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There is a good chance I will be in Japan next weekend and if time permits I will see if I can attend the Japan Cup Dirt and Japan Cup meetings in Nakayama racecourse. Can anyone here help me:
1) Do I need to secure tickets in advance? I know for Derby and Arima Kinen tickets are required but not for Japan Cup usually; yet given this year it is moved to Nakayama I am wondering if this is needed. If so, is there anything I can do in advance since I will likely arrive in Tokyo Friday noon.
2) Does JRA have special arrangement for visitors from overseas (eg. reserved seats etc.), otherwise I may need to go to racecourse very very early, am I right?
Thanks for helping.
anyone got the feilds yet?
sorry ant - no idea about going to the track.
[ November 13, 2002, 02:18 PM: Message edited by: Scarper ]
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( email address...you can ask them about ticket requirements etc)
Access to The Nakayama Racecourse
The Nakayama Racecourse can be reached by bus or foot from the Nishifunabashi Station on the JR Sobu Line, taking 15 and 30 minutes respectively.It is 10 minutes by bus or a 20-minute walk from Higashi-nakayama Station on the Keisei Line. Alternatively, patrons can walk to the course in 10 minutes via an underground pedestrian concourse(a moving walkway) from Funabashi-hoten Station on the JR Musashino Line.
11th November 2002
Preliminary Nominations (Japanese Horses)
» Japan Cup - Preliminary Nominations (Japanese Horses)
Horse Name Age Owner Trainer
Agnes Flight 5h Takao Watanabe Hiroyuki Nagahama
Air Shakur 5h Lucky Field Co., Ltd. Hideyuki Mori
American Boss 7h K.Abiru-Fudosan Fuyuki Tago
Eishin Preston 5h Toyomitsu Hirai Shuji Kitahashi
Fusaichi Run Heart 5h Fusaro Sekiguchi Michifumi Kono
Jungle Pocket 4c Katsumi Yoshida Sakae Watanabe
Magnaten 6g T.Komai Kazuo Fujisawa
Narita Top Road 6h Hidenori Yamaji Yoshio Oki
No Reason 3c Shinji Maeda Yasuo Ikee
Symboli Kris S 3c Symboli Stud Kazuo Fujisawa
T.M.Ocean 4f Masatsugu Takezono Katsuichi Nishiura
» Japan Cup Dirt - Preliminary Nominations (Japanese Horses)
Horse Name Age Owner Trainer
Admire Don 3c Riichi Kondo Hiroyoshi Matsuda
Air Pierre 6h Lucky Field Co., Ltd. Yasuhito Tamura
Appare Appare 3c Y.Odagiri Norihiro Tanaka
Ar Alan 6h A.T.Co.,Ltd. Mitsugu Kon
Be My Nakayama 8h Nakayama B. Keiji Takaichi
Double Happiness 5h Takesaburo Ito Masami Shibata
Eagle Cafe 5h Kiyoshi Nishikawa Futoshi Kojima
Fusaichi Run Heart 5h Fusaro Sekiguchi Michifumi Kono
Gold Allure 3c Shadai Race H. Yasuo Ikee
Grass Eiko O 4c Hanzawa Y. Mitsuhiro Ogata
Hagino High Grade 6h Yoshie Hinokuma Kunihide Matsuda
Kanetsu Fleuve 5h Laurel Racing Co.,Ltd. Shoji Yamamoto
Kite Hill Wind 3c Makoto Kaneko Sakae Kunieda
Long Kaiso 5m Toshio Nakai Hiroyuki Oneda
Mambo Twist 7h G.Tahara Taira Furukawa
Meiner Brian 5h K.Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Toru Miya
Nobo True 6h Ikebata Co., Ltd. Hideyuki Mori
Onward Saint 6m K.Onward Bokujo Niio Abe
Preeminence 5m Grand B. Keizo Ito
Regent Bluff 6h A.Ohara Yokichi Okubo
Sanford City 7h Yushun Horse Akio Adachi
Smart Boy 7h Grand B. Keizo Ito
Toho Emperor 6h Toho Bussan K. Yotsumi Chiba
Trust Fire 4c M.Suganami Michifumi Kono
Countries & the Number of Foreign Invited Horses
10 horses from Canada, United States of America, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and UAE.
