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Wow. Is Sadler dumb enough to skip the BC and go there? Could Goldikova make it out of quarantine and run back on 2 weeks rest?
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10-08-2010, 01:23 PM
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10-08-2010, 01:28 PM
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They always let us know who might be comin first (and yes NO more Drivin Miss Daisy).
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10-16-2010, 07:57 PM
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Ooops almost forgot since I'm not playin...
PPs.. http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/pdf/101006.pdf Barrier draw... http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/101015.html Other stuff... Comments... A Shin Returns Yuichi Fukunaga "I'm not the least bit concerned about her last race because we took the fight to them. She's learned to settle during races, and her condition has picked up. I like to think we have a chance here. People forget that we actually did finish ahead of Apapane the last time." Agnes Waltz Hiroshi Miyamoto (trainer) "I think she's improved a lot from the last race. She was eighth in her debut, so it is possible that she's a natural slow starter. Her time today was much faster than what we wanted it to be. But I take it as a sign that she's fit and raring to go. Nothing went right the last time. I'll instruct the jockey to run an aggressive race this time." Animate Bio Hiroki Goto "She's recovered nicely from her last race and she looks to be in good shape, mentally and physically. It's all gone just as we had planned. She got such a good jump out of the gate, I held her back which turned out to be the wrong decision. I was expecting a similar start in the Rose Stakes but it didn't happen. I don't think any of the older mares can beat (Apapane). But my horse has the momentum on her side, and you never know what can happen during a race. It was like she took off at warp speed just before the wire last time. She worked as well as she could today. Her time wasn't there, but that's because she was breezing at the end." Antifris Masanori Sakaguchi (trainer) "Her action was good in the workout. She's been able to maintain her good form, but for her, I think it will come down to whether she can overcome the distance. She hasn't raced at 2,000 meters in a long time, but she can keep up with any pace and she's a much stronger horse now so it'll be interesting to see how she measures against the best horses in her generation." Apapane Masayoshi Ebina "She was a little on the heavy side last time, but we have nothing to be ashamed of with the performance. We had to get her weight down for the Oaks because of the extra distance, but if you compare her to what she was for the Oka Sho, she was only 14 kilograms heavier for the Rose Stakes. She's probably just about right now. I just have to be in control of my emotions, and ride with complete faith in the horse. If I can get her to run her best race, then I believe the Triple Crown will fall into our laps. She had done her fast work last week; I wanted to get a feel for her over the last furlong today, but she felt good. She was very sharp, and I think we're as ready as we can be. The conditions are the same for everyone. But I do want to win the Triple Crown, no matter what. I've never been on a Triple Crown winner, colt or filly, and it would be great if I could get it done here. " Sakae Kunieda (trainer) "(The Rose Stakes) was her first start after a break so I was a little worried. But when I saw her coming home, I could tell she hadn't changed at all over the summer. I also thought she showed a more mature side. Because of the heat this summer, she couldn't put in the work, which caused her to gain some weight. But a lot of it was good weight, and she looks nice and fit after getting one race out of the way. She worked at a nice rhythm over a long distance this morning. The horse and the jockey were in synch, and her response was great. Some horses have the talent but can't stay healthy for one reason or another, so we have to be grateful she has been able to stay fit. That's the most important thing. You don't come across a horse like her too often. She has what it takes to become one of the all-time greats and we've got to win the last jewel in the crown; she deserves to be a Triple Crown winner." Apricot Fizz Yutake Take "I thought she was tough in (the Queen Stakes). I've made it