All 4 international runners (Benbaun included) withdrawn from the Centaur Stakes (G2, Sept. 14th).
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Sprinter's Stakes update..... Sacred Kingdom and Les Arcs still probable, Benbaun, Tax Free, Enticing and S Secret withdrawn from consideration (G1, Sunday Oct. 5th).
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For anyone who doesn't know (and who cares), changes to the Japan Cup, Japan Cup Dirt schedule, locations, etc. It's all here (and is a very short read).
http://japanracing.jp/jai/index.html
Automatic invitations... winner(s) of the King George, the Arc, the Grosser Preis von Baden and the Irish Champion.
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This weekend...
I'll Love Again / Pink Cameo / Peer Gynt in the Keeneland Cup and I'll just go with Chosan for the win in the Niigata Kinen.
Come home safe kids.
SAPPORO 9R
THE KEENELAND CUP
August 31, 2008, 1200m, Turf
1 1 King's Trail(JPN) H6 56.0 Sunday Silence
Santa Fe Trail Northern Taste
Happy Trails Hirofumi Shii
Kazuo Fujisawa Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
1 2 Kinshasa no Kiseki(AUS) H5 56.0 Fuji Kiseki
Keltshaan Pleasant Colony
Featherhill Yasunari Iwata
Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida
Arrowleave Joint Venture
2 3 Symboli Gran(IRE) H6 56.0 Grand Lodge
Valixa Linamix
Valira Shinji Fujita
Yoshihiro Hatakeyama Symboli Stud
Takahiro Wada
2 4 I'll Love Again(JPN) H6 56.0 El Condor Pasa
Tokio Reality Meadowlake
What a Reality Masami Matsuoka
Takahisa Tezuka Yomoji Saito
Northern Racing
3 5 Tanino Martini(JPN) H8 56.0 Warning
Tanino Mail Rivlia
Aromac Aster Shinichiro Akiyama
Hikozo Sugai Y.Tanimizu
Yuzo Tanimizu
3 6 Le Lupin Bleu(JPN) F3 51.0 Jungle Pocket
Gateau Chocolat Fuji Kiseki
Three Fairy Yuichi Kitamura
Katsumi Sakamoto Yoshie Iida
Chiyoda Farm Shizunai
4 7 Western Venus(JPN) M5 54.0 Boston Harbor
Western Sharp Sunday Silence
Musical Lark Hiroshi Gohara
Yasuhiro Suzuki Ken Nishikawa
Ken Nishikawa
4 8 Copano Fujin(JPN) H6 56.0 Hennessy
Wedding Berry Scan
Alghalih Ryuji Wada
Toru Miya Sachiaki Kobayashi
Yanagawa Bokujo
5 9 Mayano Tsurugi(JPN) C4 56.0 Jolie's Halo
Turf Tiffany Sakura Yutaka O
Fatima Norihiro Yokoyama
Shinobu Umeuchi Eiko Tadokoro
Murata Bokujo
5 10 Goshawk Ken(USA) C3 53.0 Bernstein
Allthewaybaby Grand Slam
Lustily Masaki Katsuura
Makoto Saito Nagako Fujita
Four Horsemen's Ranch
6 11 Sandalphon(JPN) H5 56.0 Sakura Bakushin O
Koyu Love Jade Robbery
Charm Tosho Yoshihiro Furukawa
Mikio Matsunaga North Hills Management Co. Ltd.
Kenji Takimoto
6 12 Tosho Courage(JPN) H6 56.0 Last Tycoon
Rose Tosho Sakura Bakushin O
Cornice Tosho Kenichi Ikezoe
Kaneo Ikezoe Tosho Sangyo
Tosho Sangyo Corporation Tosho Bokujo
7 13 B B Guldan(JPN) C4 56.0 Chief Bearhart
All the Chat Westminster
Rory's Helen Katsumi Ando
Masazo Ryoke Bando B.
Bando Bokujo
7 14 Premium Box(JPN) H5 56.0 Admire Vega
Chatterbox Targowice
Shadai Chatter Hideaki Miyuki
Hiroyuki Uehara Shadai Race H.
Shadai Farm
8 15 Peer Gynt(JPN) H6 57.0 Sunday Silence
Twinkle Bride Lyphard
Devil's Bride Yusuke Fujioka
Kojiro Hashiguchi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
8 16 Pink Cameo(JPN) F4 54.0 French Deputy
Silver Lane Silver Hawk
Strait Lane Kosei Miura
Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd.
