Japan Cup updates...

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by jaripeo

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

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

November 20th training report...


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

[jaripeo]

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

[NoChanceToDance]

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

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.

[jaripeo]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

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

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.

[my miss storm cat]

Ryan has the mount(s) on Kandidate and Papal Bull!!!!!

[my miss storm cat]

Nov. 21st training report.....

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

[my miss storm cat]

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.