Difficult Situation

(WED) March 18th, 2019

8:59 p.m. Another thing about Nakayama 1800m is slightly bothering me. It's the turf condition.

The A Course od Nakayama has been used for six days until last week, and the inner part of the turf course along the rail is getting damaged. As the finishing time of last week's Spring Stakes was 1 min. 46.0 seconds rather fast for a mile and a half, perhaps there's no need to worry. But the top four finishers all coming from behind were taking their positions on the outside of the course.

Additionally, Ask Edinburgh and Acrophase both had a European sireline that backs up their power as well as toughness, while Audacia and Sound Move both had European blood in their broodmare sire.

I need to be careful considering the possibility of track bias, though Flower Cup is held on Saturday and I have to face the problem of not being able to collect enough samples to grasp the trend. That's a difficult situation.

The End

Caterpillar