Japan racing (updates, etc).

[my miss storm cat]

http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/pdf/101226.pdf

[my miss storm cat]

Horse of the Year: Buena Vista (Hiroyoshi Matsuda)

Older male: Nakayama Festa (Yoshitaka Ninomiya)

Older filly or mare: Buena Vista (Hiroyoshi Matsuda)

3yo colt: Victoire Pisa (Katsuhiko Sumii)

3yo filly: Apapane (Sakae Kunieda)

2yo colt: Grand Prix Boss (Yoshito Yahagi)

2yo filly: Reve D'Essoir (Hiroyoshi Matsuda)

Sprinter or miler: Kinshasa No Kiseki (Nobuyuki Hori)

Dirt horse: Espoire City (Akio Adachi)

Steeplechase Horse: Bashi Ken (Yoshihiro Takahashi)

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...805774/latest/

[my miss storm cat]

Pretty nice field...

KYOTO 11R
THE KYOTO KINEN(G2)

February 13, 2011, 2200m, Turf
INT DES, Special Weight, 4-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 123,220,000 Yen

Bk Hs Horse Sex
Age Weight
(Kg) Sire
Dam Dam's sire
Dam's dam Jockey
Trainer Owner
Breeder

Oken Bruce Lee(JPN) H6 58.0 Jungle Pocket
Silver Joy Silver Deputy
Joy of Myrtlewood Hiroyuki Uchida
Hidetaka Otonashi Akira Fukui
Northern Farm

To the Glory(JPN) C4 56.0 King Kamehameha
To the Victory Sunday Silence
Fairy Doll Umberto Rispoli
Yasuo Ikee U.Carrot Farm
Northern Racing

Big Week(JPN) C4 58.0 Bago
Tanino J'adore Sunday Silence
Tanino Bouquet Yuga Kawada
Hiroyuki Nagahama Y.Tanimizu
Yuzo Tanimizu

Danon Chantilly(JPN) C4 58.0 Fuji Kiseki
Chansonnette Mark of Esteem
Glorious Song Katsumi Ando
Kunihide Matsuda Danox Co. Ltd.
Darley Japan Farm

Meisho Beluga(JPN) M6 56.0 French Deputy
Papago Sadler's Wells
Passamaquoddy Kenichi Ikezoe
Kaneo Ikezoe Yoshio Matsumoto
Mishima Bokujo

Lord of the Ring(JPN) C4 56.0 White Muzzle
Lady Future Sunday Silence
Infinie Hirofumi Shii
Kazuhide Sasada Lord Horse Club
K.I.Farm

Hikaru Kazabue(JPN) H6 57.0 Jungle Pocket
Admire C'est lavie Sunday Silence
Franc Argument Shinichiro Akiyama
Inao Okada Kyoko Takahashi
Northern Racing

White Pilgrim(JPN) H6 57.0 Kurofune
Oval Cut Helissio
Cecil Cut Yuichi Fukunaga
Ippo Sameshima Turf Sport
Tadayoshi Unoki

Shadow Gate(JPN) H9 58.0 White Muzzle
Fabulous Turn Sunday Silence
Cutting Edge Yasunari Iwata
Yukihiro Kato Tomokazu Iizuka
Shadai Farm

Seraphic Romp(JPN) M7 55.0 Manhattan Cafe
El Sol Royal Ski
Azuma Roman Hokuto Miyazaki
Yoshinori Muto Ichiro Inoue
Moriya Bokujo

Provinage(JPN) M6 55.0 French Deputy
Born Star Sunday Silence
Born Famous Tetsuzo Sato
Shigeyuki Kojima Kuniyoshi Hayashi
Shadai Farm

Hiruno d'Amour(JPN) C4 56.0 Manhattan Cafe
Share Elegance Lammtarra
Mary Linoa Shinji Fujita
Mitsugu Kon Masafumi Hirukawa
Hashimoto Bokujo

[Merlinsky]

There were reports of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami in Japan. Obviously the priority is to save lives, bury the dead, remain safe during aftershocks, and repair the damage. If, when we have an opportunity to get a better handle on the situation, there's any information about Japanese racetracks or horse farms that anybody hears about, please pass it on. It sounds as if the Miyagi prefecture took a bit hit from the wave. From my brief efforts to google, there is not a racetrack there. Tokyo does have one, and I heard 4 million are without power there.

I believe a lot of stud farms are in Hokkaido. It's an island on the northeastern point of Japan. I haven't heard whether there is damage there, but they did receive a tsunami warning.

[_ed_]

8.9 is absolutely horrific. I've already seen some terrible footage of the tsunami damage.

There's not much you can say at the moment. NZ has been through its own earthquake tragedy this year, but this looks even worse. Struggling to find words.

[Merlinsky]

I'm just staring at the television and the internet feeds in horror. The devastating visuals are so hard to process. You see people on tv as they replay footage of the tsunami, and I can't imagine they're still alive. It's not just water rushing at them, it's the debris that the water is carrying. The tsunami warnings are being extended. Taiwan's just gotten a wave. The western US is now on warning. Prayers for everyone involved. So many injured, dead, and awaiting news of evacuation. More than 50 countries are on alert.

Update: They're now reporting there were tsunami waves as far as Hokkaido. I would imagine that's less populated, but again, the horse farms. They probably aren't near the beaches, but I don't know the area very well. Who knows where the workers live. I hope they're okay.

[Alan07]

Japan cancels weekend racing after quake, tsunami

Japan’s breeding industry appears unscathed by disaster