racing, Japan has so far been free from the disease.

Dylan Thomas is scheduled to stand the 2008 breeding season at John Magnier and partners' Coolmore Stud in Ireland. The season officially starts in February.

BH

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He didn't test negative?

Non-negative results?

So, that means positive results, right? Why didn't they just say he tested positive.


Glad he isn't running really, the horse would be exhausted after his long season. Don't think he would have had much of a chance.

I know, I've never thought this was a good idea. He's gotta be exhausted.

Hope he's okay.

Wonder if AOB will send him to HK or if that's it.

There's a bit about HK in the article.....

http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=42124

Dylan is Out?
 

If Dylan is out. ¿Who must be the ryder of PAPAL?

Not Fallon, that's for sure.

Can't wait to see if it's Ryan or not!

November 20th training report...


http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/pdf/071120.pdf

Were are the germs?
 

Just hope jockeys Y TAKE, M ISHIBASHI AND Y IWATA GET THE FLUE OR DIARREA.
RYAN is the best.;)

I hope it's Ryan, because he gets on with the horse so well. Papal is a tricky customer. He is what we call a 'thinker'. He is a very intelligent horse, and many of the intelligent ones often fail as racehorses :D

Mick (Kinane) is likely to be over there though, i imagine. There is every chance he could be called to take the ride if he doesn't have a mount in the race already.

I wonder how do you call those horses that win races (as Invasor). I think a horse with the habilites and blood roots is a winner when he got a well riding.:o

Nov. 21st training report.....

http://japanracing.jp/_news2007/pdf/071121.pdf

RP.....

Moore thrilled with prime Kandidate

by Nicholas Godfrey

RYAN MOORE was delighted with Kandidate on Wednesday as he put the finishing touches on the five-year-old for Saturday's Japan Cup Dirt with his final piece of fast work for the £1.2million contest.

“The horse is in good form and he looks very happy,” reported Moore after partnering the horse at a decent clip around one lap of the dirt track at Tokyo racecourse.

“Since his workload has been pretty light after his arrival in Japan, I wanted to give him a good gallop. Today is the last time we'll do any fast work with him.

“The dirt here is different fromthe dirt in other countries but it's not a problem,” added the rider.

“The atmosphere is great and I myself am enjoying it.”

Kandidate is joined by another well-travelled British contender in the Gerard Butler-trained Jack Sullivan, who breezed on Wednesday. “He's doing good and is very strong,” said Butler's representative Andrew Morris.

Kandidate and Jack Sullivan are both likely to start as outsiders in the Japan Cup Dirt against a big field featuring the best of the domestic dirt runners plus US Grade 1 winner Student Council.

The European visitors for Sunday's main event, the Japan Cup itself, have now left quarantine - with the notable exception, of course, of Dylan Thomas.

Moore rides Papal Bull for Sir Michael Stoute, who is reportedly in great shape for the £2.4m event. “Everything has gone right,” said Stoute's spokesman.

“We can see that he's regained his weight - he's levelled off. We always gallop him two days before the race so we won't do any fast work tomorrow.”

The Mick Channon-trained Halicarnassus, the mount of Darryll Holland, has also shrugged of the exertions of his flight to Japan. “Everything is going smoothly since our arrival,” said the trainer's representative.

“He's been eating well and drinking well and his weight hasn't changed. He's a laid-back horse and a good traveller, which is an important factor.”

In the absence of Dylan Thomas, the final European challenger is Germany's Arc sixth Saddex. “I think it's too bad we can't race against Dylan Thomas,” said jockey Torsten Mundry. “Though to be honest, his withdrawal gives us a bigger chance to win. Unlike the Arc, we always thought the Japan Cup's stronger pace would suit Saddex.”

In the reformed market following the withdrawal of Dylan Thomas, leading home-trained contender Meisho Samson remains favourite.

Gooooood----