Hanshin 6th race #5 Carnavalet....She had a good run in Kokura last time out but still only the 3rd choice here ,in a very small field?. Possibly getting at least 5-1

5
3,4,6,9
3,4,6,9,

3,4,6,9,
5
3,4,6,9

All ￥1000 Straight Trifectas

5 with 3,4,6,9 ￥1000 Each Way Exacta

March 10th

Will post tomorrow morning.

Yayoi Sho

Gold Ship, a horse not running in the Yayoi nevertheless sets an applicable barometer for the eventual winner. Coming out of the Radio Tampa Hai back in December, Gold ran to a two length victory in The Kyodo News Hai his following race. Now we have two more challengers coming out of the Tampa, race favorite Trip and the winner Adams Peak. Both looks to figure here! The race itself sets up nicely for a stretch runner as at least six horses can viably challenge for the lead. I'm gonna play them both and privately will make this my first Blue Ribbon ( a single wager of over ￥150,000) bet of the year.

Nakayama 11 Race

Straight Trifectas ￥500
2,12
2,12,8,10,13,15
2,12,8,10,13,15

Trio Box 20 tickets ￥2000
2, 12, 8, 10, 13, 15

#2-12 ￥10,000 WIDE
#2-12 ￥3000 Each-Way Exacta

#2 with 8, 10, 13, 15 ￥2000 Each Way Exacta

March 3rd

The Ocean Stakes seems to be a wide open affair with the favorite hovering around 4.o. I'm going to box six horses with Shin Vertigo getting an extra amount of love because of her consistent credibility at 1200m. The Tulip Sho out in Hanshin breaks down to a three horse race. Joie de Vivre is the dominate favorite, but I'm not so sure the other two are that far behind her?

Nakayama 11 Race

2,3,4,9,10,13 trio box for ￥1000 20 tickets ￥20,000
10 with 2,3,4,9,13 Each-Way Exacta ￥1000

Hanshin 11 Race

1,5,14
1,5,14,
1,5,14

￥2000 Straight Trifecta Box

February 26th

Really nothing of note tomorrow. I'm going to play along the same lines as today and go with a Munakata/Tanaka combination. Today's 2nd race was a major " steam" horse for his regular jockey and with Take Yutaka's mount providing a perfect anchor for the birthday boy, it provided one hell of a trifecta present for the both of them. I most definitely should have pounced on it much more. A very rare opportunity and especially one that was so easy to spot.

Nakayama 7th Race ++ ( 6-horse trio box is 20 tickets and not the 15 that I always put++

2,3,7,10,11,12 .....6 horse trio box ￥1000 15 tickets
2 with 3,7,10,11,12 ￥1000 Each-Way Exacta

February 25th

I'm going to bookend two races## #( three) keying the birthday boy Katsuharu Tanaka, and hope that the rain wont effect Just A Way showing off his miler pedantry like he did in Niigata last year.

Nakayama 2nd Race
3,4,8,10.13,15 ....6 horse trio box , ￥1000 15 tickets ￥15,000
3 with 4,8,10,13,15 Each-Way Exacta ￥1000



Nakayama 6th race

1,4,5,8,10,12 ....... 6 horse trio box , ￥1000 15 tickets ￥15,000
4 with 1,5,8,10,12 Each-Way Exacta ￥1000


12th Race

3,6,7,8,13,16 ....... 6 horse trio box , ￥1000 15 tickets ￥15,000
3 with 6,7,8,13,16 Each-Way Exacta ￥1000

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hanshin 11 Race

2,3,7,8,9,13........ 6 horse trio box , ￥1000 15 tickets ￥15,000

13 with 2,7,8,9 ￥1000 Each-Way Exacta ￥1000
3-13 ￥2000 Each Way Exacta 3-13 ￥5000 WIDE

February Stakes

I decided to stick with proven dirt runners in this race and eliminate #4 and #13. Earlier on this year I made a conscious decision to shade Ikee's horses when appropriate, thus will not include #11. So, with a little bit extra on SILK FORTUNE, I will run with a ten ticket trio box.

TOKYO 11th

The Wager: 3,9,10,15,16 Trio Box ( 10 tickets) ￥2000 ￥20,000 Total

# 3 with 9,10,15,16 ￥1000 Each Way Exacta