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2022.09.16
■ King’s Palace
[Intermediate training]In the Principal Stakes in May, which was challenged immediately following winning an undefeated victory, he finished 2nd by half a horse length at the end of the big outside rush. He was one step away from entering the festival. After that, he won the one-win class, which was mixed with old horses. The summertime is spent on grazing for rest and growth, and in the fall, the blueprint to start from the Centlight Memorial was drawn early, and on August 17th, it returned to Miura. Masami Matsuoka jockeyed immediately following Wood chasing on the 25th, which was his first clock, and showed a good reaction at the end. Since then, every week Matsuoka jockey shows how enthusiastic he is riding, and the horse responds with strong growth. The one-week-ahead chasing was unbeaten from the outside, and when he lined up his body in a straight line, he stretched further with the final trick and achieved the first arrival of half a horse length.
[Final chase]Matsuoka jockey is also riding in the final chase, and the same horse that has not won the obstacles in the past two weeks in the wood. This week, Kuragami was even more fired up than last week, and the horses responded well to this, making it the first runner-up by two lengths.
[Opinion]The first victory was Nakayama, but the last two races were on the Tokyo course. In order to polish the important corner work at Nakayama, which is once once more considered “tricky”, jockey Matsuoka has been making adjustments to the outside for three consecutive weeks. Even though he was just finishing up with the final chase, he didn’t feel any anxiety regarding his physical condition following putting a heavy load on him. Last week, Kurakami adjusted the Kurino Premium in the Keisei Hai AH with an exquisite amount of adjustment, leading to a good 3rd place run. Will this horse produce results this week?
Comprehensive evaluation “A”
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