Come-From-Behind Race

(TUE) March 24th, 2026

8:59 p.m. Takamatsu-no Miya Kinen is mainly a come-from-behind race. I've been losing this race year after year taking what the famous race callers say seriously, that the track bias decides whether the front runners hang in or closers take them over.

But looking at the race results of the past 10 years, I can now tell with confidence that Takamatsu-no Miya Kinen is a race for closers. There were times of course, when runaways finished above third place, though only twice. For these two years, the race was run on soft to muddy track condition, which advantages front runners. So unless it rains in Chukyo to soften the track this weekend, I'm pretty sure I could exclude the runaways.

Invncible Papa, Puro Magic, Fioraia are on the verge of being deleted from my list already.

The End

Caterpillar