back in time for the last Triple Crown race, and I think our chances are as good as any. I expect nothing less than first place." Futoshi Kojima (trainer) "She's switched on for the big race. She's starting to get excited, but she's in good condition nonetheless. For her, the key will be staying relaxed. Form wise, she's in the best shape ever." Best Cruise Hiroyoshi Matsuda (trainer) "She was normal in training. She's looked sharp since coming back from Hokkaido. She's the same as always, and I mean that in a good way. I'm just glad we have an opportunity to run in a good race." Cosmo Nemo Shin Hidekatsu Shimizu (trainer) "She's already ready after working hard last week, so it was all light work today, just like we planned it. The horse is full of energy. She'll definitely be better this time around, and she has no issues with traveling out west. I'm hoping we can turn a few heads." Crack Seed Yasuhiro Suzuki (trainer) "She weighed 425 kilograms today so she did her work on the uphill track. We think she'll lose her appetite when she goes to Kyoto so we want to stuff her stomach here before she goes. Her weight on the day of the race will tell a lot. I've always thought she had potential. She was so small when she was born, I thought she was premature. It took a while before we could start training her. She's a clever horse and will do what the jockey tells her. She doesn't have a problem settling and that's always a good sign for a horse at her age." Dear Arethusa Yoshihiro Hatekeyama (trainer) "She worked faster than we had planned, but she was chasing two others so that's what probably got her going. Her movement was great. She doesn't lose weight even after working fast any more, which says something about the horse she has become. The odds are against us, no question, but I'm looking forward to seeing how she stacks up against the top of her class, given the form she's in at the moment. She's an easy ride for anyone, and it's all in the hands of the jockey now." Lady Alba Rosa Yasuo Ikee (trainer) "She's filled out since the spring. She's physically stronger and now she can handle the tough workouts. She's in good condition, and her time this week was fast. Coming out of a layoff, she wasn't as sharp as she can be for the last race. She should be much better this time, having gotten the first race out of the way. She runs out of steam whenever she's rushed during races. The winning formula for her is to stay inside the pack, and unleash her on the straight." Yoshiyuki Muramoto (assistant trainer) "She was a bit heavy in her last race, but her time today was her fastest yet. I've got something to look forward to now." Oken Sakura Hidetaka Otonashi (trainer) "It's her second race of the fall and we hope she can be at her best. Her time was much faster than we had planned; maybe it's not good for her to work alone. Her action itself is fine, but we're trying to get her to pace herself better." Princess Memory Yoshihiro Takahashi (trainer) "She was pretty much ready as of last week. Today, everything went like clockwork. She weighs 404 kilograms now, but we're hoping she can be at 390 kilograms at the very least. She quickens well like a good filly does, so it's all about rhythm for her." Rainbow Dahlia Yoshitaka Ninomiya (trainer) "She looked very comfortable out there. It's a good sign she wasn't stressing out when she was working against other horses." Saint Emilion Msasaaki Koga (trainer) "She had some time to unwind back at her birthplace where it's cool in the morning and evening. She looks twice the horse she was in the spring, and weighs more than 490 kilograms now. Today's workout went well, and it's all gone well since she's come back to the stable. She's mentally tough so we're not concerned with the travel. The Oaks was a race for the ages; we're going right into a Grade 1 race, but she's got the talent to get over it. I want fans to expect a much improved Sante Emilion from the spring. " Shoryu Moon Hirofumi Shii "All the pressure is on one horse; I can ride without any worries. She worked well and it looks like she's in good condition much better than last week. The only thing I'm thinking about is giving her a smooth trip because she has the potential to become a Grade 1 champion, without question." Tagano Elisabeth Hiroyoshi Matsuda (trainer) "She's always calm in workouts but she can't settle during races. Her temperament is what it will come down to again." Wild Raspberry Hidemasa Nakano (trainer) "She was patient today, and she's showing no