* The foreign-invited horse which wins at the Japan Cup are qualified to enter the Arima Kinen (the Grand Prix) (JPN G1, turf, right-handed, 2,500 meters [about 1-9/16 miles], value to the winner JPY180,000,000 (US$ 1,500,000), Nakayama Racecourse) to be held on December 22, 2002.
INVITED HORSES
THE 22ND RUNNING OF THE JAPAN CUP (G1)
Date: November 24th (Sunday) Post time 15:25, 10th Race
Nakayama Racecourse (right handed), Turf, 2,200 meters, 3-year-old and up
Added Money: 476,000,000 yen (about US$3,966,666) US$1=\120
(Note: information was compiled as of November 6)
DETAILS OF OVERSEAS RUNNERS
(Alphabetical order)
Bright Sky
Age / Origin : 3 / Ireland
Sex / Color : filly / chestnut
Sire / Dam : Wolfhound / Bright Moon
(Sire of Dam) : (Alysheba)
Breeder : Dayton Investments Ltd.
Owner : Ecurie Wildenstein
Trainer : E. Lellouche
Number of Starts : 10
Number of Wins : 5
Principal Race Performances:
02 Prix de Diane Hermes (French Oaks)--G1 1st
02 Prix de l'Opera-Casino Barriere d'Enghien les Bains--G1 1st
02 Prix Saint-Alary--G1 2nd
Falbrav
Age / Origin : 4 / Ireland
Sex / Color : colt / bay
Sire / Dam : Fairy King / Gift of the Night
(Sire of Dam) : (Slewpy)
Breeder : Azienda Agricola Francesca
Owner : Scuderia Rencati Srl
Trainer : L. d'Auria
Number of Starts : 15
Number of Wins : 7
Principal Race Performances:
02 Premio Presidente della Repubblica--G1 1st
02 Gran Premio di Milano--G1 1st
02 Prix Foy Gray d'Albion Barriere--G2 3rd
01 Derby Italiano--G1 2nd
Golan
Age / Origin : 4 / Ireland
Sex / Color : colt / bay
Sire / Dam : Spectrum / Highland Gift
(Sire of Dam) : (Generous)
Breeder : Ballymacoll Stud Farm Ltd.
Owner : Exors of the late Lord Weinstock
Trainer : Sir M. Stoute
Number of Starts : 10
Number of Wins : 4
Principal Race Performances:
02 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes--G1 1st
01 2000 Guineas--G1 1st
02 Juddmonte International Stakes--G1 2nd
01 Epsom Derby--G1 2nd
Indigenous
Age / Origin : 9 / Ireland
Sex / Color : gelding / bay
Sire / Dam : Marju / Sea Port
(Sire of Dam) : (Averof)
Breeder : Oldtown Stud
Owner : Y.H. Pang
Trainer : I. Allan
Number of Starts : 65
Number of Wins : 15
Principal Race Performances:
02 Singapore Airlines International Cup--G1 3rd
02 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup --G1 3rd
Irresistible Jewel
Age / Origin : 3 / Ireland
Sex / Color : filly / bay
Sire / Dam : Danehill / In Anticipation
(Sire of Dam) : (Sadler's Wells)
Breeder : Moyglare Stud
Owner : Moyglare Stud
Trainer : D. Weld
Number of Starts : 8
Number of Wins : 3
Principal Race Performances:
02 Ribblesdale Stakes--G2 1st
02 Prix de l'Opera-Casino Barriere d'Enghien les Bains--G1 2nd
02 Aga Khan Studs Blandford Stakes--G3 1st
Sarafan
Age / Origin : 5 / USA
Sex / Color : gelding / bay
Sire / Dam : Lear Fan / Saraa Ree
(Sire of Dam) : (Caro)
Breeder : Stratford Place Stud
Owner : Gary Tanaka
Trainer : N. Drysdale
Number of Starts : 27
Number of Wins : 7
Principal Race Performances:
02 Eddie Read Handicap--G1 1st
02 Explosive Bid Handicap--G2 1st
02 Arlington Million Stakes--G1 2nd
02 Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes--G1 2nd
Storming Home
Age / Origin : 4 / England
Sex / Color : colt / bay
Sire / Dam : Machiavellian / Try to Catch Me
(Sire of Dam) : Shareef Dancer
Breeder : Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd.
