THE JAPAN CUP
The Japan Dirt Cup with lots of excitement and give away a very good program line up for the day and a purse of $1.5 million up for grab 14 horses to go to the gate for this 9 furlong race and they all looking well. so take out your family for a fun day at the track. now lets take a look at the runners.
# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 1 POWERFUL BREW CAN 3M appower MJ Kelly 26/1
Powerful Brew won good last time out going 8.5 furlong in the South Bend Derby with speed figure of 112. and with that win he has made it a double. Venture to Japan for the first time going 9 furlong but does not seem to relish the distant well and that could be a factor for him here. Owned and Trained by the Appower stable and is working well at exercise is 6 from 10 starts and with a much better jockey in the saddle now will find a share of the purse.
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# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 2 SAM THE SLAYER KY 4M fairhaven4 K Banner 9/1
Sam The Slayer A very good Colt who as won a lot of Allowance races to date. As finally won a Stakes race when he won the Wonderboy Cougar Dirt then stepped up in class to finish 3rd in a G3 race by only 2 1/4L . Then he went to New York and put down a big performance to finish second by 2 1/4L. then he went to New Jersey and ran second to Going Strong by 2 1/4L. was a beaten horse in the Breeder’s Bowl Classic and finish last by 10 3/4L is fit and will make a brave run here.
# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 3 BUFFALO IMPACT JPN 4M gblade J Wilson 13/1
Buffalo Impact was beaten in his last two outing and finish out of the frame in the Jockey Guild Gold Cup and the Breeder’s Bowl Classic. Yet to win a Grade one race after six try but manage to win a Grade two the Saints Handicap by 1L. He has been knocking at the door in G1 company and could only manage to run third on two occasion in the Hit Me handicap and the Bob Woodward Memorial. he is still in good shape and could run a big one this time around.
# Horse…………………………. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 4 DEATH BY DRACARYS KY 4M given12 T Small 10/1
Death By Dracarys A 4yo colt who is owned and trained by Given as done well to win the Hit Me Handicap going 9 furlong to just get up in time to snatch victory from Rucio Moro went to California to run in the GoodyGood and 4 1/2 adrift into 8 position. presenting well fit in the Breeder’s Bowl Classic and was well beaten going 10 furlong did not find this trip suitable and now back at where he is belong going to give a good account of him self.
# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 5 PRINCESS LEVER KY 4F cencall1 V Gray 10/1
Princess Lever this is a very big big horse the one i like. know how to win bouncing back from a lost in the Three Smokestacks Stakes to win the Breeder’s Bowl Distaff by a 1 3/4L at odd 8/1. she has done well so far in her career with 10 wins from 19 starts is out of AWESOME AGAIN x A.P. INDY x STORM CAT and train by Cencall is going to be hard to beat and now that the breeder’s cup is behind her it is now to turn over a new page. and at odds of 10/1 thats a good return for my money.
# Horse………………………. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 6 ANDREW’S IMPACT JPN 5M montana10 M Scott 9/1
Andrew’s Impact A home bred who won twice at home and looking to win his first Graded race for 2016 but as it all to do here. was a winner Western Ocean Ca Classic and the Jockey Guild Gold Cup last year. but not seem to in the best of form now and will have to do better here.
# Horse………………………… Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 7 BROKEN BOULEVARD KY 4M mastermbp K Ledwith 5/1
Broken Boulevard Come in here as the favorite at 5/1 he has not make hie mark yet among the top class horses and i cant see him winning here. winning the Bull Durham last time out with a very good speed figure in a 14 horse field and won by 2L is on a hatrick right now and very fit what can i say about trainer Mastermbphe knows his horse and know what he can do. so let hope for the best.
# Horse………………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 8 NOCONGRATSNEEDED KY 4M willyam14 W Kewmwa 9/1
Nocongratsneeded out of CONGRATS x EMPIRE MAKER x MEDAGLIA D’ORO and owned and trained by the Willyam stable was second last year by 2 1/2L to RUCIO MORO at odds 13.11 and made a bold bid from infront but fail to stay on. is back here and looking to recover all he lost. only won one race so far this year was second to FREEDOM TOUR in the GoodyGood by a neck. but fail to give off a spark in the Breeder’s Bowl Dirt Mile and finish 8th by 5 1/2L. so trainer Willyam has to go back to the drawing board to correct this one is fit now and will hard to denied this time around.
# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 9 STORMCLAW KY 4M jmd510 H Desitter 16/1
StormClaw Start off the year with a bang when winning the G3 Gallant Socks Handicap with a smashing performance to win by 4 1/2L very easy. but lost his way then came back and went to China to run in a $37.500 Allowance race where he won by 2L but lost in the equinics and finish badly by 14 1/2L thats a sign a trainer do not want to see. so rested for a month and went to Sweden and ran in a G3 event and ran out a easy winner there with speed of 119. now trying once again in a G1 race to see if he can get some respect. but i think he still as to wait.
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# 10 VOLUMINOUS JPN 4M newarkde M Kelly 8/1
Voluminous Winner of the Breeder’s Bowl Classic who just last home to finish by a head with speed of 118. and this is his second G1 win for the season. out of the dam EXCELSIS DEO and Sire Deep Impact this 4yo colt is in top shape and peak at the right time. was 6th in the GoodyGood, western Ocean Classic and the movieland Shiny Cup. has 8 win from 19 starts and this looking to be the start of good things to come and should be where it matter most at the end.
# Horse……………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 11 FAKE HONEYMOON KY 4M lennyelite L Radzinski 6/1
Fake Honeymoon The second choice in the early morning line up at 6/1. was third in the BBC BY 2 1/2L with a 116 speed figure, won it last year and to come back and run a race like that mean he still got what it takes.won the Movieland Shiny Cup and the 10 furlong Equinics is back to try and capture the Japan Dirt a race that he lost last year so he is coming back for revenge.
# Horse…………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 12 LATENT IMAGE JPN 4M mrxrayz7 T Ace 7/1
Latent Image A useful horse who have his ups and down, yet to win a G1 race so far but was a good second to RIVER OF DOUBT in the Breeder’s Bowl Dirt by a 1/2L with speed of 117 out of the dam GINGIVITIS and trained by Mrxrayz who yet to see his best performance. you could see him sit just off the leaders and make his move with 3 furlong from home to fight out the finish.
# Horse…………………………….. Bred….. A/S…….Owner…………Jockey…….Odds
# 13 COMMAND N CONTROL KY 3M blankpoin6 M Clooch 19/1
Command N Control A 3yo Roan Colt out of the stable of Blankpion as only add one G1 race to his name so far. now taking on older horses for the second time in his career and has it all to do was a beaten horse last time out with jockey M. clooch and his trainer has ask him to pilot this one again is fit and ready we will just have to wait and see what he can do.
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# 14 THE GREY WARDEN ENG 3G thethumb Z Kentucky 22/1
The Grey warden A 3yo gelding who ran some very useful race at the moment is looking real sharp going 9 furlong which look to be his best trip. was second after gelded in the Stolen the night by 23/4L has 5 win from 14 starts at 22/1 should not leave him out of your calculation.
My pick 5 to win