signs of fatigue from her last race. She's eating like crazy and the biggest difference from the spring is that she's not high strung any more. She's learned to switch on and off in between races. I think we have a shot here depending on the way the race unfolds. It'd be great if we could surprise some people." * * * Shuka Sho (G1) - Preview Apapane will bid to become just the third horse ever to win the filly's Triple Crown in the 15th Shuka Sho this Sunday afternoon at Kyoto Racecourse. The Oka Sho (Japanese 1,000 Guineas) and Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) champion by King Kamehameha out of Salty Bid would be the first to accomplish the feat since Still in Love in 2003. Buena Vista came up short last year after winning the first two races in the series, taking third behind Red Desire and Broad Street. The Shuka Sho Shuka literally means "autumn flower" is a relative new addition to the Japan Racing Association calendar, created in 1996 to replace the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup which had served as the third race in the filly's Triple Crown until it was opened up to 4-year-olds as well as mares. Many of the runners in the Shuka Sho go on to enter the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup, which is only 200 meters longer and also held at Kyoto. However only two horses in the past Fine Motion in 2002 and Daiwa Scarlet in 2007 have actually won the races back-to-back. The Shuka Sho was certified as an international Grade 1 race last year, meaning up to nine foreign horses can enter. The winners of the Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba automatically qualify for the Shuka Sho, as well as the top two finishers in the 2,000-meter Shion Stakes at Nakayama and the 1,800-meter Grade 2 Rose Stakes at Hanshin held in mid-September. The Shuka Sho starts on a home stretch of slightly longer than 320 meters, circling the inner course at Kyoto for a full lap. The track runs right-handed and is largely flat apart from a rise of three-and-a-half meters at the third turn, which leads right into the final bend. A full field of 18 is expected for this weekend's race starting at 3:40 p.m. The race record is 1 minute, 58.1 seconds, set by Fabulous la Fouine in 1996. The winner receives a prize money of 89 million yen from a purse of more than 187 million yen. The following are the early picks for this year's Shuka Sho: Animate BioANIMATE BIO: The Zenno Rob Roy filly defeated Apapane for the first time to win the Rose Stakes and book a place in the Shuka Sho. But the Koji Maki-trained Animate Bio will have to find a way to beat a much fitter Apapane this time if she wants to join the select company of Grade 1 champions. Animate Bio came within a half length of Apapane to take second in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, so the potential appears to be there. A lot will come down to the draw and the riding of Hiroki Goto, who will also be seeking his first Shuka Sho victory. "She showed a lot of toughness, weaving through traffic to win the Rose Stakes," the assistant trainer said. "I think she's matured mentally. Her appetite has been good, and her recovery has been good since the last race. If she can maintain the form she's in, I really like our chances in the race." ApapaneAPAPANE: Apapane is coming off the worst race of her career, finishing fourth in the Rose Stakes after having put on 24 kilograms over the summer. But with five wins in eight starts three of them at the Grade 1 level the general consensus is that the Sakae Kunieda-trained filly will bounce back in the Shuka Sho and make a strong run at joining Still in Love and Mejiro Ramone in 1986 as the only horses to win the filly's Triple Crown. Should Apapane prevail, she would become just the fifth female horse to win three Grade 1 titles in the same calendar year since the JRA began grading races in 1984. Masayoshi Ebina, who nearly won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Nakayama Festa, will continue to ride. Apapane has never raced at Kyoto before, but having won twice at Hanshin, the trip out west should not be a concern. "She ran out of steam in the end, but she still gave it her best," the assistant trainer said, looking back on the Rose Stakes. "She's put in a lot of work for this race, so I don't think stamina will be an issue this time. She's not the type to favor a certain distance or course, and we just need her to be fit for the big race." Apricot FizzAPRICOT FIZZ: Bred and owned by Shadai, Apricot