Owner : Maktoum al Maktoum
Trainer : B. Hills
Number of Starts : 18
Number of Wins : 5
Principal Race Performances:
02 Emirates Airline Champion Stakes--G1 1st
02 Vodafone Coronation Cup--G1 2nd
02 Great Voltigeur Stakes--G2 2nd
02 Hardwicke Stakes--G2 2nd
THE 3RD RUNNING OF THE JAPAN CUP DIRT (G1)
Date: November 23th (Saturday)Post time 15:25, 11th Race
Nakayama Racecourse (right handed), Dirt, 1,800 meters, 3-year-old and up
Added Money: 248,000,000 yen (about US$2,066,666) US$1=\120
DETAILS OF OVERSEAS RUNNERS (Alphabetical order)
Abreeze
Age / Origin : 7 / USA
Sex / Color : gelding / bay
Sire / Dam : Danzig / Priceless Pearl
(Sire of Dam) : (Alydar)
Breeder : Darley Stud Management
Owner : Alvin Haynes, Letty and Neal McLaughlin, McLaughlin
Trainer : K. McLaughlin
Number of Starts : 32
Number of Wins : 6
Principal Race Performances:
02 Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap--G2 2nd
Pappus
Age / Origin : 5 / Germany
Sex / Color : gelding / bay
Sire / Dam : Acatenango / Pariana
(Sire of Dam) : (Bering)
Breeder :
Owner : Stalla Mauritius
Trainer : M. Hofer
Number of Starts : 20
Number of Wins : 5
Principal Race Performances:
02 Grand Prix de la Riviera Cote d'Azur 1st
02 Lotto Hessen-Pokal--G3 2nd
Reba's Gold
Age / Origin : 5 / USA
Sex / Color : horse / bay
Sire / Dam : Slew o' Gold / Lovely Reba
(Sire of Dam) : (Herat)
Breeder : Merworth Farm
Owner : Creston Farms
Trainer : D. Hendricks
Number of Starts : 27
Number of Wins : 6
Principal Race Performances:
02 Ralph M. Hinds Pomona Invitational Handicap--Listed 1st
02 Texas Mile Stakes--G3 2nd
02 Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap--G2 3rd
02 Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap--G2 3rd
Red Sun
Age / Origin : 6 / Repubilica Argentina
Sex / Color : horse / gray
Sire / Dam : Equalize / Ultima
(Sire of Dam) : (Lyphmas)
Breeder : El Turf
Owner : Choi Chee Ming
Trainer : A.S.Cruz
Number of Starts : 19(only in Hong Kong)
Number of Wins : 2(only in Hong Kong)
Principal Race Performances: (only in Hong Kong)
01 Champions' Mile--G1 3rd
01 The Hong Kong Classic Mile--G1 4th
Preliminary Nomination:
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specialweek
13-11-2002, 21:49
Scarper,
The final fields for both races wont be announced until next Thursday 21st but I can tell you that Agnes Flight and Air Shakur are out but if Fusaichi Run Heart decides to run in the JCD Air Shakur will run in the Cup, so whatever happens there will be 9 Japanese horses and 7 invited in the Cup with 11 or 12 Japanese horses and 4 invited in the Dirt.
From: specialweek Sent: 13/11/2002 5:21 PM
Ima,
I never know what the deal is because I never need tickets.
Get Ant to call the JRA International section and ask for Glenn Boothe or Mr. Akitani and explain his situation and maybe they can help.
Phone 81 3 3591 5251 and receptionist will be Japanese with some English ability.
Ask for GB or Mr. A if Glenn is out.
Hope this helps.
Symboli Kris looks like the standout of the japanese runners - beat a good feild at the end of last month including Narita Top road who ran second. The rest dont look that great this year???
What happend to Jungle Pocket? hasnt raced since april?? And who knows what work he might have been doing.
[ November 13, 2002, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: Scarper ]
Yes, he is the one in my blackbook too. A lovely type of horse and a good win a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.ryomonet.co.jp/horserace/image/02n-16symboliks.jpg
Very intersting that they have taken Red Sun ( HK) over for the Japan Cup Dirt...could he have any hope at all? I would rate his chances at next to nothing. :p
[ November 13, 2002, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: imaufo ]
Red Sun - he ran a 124 (HK ratings) end of last season and is capable of 115 im sure. may need to run 130-140 to win so it would be the best run of his life if he did.
