Formation

(WED) March 11th, 2026

8:37 p.m. The other thing that made it hard to call Nakayama Hinba Stakes was the formation. I guessed either Erika Express or Lesedrama would take the lead since they'd drawn outer posts, while Nishino Tiamo would go up front for the same reason. If things had played out as I had assumed, I thought the horses would form a tightly packed formation, which would make it difficult for inner post drawers to beak away from the group.

The problem was that I couldn't be sure about my assumption. But well, you never could be sure about how the race might unfold as unfortunately I'm not born with some special talent to forsee the future. So I guess I shouldn't blame myself too much about it. What I can improve, though is to be more careful. After all, I knew that the track condition would largely benefit the inner post drawers, so I should have paid more attention to the inner post drawers. Especially to horses like Beyond the Valley previously running in a dirt G1, which became a perfect pep race, or Ethelfleda, a Nakayama specialist carrying lighter weight.

The End

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