Japan racing (updates, etc).

[SundayStar]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Hey Sunday Star what do you think of Hiraboku Deep?

He's at 17/1 in the morning line and I know how good all three are that we've talked about (and I guess Codino with Craig Williams onboard is a must-use underneath as well but...)at this point but I think I might go with him for the upset.

Am I crazy?

Hiraboku Deep
Kizuna, Epiphaneia
Kizuna, Epiphaneia, Logotype, Codino
with one of the huge longshots like Lovely Day (190/1? He's not that bad!) or Flamme de Gloire (71/1) in the 4th spot.

Good luck tonight!

yes, you were crazy

wow, that was a fun race to watch. kizuna runs like his daddy. probly not as brilliant but he's fun to watch. just loping along in the back very efficiently and kicking strong at the end. i'm sure the epiphaneia connections feel like it was stolen from them. epiphaneia looks like a real talent. but is he turning into one of those hard luck horses? it seems like everytime they showed him on the backstretch, he was bottled up, checking, never really comfortable. makes you wonder what he could do with a smooth trip. it should be fun following these guys going forward.

[my miss storm cat]

Yeah he reminds me of his dad too.

BOOM! Glorious Days drew the perfect barrier (6), 11 for Helene.

For the record I do like Verxina so much but I don't see her winning this.

Barrier draw...

http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/130531.html

edit - Lest I forget SS I had to add Joie de Vivre to the angels thread. Thought you'd want to know. Poor girl.

[my miss storm cat]

Glorious Days...

http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jr...3/0531/06&ua=4

Helene Spirit...

http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jr...3/0531/11&ua=4

[my miss storm cat]

Happy Yasuda Kinen Day!

Morning line...

http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/pdf/130601.pdf

Quickie vid with Helene Spirit and Casper...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20130601.asp

BOTH are must-use horses. Good luck if you're playing tonight!

[my miss storm cat]

Nice win by Lord Kanaloa... HK horses nowhere.

Impressive 2nd by Shonan Mighty.

[SundayStar]

yep, lord kanaloa was just too good. i really thought he would get beat but he's just too sharp.
that's too bad about joie de vivre. i was hoping her breakdown wouldn't be fatal.

[SundayStar]

pp's for the takazaruka kinen

http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/pdf/130612.pdf

should be awesome.

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