Agree.
No pick yet but good luck to my sentimental favorites... Kiss to Heaven (has a shot), Company (no shot) and Jolly Dance (I don't think so). Oh and Kongo!
KYOTO 11R
THE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP(G1)
November 23, 2008, 1600m, Turf
Admire Subaru(JPN) H5 57.0 Admire Boss
Admire Yell Generous
Princesse Timide Yuga Kawada
Hidemasa Nakao Riichi Kondo
Tsuji Bokujo
Blumenblatt(JPN) M5 55.0 Admire Vega
My Wild Flower Topsider
Wildwook Yutaka Yoshida
Sei Ishizaka U.Carrot Farm
Northern Farm
Company(JPN) H7 57.0 Miracle Admire
Brilliant Very Northern Taste
Crafty Wife Norihiro Yokoyama
Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo
Hideko Kondo
Eishin Dover(USA) H6 57.0 Victory Gallop
Eishin Georgia Kris S.
Untamed Spirit Hiroyuki Uchida
Ken Kozaki Toyomitsu Hirai
Columbiana Farm
Fine Grain(JPN) H5 57.0 Fuji Kiseki
Mill Grain Polish Precedent
Mill Line Hideaki Miyuki
Hiroyuki Nagahama Shadai Race H.
Shadai Farm
Jolly Dance(JPN) M7 55.0 Dance in the Dark
Peterhof's Patea Peterhof
Tea At Ten Shinichiro Akiyama
Noriyuki Hori Kaoru Kobayashi
Nishikioka Farm
Kiss to Heaven(JPN) M5 55.0 Admire Vega
Long Virgin Northern Taste
Suibu Shinji Fujita
Hirofumi Toda Kazuko Yoshida
Showa Yamamoto Bokujo
Kongo Rikishio(IRE) H6 57.0 Stravinsky
Principium Hansel
Nazoo Christophe Lemaire
Kenji Yamauchi Hisao Kanaoka
Pacello S. A. and A. Swersky and Associates
Laurel Guerreiro(JPN) C4 57.0 King Halo
Big Tenby Tenby
Mogami Hime Hirofumi Shii
Mitsugu Kon Laurel Racing Co .Ltd.
Murata Bokujo
Maruka Shenck(JPN) H5 57.0 Sunday Silence
Shenck Zafonic
Buckwig Yuichi Fukunaga
Hiroshi Kawachi Kawacho Sangyo
Shadai Farm
Meiner Rainier(JPN) C4 57.0 Grass Wonder
Cherry Love Sakura Yutaka O
Turn-to Dyna Tetsuzo Sato
Masato Nishizono K.Thoroughbred Club Ruffian
Okada Stud
Rahy's Attorney(CAN) G4 57.0 Crown Attorney
Rahy's Hope Rahy
Roberto's Hope Slade Callaghan
Ian Black Joseph MacLellan
Ellie-Boje Farm
Reserve Card(JPN) H5 57.0 Sakura Bakushin O
Dinner Time Bering
Dinner Out Yuichi Shibayama
Hironori Kurita Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
Shonan Alba(JPN) C3 56.0 War Emblem
Xianlang Great Commotion
Down the Line Masayoshi Ebina
Yoshitaka Ninomiya Tetsuhide Kunimoto
Kuwata Bokujo
Silent Pride(JPN) H5 57.0 French Deputy
Silent Prayer Sunday Silence
Gentle Spirit Hiroki Goto
Sakae Kunieda Shadai Race H.
Shadai Farm
Smile Jack(JPN) C3 56.0 Tanino Gimlet
She C'est Moi Sunday Silence
Kaiun Tenshi Yasunari Iwata
Satoru Kobiyama Yomoji Saito
Uemizu Bokujo
Super Hornet(JPN) H5 57.0 Rodrigo de Triano
You Sun Polish El Senor
Elzevir Yusuke Fujioka
Yoshito Yahagi Tokuo Morimoto
Gerbera Park Stud
Suzuka Phoenix(JPN) H6 57.0 Sunday Silence
Rose of Suzuka Fairy King
Rose of Jericho Yutaka Take
Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai
Keiji Nagai
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First nominated horses... The Japan Cup!
http://japanracing.jp/_news2008/pdf/081120.pdf