Watership Down Stud
NIIGATA 11R
THE NIIGATA KINEN(G3)
August 31, 2008, 2000m, Turf
INT SD, Handicap, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 82,720,000 Yen
1 1 Black Cafe(JPN) H8 53.0 Sunday Silence
Admise Highest Honor
Admiration Masayoshi Ebina
Futoshi Kojima Koichi Nishikawa
Shadai Farm
1 2 Chosan(JPN) H6 58.0 Dance in the Dark
Stay Young Soccer Boy
My Profile Hiroyuki Uchida
Toshiaki Shimizu Naoyoshi Nagayama
Naoyoshi Nagayama
2 3 Daishin Grow(JPN) C4 56.0 Dance in the Dark
Koyu Love Jade Robbery
Charm Tosho Yuga Kawada
Hiroyoshi Matsuda Nobuyuki Oyagi
Kenji Takimoto
2 4 Mistral Cruise(JPN) H5 54.0 El Condor Pasa
Misty Dance Sunday Silence
Time to Dance Yoshitomi Shibata
Yasuhiro Suzuki Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Oiwake Farm
3 5 Tosho Scirocco(JPN) H5 55.0 Admire Vega
Spark Tosho Nippo Teio
River Fame Hatsuhiro Kowata
Yokichi Okubo Tosho Sangyo
Tosho Sangyo Corporation Tosho Bokujo
3 6 Battle Banyan(JPN) C4 56.0 Jungle Pocket
Crafty Wife Crafty Prospector
Wife Mistress Eiji Nakadate
Yasuo Ikee Yasushi Tsumura
Northern Farm
4 7 Meiner Kitz(JPN) H5 55.0 Chief Bearhart
Takara Kanna Soccer Boy
Crimson Rattler Hiroki Goto
Sakae Kunieda K.Thoroughbred Club Ruffian
Big Red Farm
4 8 Fusaichi Assort(JPN) C3 53.0 Twining
Earnest Desire Sunday Silence
Restoration Issei Murata
Takaki Iwato Fusaro Sekiguchi
Northern Farm
5 9 Miyabi Ranveli(JPN) H5 55.0 Opera House
Asteion Horisky
Peerless Lady Yutaka Yoshida
Keiji Kato Yoshikatsu Murakami
Takehisa Hara
5 10 Cosmo Platina(JPN) M5 52.0 Stay Gold
Grace Maria Groom Dancer
Miho Grace Syu Ishibashi
Toru Miya Big Red Farm
Arai Farm
6 11 Arco Senora(JPN) F4 52.0 Stay Gold
Siren Mogambo
Joie de Soir Tomoharu Bushizawa
Shigenori Hatakeyama Masakatsu Nakamura
Hatakeyama Stud Farm
6 12 Tamamo Support(JPN) H5 56.0 Tamamo Cross
Answer Me Jolie's Halo
Himiko Akihide Tsumura
Kenichi Fujioka Tamamo K.
Tamamo Co. Ltd.
7 13 Yamanin Alabaster(JPN) M7 54.0 Golden Pheasant
Yamanin Recall Tamamo Cross
Yamanin Kagero Teruo Eda
Shinobu Hoshino H.Doi
Nishikioka Farm
7 14 School Boy(JPN) H8 49.0 Fusaichi Concorde
Uto Gabby Tosho Boy
Goshu Tholon Naoto Ito
Tsuneyasu Kobayashi S.Goto
Shigeki Goto
7 15 Catchy Title(JPN) M5 51.0 Opera House
Titled Rainbow Quest
Her Ladyship Jiro Ono
Yasuhito Tamura Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Northern Farm
8 16 Sanrei Jasper(JPN) M6 54.0 Misuzu Chardon
San Lake Queen Cozzene
Lake Worth Tetsuzo Sato
Shigetada Takahashi Keiji Nagai
Keiji Nagai
8 17 Tosho Voice(JPN) H6 54.0 Last Tycoon
Aurora Tosho King Glorious
Camellia Tosho Katsuharu Tanaka
Satoru Kobiyama Tosho Sangyo
Tosho Sangyo Corporation Tosho Bokujo
8 18 Erimo Harrier(JPN) G8 57.5 Generous
Erimo Hustler Bravest Roman
Depgleef Koshiro Take
Hidetaka Tadokoro Toshiharu Yamamoto
Erimo Nojo