Starine wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 9:06 pm
tachyon wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 7:38 am
Starine wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:44 pm
Liberty Island certainly had her running shoes on. I'm sure she will be heavily favored in the Shuka Sho.
If her health condition was reported fine and the turf condition at Kyoto was labelled better than ''good'', I believe that she would be sent off as either the 1/10 or the 1/5 favorite in the Shuka Sho, the final leg of the Triple Tiara in Japan.
But, personally, I'm not so obsessed with her tilt at the Shuka Sho on Oct 15h.
I do hope that her connections change their mind and send her immediately (bypassing the Shuka Sho) to the US to run in the BC Turf 2400m turf at Santa Anita on Nov 4th to BEAT THE BOYS!!!!!
It would really be something if she pointed to the BC Turf.
That was the plan for Equinox, wasn't it?
Yes, that WAS the plan for Equinox, Starine.
It was reported so BEFORE he won the Dubai Sheema Classic.
https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/arti ... r-equinox/
“There are quite attractive races at home, such as the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and the Japan Cup,” said Yonemoto. “However, I think the Breeders' Cup Turf is an attractive option. It is important for him to do well here if we are to travel again but I think the Breeders' Cup would be better than the Arc, especially with the ground.”
But.... AFTER he won the Dubai Sheema Classic, his connections keep silent about his plan for the second half of this year.
And we know the fact that the Dubai Sheema Classic winner will receive a two million US dollars bonus if he/she wins the Japan Cup subsequently.
That's the way many fans in Japan now feel that Equinox is more likely to run in the Japan Cup at Tokyo on Nov 26th even if he really has a lot of options ahead of him. Last year, he won the Tenno Sho Autumn and the Arima Kinen, but he didn't run in the Japan Cup, either.
The other key point for predicting Japanese top horses itineraries is that both Equinox and Liberty Island are owned by Katsumi Yoshida and his affiliates. So the clash of the titans could be a bit less likely than it may seem to be, if Katsumi Yoshida is a great business person.
Equinox will have to be a very popular stallion standing at Shadai Stallion Station with the best possible CV.
Anyway.. let’s first see what Equinox does in the Takarazuka Kinen June 25th.
His connections will give us more hints after that!!
