1600m Yasuda Kinen, Japan Group 1

[hungdynasty]

http://www.hkjc.com/english/replay/replay.asp?lang=e&race_date=05/06/2005&race_no=5&speed=500

1 7 7 Asakusa Den'en (GB) Japan Michifumi Kono Shinji Fujita 128 -
2 11 11 Sweep Tosho (JPN) Japan Akio Tsurudome Kenichi Ikezoe 124 Neck
3 12 12 Silent Witness (AUS) HK Anthony Cruz Felix Coetzee 128 Head
4 1 16 Bullish Luck (USA) HK Anthony Cruz Gerald Mosse 128 1-1/4 L
5 9 9 Company (JPN) Japan Hidetaka Otonashi Yuichi Fukunaga 128 Neck
6 14 17 Telegnosis (JPN) Japan Hiroaki Sugiura Masaki Katsuura 128 1/2 L
7 8 8 Balance of Game (JPN) Japan Yoshitada Munakata Katsuharu Tanaka 128 3/4 L
8 3 3 Daiwa Major (JPN) Japan Hiroyuki Uehara Yoshitomi Shibata 128 Nose
9 3 15 Sidewinder (JPN) Japan Shuji Kitahashi Hiroyuki Uchida 128 1 L
10 1 1 Albireo (JPN) Japan Toshiaki Shirai Mikio Matsunaga 128 Neck
11 4 4 Orewa Matteruze (JPN) Japan Hidetaka Otonashi Masayoshi Ebina 128 Nose
12 13 13 Admire Max (JPN) Japan Mitsuru Hashida Yutaka Take 128 Nose
13 10 10 Bowman's Crossing (IRE) HK David Oughton Anthony Delpech 128 Nose
14 14 14 Utopia (JPN) Japan Kojiro Hashiguchi Katsumi Ando 128 Nose
15 2 18 Hat Trick (JPN) Japan Katsuhiko Sumii Hirofumi Shii 128 1-3/4 L
16 2 2 Fuji Silence (JPN) Japan Fuyuki Tago Yusuke Igarashi 128 3 L
17 6 6 Lohengrin (JPN) Japan Masanori Ito Hiroki Goto 128 1-3/4 L
18 5 5 Dance in the Mood (JPN) Japan Kazuo Fujisawa Kent Desormeaux 124 Distant


Winning Time: 1:32.3

[Sam]

damnit ... it's not like he CAN'T go that far, he just keeps getting beat in the last few jumps. I really hope he does come over for the BC Mile.

[Elusive City]

[quote="Sam"]damnit ... it's not like he CAN'T go that far, he just keeps getting beat in the last few jumps. I really hope he does come over for the BC Mile.[/quote]

Very tough to be a front running miler. You really got to have some giddy up and silent witness just falls a little short late.

[Nessa]

damnit ... it's not like he CAN'T go that far, he just keeps getting beat in the last few jumps. I really hope he does come over for the BC Mile.

Very tough to be a front running miler. You really got to have some giddy up and silent witness just falls a little short late.

Ala Lure, he sure had that giddy up. I also hope he comes over for the BC, it's great to get these kinds of horses from other countries.

[Sam]

anamorphism mode on

I'm wondering how much of his last two losses can be accredited to them being his only two starts at the distance and therefore him still thinking he's running sprints. His whole career, he's only had to run so far ... there's a mental adjustment that needs to be made for a horse to do something new after 17 starts. You don't run 6f the same way you run 8f. He still needs to be taught that. Sheer talent can get you 6f, talent and skill gets you 8f.

[Pete]

Thanks for the link Hungdynasty.

Looked like Balance Of Game (8) made a herculean run on the outside approaching the stretch and he had a shot but was out finished.

Quite a race.

Pete