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1 Min. 7 Seconds Range

(MON) March 23rd, 2019

8:41 p.m. So, Takamatsu-no Miya Kinen.

It may be too early to worry about the weather as well as the track condition since the race is still days away, but this race has been hit by rain quite often. As a matter of fact, Takamatsu-no Miya Kinen has been run on soft or even muddy tracks six times in the past 10 years.

Because thee forecast is unreliable at this moment, I checked last week's Chukyo turf confdition to grasp what it might be like. It looks like the track condition is pretty good and Aichi-hai (G3) 1400m recorded 1 min. 19.6 seconds for the winner, Ai Sansan. Following that, I assume Takamatsu-no Miya Kinen would finish in the 1 min. 7 sconds range if the track is dry and firm.

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