Fizz has started the fall with victory over the older horses in the Aug. 15 Grade 3 Queen Stakes in a new partnership with Yutaka Take. Trained by former star jockey Futoshi Kojima, the daughter of Jungle Pocket had a disappointing spring, settling for fifth place in the Oka Sho and sixth in the Japanese Oaks. Take was scheduled to ride Apricot Fizz for the two races, but the jockey missed virtually the entire spring after a scary fall he had in late March. Take and the horse were finally united for the Grade 3 Queen Stakes, and the performance despite racing under just 52 kilograms has the folks at the Kojima stable thinking big for their lightweight filly, who tips the scale at around 430 kilograms. "She's far more relaxed than what she was in the spring," said the assistant trainer. "Her appetite is good, and I think she has just matured a lot mentally. The 2,000 meters at Kyoto should be right up her alley, so we're expecting her to put up a fight here." DEAR ARETHUSA: Dear Arethusa did not appear in the two spring Classic races, but won the Shion Stakes on Sept. 11 to qualify for the Shuka Sho, which will be her first Grade 1 start. There's no denying the inexperience on the big stage, but she has grown over the summer, adding 14 kilograms to her frame since July, and as a half-sister to Nakayama Festa who startled the world in the Arc earlier this month, hope starts to float for the Tosen Dance offspring. "I think the jockey wanted to race more toward the front, away from all the congestion, but the pace picked up and she settled in five horses from the lead," trainer Yoshihiro Hatekeyama said. "We learned a lot about the horse from that race. We'll be at a tighter track this time, which should be to our advantage." Saint EmilionSAINT EMILION: Saint Emilion shared the Japanese Oaks title with Apapane back in the spring, the JRA's first tie in a Grade 1 race. It was the first Grade 1 victory for trainer Masaaki Koga, as well as for Zenno Rob Roy as a sire. But Saint Emilion hasn't raced since that day on May 23, and she will be without Norihiro Yokoyama, the JRA's leading jockey whose outstanding season has been put in jeopardy after falling during a race last month. Pinch-hitting for Yokoyama will be Yusuke Fujioka, who has yet to win a Grade 1 race; Yokoyama has 20 Grade 1 titles. Clearly, the question for Saint Emilion isn't about her ability, but whether she can hit top form after a layoff of 147 days and whether Fujioka has what it takes to win a Grade 1 race. "We can only wait and see how she'll do, going right into a Grade 1 race from her break," Koga said. "But we had to give her the rest after a busy spring, and she's been real steady since she's come back to the stable. She's been getting sharper with each workout, and I expect her to be ready when the race comes around. This will be the first time she travels for a race, and she has never run at Kyoto before. But I see a lot of improvement in her mentally, and she has always been an intelligent, easy-going horse. She really knows how to race and I'm convinced she will overcome everything that she needs to in order to win." Oken SakuraOKEN SAKURA: The runnerup in the Oka Sho by one-tenth of a second and fifth in the Japanese Oaks, Oken Sakura's first race of the autumn ended in eighth place as the third choice in the Rose Stakes. The Hidetaka Otonashi-trained filly by Bago who won the 1,800-meter Grade 3 Flower Cup back in March appears almost certain to rebound in the Shuka Sho although it remains to be seen who will ride Oken Sakura. She may have been stretched out for the 2,400-meter Japanese Oaks, but ought to have zero problems with the conditions of the Shuka Sho. "She worked out with her partner last week (Oct. 7), and she was responding very well," Otonashi said. "I think if she goes through the motions on the week of the race, she should be more than ready. This time, we're racing on the inner course at 2,000 meters, at Kyoto. If she can race like she did when she won the Flower Cup, I think we'll be in business." Good luck to all of you.
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#266
10-17-2010, 06:10 PM
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10-22-2010, 01:14 AM
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Sorry wasn't around!