BUT THE BIG ??? IS CAN HE HANDLE THE DIRT - NEVER RACED ON IT BEFORE.
specialweek
13-11-2002, 23:00
Jungle Pocket is now owned by Shadai, actually the have cntrollong interest in the horse so will probably race in the Shadai colors. Horse suffered an injury and has taken a long time to recover.
Doubtfull he would be fit enough for this because I think they will pretty quick.
I share your thoughts about Symboli Kris S and the regular jockey has a long association with owner of Magnaten so Olivier Peslier will be on Symboli. Could be back to back cups for OP.
Watch out for Sunrise Pegasus. I have not been a big fan as I think the horse races too greenly but the 2200m may just suit his late finish even thought the straight is only 310m
Narita Top Road must be a chance as well but I'll wait til next week before deciding and ven on race day may change my mind depending on how they parade.
specialweek
13-11-2002, 23:14
sorry about the typos.......trying to my sumo notes at the same time
specialweek
13-11-2002, 23:16
.......that should be, trying to do my sumo notes
http://www.sumo.or.jp/meikan/rikishidata/image/20001015.jpg
The 2000m race 11 in Nakayama on 27 oct looks like it was the big lead up race with so many of the likely japanese runners in that same race. Any that were not trying in that race?
[ November 13, 2002, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: Scarper ]
Yes, Symboli Kris's is a very nice horse. He has a lot of potential as he is only three years old. As you can imagine, it is difficult enough for a 3 year old taking on Domestic Group 1 runners, but he is up against them AND International Group 1 winners in the Japan Cup.
I relate Symboli Kris's to our late Billion Win for his fighting qualities. Only a very few horses can find as much as Billion Win when headed and Symboli Kris's is one of them. Always keep them safe. My eye will only be on him cum race day. Whatever he does he should give a run for your money.
specialweek
14-11-2002, 06:07
Referring to my earlier post, I commented on Sunrise Pegasus because all along I thought he was being set for the JC. Sorry not even in the final acceptances.
In that case I go SKS and Narita Top Road with maybe Golan 3rd if he has come up alright since Arlington.
yeah - billion win was a nice horse. if i remember rightly he used to be hobbes' favorite a few years back (i think the 6 wins in a row helped!) but he never really achieved the speed ratings that the very best horses do (he counldnt really get past 120 = HK ratings where 140-150 would be the top efforts we see on international days).
Symboli Kris S 7/2
Jungle Pocket 9/2
Golan 5/1
Narita Top Road 7/1
Bright Sky 7/1
No Reason 8/1
Storming Home 9/1
Eishin Preston 10/1
Falbrav 12/1
Air Shakur 12/1
Sarafan 14/1
T M Ocaen 16/1
Magnaten 16/1
Irresistable Jewel 25/1
Indigenous 50/1
American Boss 50/1
Fusaichi Run Heart 66/1
Agnes Flight 66/1
whos market is that? At 157% i hope no idiot bets with them.
Lol...I think its JRB's... :D
specialweek
14-11-2002, 19:51
Scarper I believe that is William Hill's.
How do you calculate the 157%?
could have made a mistake as just did it mentally - but if you mean method, sum of 1/digital price as usual. 5/2 = 3.5 as need to include 1 stake.
the martket will have to become more competive as the race approaches but little surprise that betfair is stealing the show when markets around 100-102% are the norm.
[ November 14, 2002, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Scarper ]
specialweek
15-11-2002, 08:20
Back NTR all day each way
Horny Harry
15-11-2002, 20:28
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~s_shin/horse/2002tennou_syo/large/narita_top_road_6.jpg
Narita Top Road
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~s_shin/horse/2002tennou_syo/large/symboli_kris_s_1.jpg
Symboli Cris
[ November 15, 2002, 01:34 PM: Message edited by: Horny Harry ]
back your balls on storming home - the short straight will be big advantage to those that run up on the pace with this track. he's not as good as golan but i doubt golan will get the pace he needs and time to unwind on this track.
