The Satsuki Sho(Japanese 2000 Guineas)(G1)

[tachyon]

2016 winner: Dee Majesty




NAKAYAMA 11R
THE SATSUKI SHO(JAPANESE 2000 GUINEAS)(G1)

April 16, 2017, 2000m, Turf, Post time 15:40
INT C&F DSN, Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds, Open Class, Value of race: 228,690,000 Yen


1 My Style(JPN) C3 57 Heart's Cry Norihiro Yokoyama 63.9
2 Suave Richard(JPN) C3 57 Heart's Cry Hirofumi Shii 7.8
3 Komano Impulse(JPN) C3 57 Bago Teruo Eda 104.4
4 Cadenas(JPN) C3 57 Deep Impact Yuichi Fukunaga 6.8
5 Rey de Oro(JPN) C3 57 King Kamehameha Christophe Lemaire 9.2
6 Outliers(JPN) C3 57 Victoire Pisa Hironobu Tanabe 18.4
7 Persian Knight(JPN) C3 57 Harbinger Mirco Demuro 10.4
8 Fan Dii Na(JPN) F3 55 Deep Impact Yasunari Iwata 2.6
9 Platina Voice(JPN) C3 57 Empire Maker Ryuji Wada 57
10 Danburite(JPN) C3 57 Rulership Yutaka Take 53.5
11 Al Ain(JPN) C3 57 Deep Impact Kohei Matsuyama 18.2
12 America's Cup(JPN) C3 57 Manhattan Cafe Fuma Matsuwaka 54.2
13 Satono Ares(JPN) C3 57 Deep Impact Keita Tosaki 13.7
14 King's Rush(JPN) C3 57 Rulership Yoshitomi Shibata 151
15 Adam Barows(JPN) C3 57 Heart's Cry Kenichi Ikezoe 44.6
16 Clincher(JPN) C3 57 Deep Sky Yusuke Fujioka 59.7
17 Win Bright(JPN) C3 57 Stay Gold Masami Matsuoka 12.2
18 Trust(JPN) C3 57 Screen Hero Daichi Shibata 113.6


-- preview
http://japanracing.jp/_news2017/170411.html

-- barrier draw
http://japanracing.jp/_news2017/170414.html

-- comments from runners' connections
http://japanracing.jp/_news2017/170414-02.html

-- past performances of runners
http://japanracing.jp/_news2017/pdf/170405.pdf

-- JRA race programme
http://japanracing.jp/en/racing/result/ ... /2017.html

[tachyon]

Fan Dii Na(JPN)


Cadenas(JPN)


Suave Richard(JPN)


Rey de Oro(JPN)


Win Bright(JPN)


Persian Knight(JPN)


Satono Ares(JPN)


Al Ain(JPN)


Outliers(JPN)

[Treve]

I love how complete your posts always are for these races. However the same picture appears twice for Cadenas and Suave Richard
I'm all in on Fan Dii Na!

And there are some striking looking horses in here. Outliers, Satono Ares, Rey de Oro and Cadenas are stunning.

[ElPrado2]

In case people don't know, there was or is a USAF base on Okinawa named Kadena AFB. I lived on Okinawa for 3 years.

[tachyon]

Oops my bad!
He (#4) was not Kadena but Cadenas.

[tachyon]

Adam Barows(JPN)


Danburite(JPN)


America's Cup(JPN)


My Style(JPN)


Clincher(JPN)

[Premier Pegasus]

#5 Rey de Oro

[lurkey mclurker]

Rey de Oro, Cadenas, Fan Dii Na

[ElPrado2]

No problem! They sound alike!

[Northport]

Al Ain/Cadenas/Fan Dii Na

It's interesting to see that a couple of horses have already run (and won) over 2,000m before the end of April of their third year. The Japanese don't joke around when it comes to stamina.

[tachyon]

Nakayama turf is labelled as firm today.

Suave Richard
Fan Dii Na
Win Bright
Cadenas

[tachyon]

There are some horses who want to race upfront in this field.
If a hot pace develops, this race can be set up for the closers.
It's going to be very interesting to see how Iwata rates his filly Fan Dii Na.
If she can relax, wherever she settles in, she will blow away the boys.

[lurkey mclurker]

Suave Richard looks good in the walking ring... and now I'm waffling on Persian Knight, but it's his first time at the distance so I dunno...

Looking forward to an exciting race!

[Treve]

Is there a stream somewhere?

[lurkey mclurker]

This is the one I use: http://www.dmi.ae/dubairacing/live.asp?cid=55

[Treve]

This is the one I use: http://www.dmi.ae/dubairacing/live.asp?cid=55

Thank you!

[lurkey mclurker]

...wow. Everything as expected, until... it wasn't.

11 - 7 - 10 - 16 - 5 flashing on the tote board, unofficial

Rey de Oro up for 5th, I think? Fan Dii Na put in a good run & was right there in the closing meters, just didn't have enough.

ETA: first group 1 win for the jockey + a race record

[Treve]

Al Ain/Cadenas/Fan Dii Na

It's interesting to see that a couple of horses have already run (and won) over 2,000m before the end of April of their third year. The Japanese don't joke around when it comes to stamina.

Wins in stakes record time!

[Retrospectiv]

Another Deep Impact 1-2-3.....



OK....which race was I looking at the results?!

[tachyon]

1st. Al Ain (Deep Impact) 21/1
2nd. Persian Knight (Harbinger) 7/1
3rd. Danburite (Rulership) 55/1

1,064,360 / 100 for tri