KYOTO 11R THE SHUKA SHO(G1) 1st 7 15 Apapane(JPN) F3 55.0 11 12 8 8 1:58.4 1 2.3 2nd 5 10 Animate Bio(JPN) F3 55.0 11 10 12 12 1:58.5 3/4 6 13.3 3rd 2 4 Apricot Fizz(JPN) F3 55.0 4 4 5 4 1:58.6 1/2 2 7.1 4th 8 17 Wild Raspberry(JPN) F3 55.0 15 13 12 12 1:58.7 NK 4 10.2 5th 1 1 Lady Alba Rosa(JPN) F3 55.0 6 7 8 10 1:58.7 NK 15 135.8 6th 7 13 Dear Arethusa(JPN) F3 55.0 8 9 5 4 1:58.9 1 10 23.9 7th 8 16 Crack Seed(JPN) F3 55.0 16 16 15 15 1:59.0 1/2 13 61.7 8th 4 7 Rainbow Dahlia(JPN) F3 55.0 6 6 5 7 1:59.1 3/4 12 59.8 9th 5 9 Agnes Waltz(JPN) F3 55.0 1 1 1 1 1:59.1 HD 7 13.6 10th 8 18 Princess Memory(JPN) F3 55.0 16 16 17 17 1:59.2 NK 17 161.5 11th 4 8 Oken Sakura(JPN) F3 55.0 2 3 3 2 1:59.2 NK 8 18.3 12th 1 2 Best Cruise(JPN) F3 55.0 2 2 2 2 1:59.3 3/4 14 129.0 13th 6 12 Antifris(JPN) F3 55.0 13 13 12 14 1:59.3 NS 18 171.5 14th 3 6 Cosmo Nemo Shin(JPN) F3 55.0 10 10 8 8 1:59.4 NK 11 53.7 15th 6 11 A Shin Returns(JPN) F3 55.0 4 4 4 4 1:59.5 3/4 9 20.3 16th 2 3 Shoryu Moon(JPN) F3 55.0 8 7 8 10 1:59.6 1/2 5 12.1 17th 7 14 Tagano Elisabeth(JPN) F3 55.0 13 13 15 15 1:59.7 3/4 16 137.3 18th 3 5 Saint Emilion(JPN) F3 55.0 16 16 17 17 2:00.7 6 3 7.9 I'm skippiong over the Kikuka Sho. If anyone wants info tell me and I'll post it. Otherwise on to the Tenno Sho. PPs, first noms... http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/pdf/101020.pdf Douggie Whyte gets permission from HKJC to spliut to ride Jaguar.
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11-08-2010, 10:48 PM
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Well obviously she won...
If anyone wants the replay you can go to the JRA site. * * * PPs, the Queen Elizabeth Commemorative Cup (Sunday). (Well Saturday night here). (Ave and Snow Fairy are listed out of order... all the way down). http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/pdf/101103.pdf
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11-12-2010, 10:51 PM
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I'm a huge Snow Fairy fan and I know how good Apapane is but I'm wondering if Meisho Beluga can do it here...
It's 24 hours away, give or take, and this isn't just sentiment... I really think she might win. Will look at pps again tomorrow. Anyone have thoughts?
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#273
11-13-2010, 09:26 PM
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Okay well I'm going to put in my plays now.
Am basically using Meisho Beluga and Snow Fairy on top with variations of Little Amapola, Hikaru Amaranthus, Apapane and Sing LIke Bird underneath. Obviously trying to beat Apapane who should be the (heavy?) favorite. I know that the girls who do well in the Shuka Sho traditionally do well here but I'm leaving out (2nd place finisher) Animate Bio. As far as my win bet I think I might stick with Meisho Beluga. Provinage, unfortunately, is scratched due to injury. Anyway good luck to anyone playing tonight. Last edited by my miss storm cat : 11-13-2010 at 09:40 PM.
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11-14-2010, 05:22 AM
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11-14-2010, 12:19 PM
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I'm not redboarding if I emailed someone before the race and said to play a horse, right? Even if I am I don't care cause I had Lord of the Ring for a very stupid reason (he was at huge ******* odds!) and yeah did nicely in this race too. Yea for Japan!  Full results... http://japanracing.jp/_news2010/pdf/101114.pdf Last edited by my miss storm cat : 11-14-2010 at 12:30 PM.
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11-15-2010, 07:15 PM
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Just a reminder... the Mile Championship is coming up.
(Only international runner is Sahpresa). Personally cannot wait to see Oken Sakura  here (and Kinshasa no Kiseki who I do like as well).Anyone excited?
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11-20-2010, 12:04 PM
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Thinking I'll play both Oken Sakura and Kinshasa no Kiseki in the top spot in a couple of combinations with TM Aurora, Garbo, Danon Yoyo, and maybe A Shin Forward (who has disappointed me in the past but who supposedly is looking really good in workouts) underneath.
(I'm a fan of the 1 and the 2 but am leaving both out). Maybe a stright tri... Oken Sakura / Kinshasa no Kiseki / TM Aurora. Still pondering...
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OK just started looking...here's the pp's. http://www.tvg.com/forms/Japan%2011.21.10.pdf Been awhile on some of these for the festivities, but you know I always like smile jack and wild raspberry. Have to look more for now.
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