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11-16-2014, 11:38 AM
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11-19-2014, 08:28 PM
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Mile Championship PPs, Sunday (Saturday night) @Kyoto...
http://japanracing.jp/_news2014/pdf/141112.pdf Kinda interesting tidbit... none of the winners of the last 4 editions (A Shin Forward, Eishin Apollon, Sadamu Patek and Tosen Ra) had had a G1 win prior to the race. Early pp's, Japan Cup... http://japanracing.jp/_news2014/pdf/141119.pdf Ivanhowe hasn't yet arrived but Up With the Birds and Trading Leather are there. That is some group of locals! Should be a great race.
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11-20-2014, 11:18 AM
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11-23-2014, 02:41 PM
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Danon Shark wins.
Full results... http://japanracing.jp/_news2014/pdf/141123.pdf Replay... http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jr...405080611&ua=4 Didn't play but I can tell you right now no way would I have had that horse to win. (Kinda like I'm reverse redboarding...). * * * No training report for Ivanhowe as of yet (he just arrived). <At Tokyo Racecourse> Weather: Fine Going: Standard (dirt course) Up With the Birds (CAN, C4, bay) - jogged 1/2 lap, cantered ~ galloped 800m (4F:54.8, 3F:40.3, 1F:13.6) (dirt course) (exercised from 7:02 to 7:14, ridden by Mark Ramsammy) "He's adapting pretty good to the new environment. We just wanted him to work easy this morning—stretch his legs a little bit. We might canter him over the turf somewhere between Wednesday and Friday, just to get a look around the course and check the footing, but he's not going to do anymore speed work. The trainer and jockey will be here on Thursday morning and we're hoping that the jockey will sit on the horse at least once since it's his first time at the Tokyo course. Tomorrow, the horse will only be hand-walked around the stables." (comments taken from Mark Ramsammy) The following horse entered in the 34th Japan Cup was transported to Tokyo Racecourse, leaving the Horse Racing School quarantine facilities in Shiroi at 10:55 and arriving at the international stables at 13:15. Comments taken from the connections upon arrival are as follows: Trading Leather (IRE, C4, bay) "It took 23 hours to get here from door to door, and it was straight forward. We weighed him 24 hours after arrival and he lost like only four kilos at that stage. He didn't lose a lot of weight and he's been more or less maintaining the same weight. His best weight is between 485 and 490kg's. He's been trained with this race in mind for a while and he hasn't had a busy season, so he's in good condition. He was very fit leaving home so we're just maintaining fitness really. Tomorrow we'll just do some regular work—just jog one round on the track and probably just canter one round."
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#5
11-26-2014, 12:45 PM
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my miss storm cat, who do you like in the japan cup? my gut says harp star or spielberg. hard not to like gentildonna and just a way though. i don't give the invaders much of a shot.
looking forward to it. should be a great one.
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11-27-2014, 01:24 PM
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Hope you do well, my friend. Barrier draw... http://japanracing.jp/_news2014/141127-07.html
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11-28-2014, 07:47 PM
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I'm looking at One and Only, Tamamo Best Play and Epiphaneia... If it were tonight think I would put One and Only on top (please God no helicopters scaring him this time!) and use Tamamo Best Play (cough cough underrated) Harp Star and Speilberg underneath and then add in Epiphaneia in the 3rd / 4th spot. Still time to figure this out but I do think One and Only has a good shot. Isla Bonita... that's the one I'm not sure about. Is Masayoshi Ebina back onboard (I hope)? No disrespect to Christophe Lemaire but ummm yeah... let's get the right jockey this time. Of the raiders Trading Leather is the only one I might use (in the 3rd or 4th spot) and of the huge names I'm leaving off I think Hit the Target would be the one I throw in (instead of Gentildonna, Just a Way, Denim and Ruby, etc). Good old Tosen Jordan... why is he running here? Will not be using Fenomeno, Uncoiled, Decipher, Lachesis (hope she takes a lot of $) or Satano Shuren (sp). Very nice field... can't wait! * * * * * Morning Line... http://japanracing.jp/_news2014/pdf/141129.pdf Last edited by my miss storm cat : 11-29-2014 at 07:20 PM.
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11-30-2014, 12:34 AM
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Wouldn't surprised if any of about half the field won this. One of the toughest renewals in recent memory. Not much speed in here and I've keyed that into consideration.
Here's my first four: #4 Epiphaneia is my top pick. Is a G1 winner, a G2 winner at 12f, has won on firm, has won on soft...Needed the run when coming back at Hanshin in April and I really liked his run in HK. Caught three wide feeling the breeze and battled on bravely against a quality field. Just used the last to get back into action and will be much improved this time around. Has a great draw and can sit right behind the lead. May drift upwards of 10-1 and that is very tasty, especially with Soumillon. #18 Trading Leather: G1 winner as a 3yo at 12f and has been G1 placed a handful of times since. Has tactical speed to negate the poor draw. Overseas runners have been horrendous recently but the connections know what it takes to win big abroad. #3 Gentildonna: Very much the one to beat, but can she really win 3 in a row???? #9 Isla Bonita: Beaten fav in the Tenno Sho, but even with that result has done very little wrong to date. Should get a great trip but the 3yo fillies have been more successful than their male counterparts recently. The following in number order... #6 Harp Star: Has never run a bad one but will be hampered by her running style. #8 Denim and Ruby: Fantastic second last year and I feel you can make legit excuses for her runs since, but I don't think the race will be run to suit. #10 One and Only: Not much separates him from #9, however, the theme is running style and I think he'll be pace compromised. #15 Spielberg: 5yo very much on the rise, but I just doubt that he has the speed to sit closer at this level. Not exactly sure how I'll play it yet, but I know I'll be keying the 4. Good luck!
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