Tin Cup Chalice to Japan Cup Dirt

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by philcski

It's a rather.... "aggressive" spot.

Was honestly expecting him in the Discovery or some other much more reasonable spot, but hey it's a chance of a lifetime for the owner/trainer, and knowing the way the JRA operates he'll be shipped for free, entered for free, etc. Sounds like the JRA went down the list of American horses and got turned down till they got to TCC.

The original list of first nominated (international) horses... just for fun.

GB COCOA BEACH(CHI) F4 Saeed Bin Suroor
GB DRUMFIRE(IRE) C4 Mark Johnston
GB DUBAI'S TOUCH(GB) C4 Mark Johnston
GB LAA RAYB(USA) G4 Mark Johnston
GB LOVELACE(GB) C4 Mark Johnston
GB TRAFFIC GUARD(USA) C4 Jane Chapple-Hyam
GER THUNDER STORM CAT (USA) C4 Miroslav Rulec
ITY CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (IRE) C3 Bruno Grizzetti
ITY FARREL (IRE) C3 Bruno Grizzetti
ITY GIMMY (IRE) C4 Bruno Grizzetti
ITY SOPRAN PROMO (IRE) C4 Bruno Grizzetti
SAF LUCKY FIND(SAF) G5 Mike De Kock
USA ADD HEAT (USA) H5 Barry Abrams
USA ALBERTUS MAXIMUS (USA) C4 Vladimir Cerin
USA AQUINO (URU) C4 Kiaran P. McLaughlin
USA BARCOLA (USA) H5 Mark A. Hennig
USA BIG BOOSTER (USA) G7 Mike R. Mitchell
USA BIG BROWN (USA) C3 Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
USA COLONEL JOHN (USA) C3 Eoin G. Harty
USA COMMENTATOR (USA) G7 Nicholas P. Zito
USA CURLIN (USA) C4 Steven M. Asmussen
USA DELOSVIENTOS (USA) G5 Giuseppe Iadisernia
USA DIVINE PARK (USA) C4 Kiaran P. McLaughlin
USA FAIRBANKS (USA) H5 Todd A. Pletcher
USA FROST GIANT (USA) H5 Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
USA GOTTCHA GOLD (USA) H5 Edward Plesa, Jr.
USA GRASSHOPPER (USA) C4 Neil J. Howard
USA MAST TRACK (USA) C4 Robert J. Frankel
USA OUT OF CONTROL (BRZ) H5 Robert J. Frankel
USA PAST THE POINT (USA) C4 Eoin G. Harty
USA PYRO (USA) C3 Steven M. Asmussen
USA STUDENT COUNCIL (USA) H6 Steven M. Asmussen
USA SURF CAT (USA) H6 Bruce Headley
USA WANDERIN BOY (USA) H7 Nicholas P. Zito
USA WELL ARMED (USA) G5 Eoin G. Harty
USA ZANJERO (USA) C4 Steven M. Asmussen
USA ZAPPA (USA) G6 John W. Sadler