Looks like it.
It's probably just a prep for the Tenno Sho.
(Kongo is actually a pretty nice horse).
Oh and the other good race on the 7th.....
KYOTO 11R
THE KYOTO DAISHOTEN(G2)
October 7, 2007, 2400m, Turf
INT DSN, Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 123,300,000 Yen
Bk Hs Horse Sex
Age Weight
(Kg) Sire
Dam Dam's sire
Dam's dam Jockey
Trainer Owner
Breeder
Al Nasrain(JPN) C3 54.0 Admire Vega
Elatis El Gran Senor
Summer Review Ryuji Wada
Shigeki Matsumoto Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
Dance a Joy(JPN) H6 57.0 Dance in the Dark
Nile Star Tony Bin
Khartoum Koichi Tsunoda
Mikio Matsunaga Hiroyuki Kato
Akira Shirase
Delta Blues(JPN) H6 59.0 Dance in the Dark
Dixie Splash Dixieland Band
Ocean Jewel Yuga Kawada
Katsuhiko Sumii Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
Fast Tateyama(JPN) H8 57.0 Dance in the Dark
Main Guest Targowice
Dyna Amber Koshiro Take
Isao Yasuda Y.Tsuji
Akita Bokujo
Higher Game(JPN) H6 57.0 Sunday Silence
Fanjica Law Society
Florie Shinichiro Akiyama
Yokichi Okubo Hiroyoshi Usuda
Shadai Farm
Inti Raimi(JPN) H5 57.0 Special Week
Andes Lady Northern Taste
Peru Sport Tetsuzo Sato
Shozo Sasaki Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
Makihata Cyborg(JPN) G5 57.0 Mejiro Bright
Shin Miss Answer Northern Answer
Brown Daisy Futoshi Komaki
Megumu Shinkawa Makimoto B.
Makimoto Bokujo
Pop Rock(JPN) H6 58.0 Helissio
Pops Sunday Silence
Pop Singer Hirofumi Shii
Katsuhiko Sumii Katsumi Yoshida
Northern Farm
School Boy(JPN) H7 57.0 Fusaichi Concorde
Uto Gabby Tosho Boy
Goshu Tholon Yuichi Fukunaga
Tsuneyasu Kobayashi S.Goto
Shigeki Goto
Tosho Knight(JPN) H6 58.0 Timber Country
Midnight Oasis Java Gold
Northernette Tomoharu Bushizawa
Kazutaka Yasuda Eisei Fujita
Tosho Sangyo Corporation Tosho Bokujo