Why That Happens

(THU) March 12th, 2026

9:17 p.m. If the weather stays as predicted by the forecasts, it's likely that we'd go without rain this weekend. Nevertheless, I tink the fundamentals of Nakayama turf 1800m won't change, so I should carve it down in my memory. Additionally, Spring Stakes is a step race for Satsuki-sho and will be limited to 3-year-olds therefore, I don't have to worry about which horse carries lighter weight. What I should focus on are the pace, the possible formation, the track condition including whether it's biased, and which horses would benefit from these already mentioned factors as well as the barrier draw.

Entry has been closed and 16 horses will be running this year's Spring Stakes. Crepuscular's expected win odds has slightly dropped to 2.0, though I'm still not sure why that happens while Ask Edinburgh, the third place wnner in Hopeful Stakes (G1!) or Teruhiko finishing in fourth place only 2-lenghts behind Peintre Naif in Tokyo Sports-hai are also entered.

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