Horny Harry
15-11-2002, 20:42
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~s_shin/horse/2002tennou_syo/large/agnes_flight_1.jpg
Agnes Flight
Horny Harry
15-11-2002, 21:16
11 November 2002
Jungle Pocket, trained in Japan by Sakae Watanabe, will be looking to claim his second successive Japan Cup, the penultimate leg of the 2002 World Series, at Nakayama Racecourse on November 24th.
http://www.racingseries.com/newspix/jpocket.jpg
The four-year-old son of Tony Bin has only run twice this season, finishing second in both the Hanshin Daishoten and the Tenno Sho-Spring. Plans for him to run in the Takarazuka Kinen and the British leg of the World Series - the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes had to be abandoned after he suffered a leg injury.
Jungle Pocket recuperated on a farm in Hokkaido for the summer and returned to work on September 27th, he looks to have regained his old form and has been reportedly working well.
Among the other Japanese entries is Narita Top Road, winner of the 1999 Japanese St Leger. This season the six-year-old, trained by Yoshio Oki, has had three wins in Group Two races and a third place in the Tenno Sho-Spring and a second in the Tenno Sho-Autumn, where he came from off the pace in the home stretch.
The son of Soccer Boy finished third to Jungle Pocket in last year's Japan Cup.
Winner of the Tenno Sho-Autumn was Symboli Kris S, a three-year-old son of Kris S trained by Kazuo Fujisawa. On his seasonal debut Symboli Kris S finished a length second to Tanino Gimlet in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby).
Sunrise Pegasus, a four-year-old son of Sunday Silence, was third in the Tenno Sho-Autumn and is rated at 116. He has a reputation as a good finisher with a late kick over distances of 2000 to 2200 metres. Five-year-old Air Shakur was fourth in the Tenno Sho-Autumn, he had been off the racecourse for four months so he is expected to have come on from the run.
The favorite of the Tenno Sho-Autumn was T.M. Ocean and was regarded as the best 4-y-o filly in Japan; however; she finished a disappointing 13th.
The winner of the 2002 Japanese 2000 Guineas, No Reason, a three-year-old son of Brian's Time, is one of the most outstanding runners and is equal to Symboli Kris S. Bad luck has plagued him; he suffered a bone fracture during the Japanese Derby and his jockey fell coming out of the starting gate during the Japanese St Leger this autumn.
Eishin Preston is no stranger to the World Series and is currently on 12 points following his win in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Hong Kong in April. Trained by Shuji Kitahashi, the son of Green Dancer is the only horse who has a chance of winning the World Series and denying World Series leader Grandera the honours.
Specialweek, do Hills know something about Jungle Pocket that we dont? Reports of working well wont do it for me - it a big call freshup over 2200 in a race like this.
Symboli Kris S 7/2
Jungle Pocket 9/2
Golan 5/1
Narita Top Road 7/1
[ November 15, 2002, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: Scarper ]
SpecialWeek, Imaufo:
Thanks for helping. I got in touch with Mr. Glenn Boothe and his staff has been very helpful.
Just got news that Indigenous is scratched from Japan Cup because Ivan Allen is furious that the Japan agriculture department (whatever the official name of the dept is) confiscated the food intended for the horse during the trip.
Red Sun now the sole HK rep at the meeting, never ran on dirt in HK but was a G1 winner on dirt in Argentina.
specialweek
15-11-2002, 22:18
Scarper, He won't be getting any of my money but he is the class horse of the field.
He does not run clockwise as well as left handed and of course has not had any prep runs.
I will be backing SKS and NTR
specialweek
15-11-2002, 23:24
Ant I believe they are still talking about Indigenous, so he may still run but I doubt it.
I agree that Jungle Pocket is the class horse of the feild - he would have been my fav had he put in a few lead up races to show the injury was not serious. As it is i cant see past NTR or SKS either. Shame about indigenous - he would have been my roughy (excellent horse who conistently runs ratings over 100 no matter what!! the best in HK easily in the last 10 years)
Hope you have a great time Ant...glad we could be of some assistance ( but really Special Week had the right connections so to speak).
Anyway, keep us up to date with all the action. we expect a full report submitted by you after both cups! :p :D :) :cool:
[ November 15, 2002, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: imaufo ]
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