![]() M M MMB M M M M M M S rM 7M M M 8 MS MMMMM M MM M MMMMM ZM MSXM M MMZM:WM MM SM MWMM Mi a :MMMM MM XZ M Z7. The well-turned out Ryuji Wada has just reached his 20,000th ride in JRA races, with 1,428 wins, so it’s well worth keeping up appearances.M MMMMM M M Mi M2MMMM MMM MM MB7MMZM XMZMMBMa M. “A few years ago, Ryuji bought an iron, so now I have to iron them as well and it gives me extra work, but, like I say, I do want things to go smoothly for the riders,” she added. On wet days, when they get covered in mud, Iwata has to wash them with strong detergent, then put them in a washing machine before drying them. One of the jockeys she looks after is Ryuji Wada, and he’s quite meticulous about his riding breeches, apparently. ![]() It’s said that if a jockey wins the first race, the same saddle could be lucky for him winning the main race,” she says. “I want everything to go smoothly for the jockeys, and things need to be positive at all times rather than negative. Sakiko Iwata is now in her 17th year as a jockey’s valet and she takes great pride in doing her best to make everything as smooth as possible for the jockeys she works with, from preparing the saddle with whatever weights are necessary, to collecting the whip and other tack after a race. Take has won the race a record five times, including aboard the great Triple Crown winner, Deep Impact. And trainer Teruhiko Chida will be relying on the ‘Kikuka Sho otoko’, Yutaka Take, to use his great skill and experience to guide Yamanin Zest through the 3000-metre contest. Justin Palace is open to further improvement after his impressive win in the G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai last time. Lite Kinen but he has the pick of the classic form, having finished third in the Tokyo Yushun, and he likes nothing more than to be up with the pace, fighting out a final furlong finish. Lite Kinen winner Gaia Force is the big improver, and the striking grey by Kitasan Black – the 2015 Kikuka Sho hero – won’t be a big price on the day. The stage is therefore set for another colt to grab the headlines. Neither of those classic-winning colts will contest the season’s final classic, with both being aimed instead at other races this autumn: Do Deuce, bogged down in the Arc at Longchamp two and a half weeks ago, is aiming to notch a famous win in the G1 Japan Cup next month. The last piece of the jigsaw puzzle for this year’s Triple Crown races will be put in place at Hanshin on Sunday when a full field of 18 is likely to contest the G1 Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St Leger, but the Triple Crown dream perished in May when the G1 Satsuki Sho victor Geoglyph was beaten in the G1 Tokyo Yushun behind Do Deuce. ![]() (Photo by JRA)Īfter Stars On Earth’s somewhat unlucky defeat in last weekend’s Shuka Sho downed her Triple Tiara attempt, there will be no ‘Triple’ anything from the classic crop this year.
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