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I Apologize, Regaleira

(SUN) November 16th, 2025

8:30 p.m. I apologize, Regaleira. I underestimated you.

Lynx Tip did go up front as I feared. But the pace settled at a slightly slow average, thanks to Erika Express. The lengthwise lineup of the horses gave room to Regaleira, which allowed the Grand Prix female horse to top her career with another crown.

Since I thought that the 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds were unreliable, I schemed to key a 6-year-old and failed. I should have keyed Lilac who has performed well in Queen Elizabeth Cup, rather than a dark horse like Kana Tape challenging G1 for the first time.

The End

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Pocketchange
Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

Holidays

Holidays of November

  • November 3rd (MON)
  • Culture Day
  • November 24th (MON)
  • Makeup Holiday for Labor Day

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.