Japan Cup Weekend Recap

A profitable weekend for Keibagold was topped off by one of the most exciting finishes in the 29 year history of The Japan Cup. Ask Deputy at 21.1, cashed in a ￥104,700 ticket exacta for us in the 9th race on Sunday saving the blog from a near disaster. Next weeks G1 Dirt lost Summer Bird, consequently losing my interest.

Nov 28th & 29th Recap

Races Bet: 8
Races Won :2
Amount Wagered: ￥102,000
Amount Returned: ￥115,700
Net Profit: ￥13,700

Year To Date

Original Bankroll:￥1,000,000
Standing Bankroll ￥1,487,700
Net Profit ￥487,700

Nov 29th Selections

All each-way exacta ￥1000(Tokyo) Lone Kyoto ￥500

Failed to isolate a winner on the 28th. My horses that made my cut card finished 1st or 2nd in all three races. Will dutch some tickets to try and get this blog a winning weekend.

Kyoto 4 Race 11 with 1,4,6,7,9,10,14
Tokyo 7th 5 with 1,3,10,11...11 with 1,3,10,
Tokyo 8th 11 with 2, 15,6,16..15 with 2,6,16
Tokyo 9th 2 with 12,6,10,11,13...12 with 1,6,10,11,13
Tokyo 11th 3 with 6,11,15,9..11 with 6,9,15

Tokyo Nov 28th Selections

All ￥1000 each-way exactas

7th #1 Kenangan...Got her maiden win last time out with a very effective Z pattern. Demuro has her for a back to back win on dirt! with 8,10,11,13,16
8th #6 Bombardiere....Getting 7.1 because of starting troubles. Worth the risk! with 1,7,8,12,16
10th #2 Weltmeister...An under-valued pace setter. with 3,4,8,13

JAPAN CUP 09 WINNER!

Each way exactas( 6-10,9-10,5-10,8-10,10-11) A ten ticket insurance quinella box(5.6.8.9.11) The facts Mam, just the facts", an iconic line from a 60's television show is appropriate to summarize this years winner.
Fact #1 Otonishi is the leading Kansai trainer.

Fact #2 Uchida is the leading Kanto Jockey.

Fact #3 Of all the horses that can BENIFIT from an added distance since their previous race is only one.

Fact #4 The name ROCKS!!

My selection for the 09 JapanCup is OKEN BRUCE LEE.
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#9 Reach the Crown has a great " energy pace distribution" rating. If Take can get a comfortable pace? Watch out! # 5 Red Desire has the tactical speed to run on the lead shall Crown falter.#6Vodka will be in a position to make her signature move. Doubts prevail if she can win at 2400 again but Sumi is a master at conditioning. The opportunity will be there. #8Meiner Kultz--Never underestimate a Kunieda trained horse! He is healthy and thats enough to be a potential ticket buster.#11 Marsh Side--Drysdale has something " under the hood" here. I'm not sure what it is but then again I'm not a mechanic.
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#16 Conduit..What ever chance he had went out with the bath water after the terrible draw. His future is secure so don't see an over aggresive ride considering. The doctors oath" First do no harm" applies here as well.
#18 Screen Hero...Not the same horse as last year.Look at the replays of his previous races and at the 2200 mark his tank is running on empty and soon to be empty.
#1 Asakusa Kings..His last race was a real head scratcher!?..Remember, he was running stride for stride with last years Cup runner up Deep Sky until the last 100m.
#3 Air Shady...Not sure if there is any BIG RACE left in the 8 year old?

November Recap

Some exciting races to be had in the following few weeks. My Japan Cup Selection might be downgraded from a " paid" to a " service". My money lines and track projections have already been done AND still there are SEVEN horses with viable stats. This is not good when you want to isolate a winner and solid ticket configuration If rain comes Friday and Saturday, the list shortens dramatically.

NOV,
Races Bet: 3
Races Won 0
Amount Wagered: ￥４8,000
Amount Lost: -￥48,000

Year-to-date:
Original Bankroll: ￥1,000.000
Standing Bankroll￥１,474,000
Net Profit: +　￥474,000

Mile Championship

Jacks Smile #5 with #4, #7,#8,#11, #15 all ￥2000 each-way exactas

Queen Elizabeth II

I've been touting Buena Vista ( # March 9th Post))as having the best sudden acceleration of any race horse this decade, and come this Sunday she will prove me right once again. Queen for a day**BUENA VISTA

Nov 15th, 11 Race, Kyoto

Exacta: 16-5,16-8,16-12,16-17( ￥２０００ each way)

Trifecta:(￥1000)16-5-8,16-5-12,16-5-17,16-8-5,16-8-12,16-8-17,16-12-5,16-12-8,16-12-17,16-17-5,16-17-8,
16-17-12