Analysis

(MON) January 12th, 2026

7:47 p.m. Despite having no work today as it was a holiday, I had to visit my mom. I was reluctant as I knew what might happen and as I had guessed, there was an incident which made me come home as early as possible. I'm sick of family affairs. I feel terrible for wasting my precious day-off to miss Shinzan Kinen.

Just as yesterday's Fiary Stakes, Shinzan Kinen also seemed o have finished with a payout to some extent, especially the trifecta. The finish time 1 min. 33.4 seconds is an outstanding record for 3-year-olds, second fastest in the past ten years following 2021 when Pixie Knight won this race, though the race was held at Chukyo that year.

The stats of Kyoto turf announced by JRA shows how the turf track was dry and hard. That explains the fast finishng record. The last three furlongs seems to be taking slightly more time, which help the front runners to hang in. The inner part of the course still seems to be in relatively good condition preventing the trailers swinging the outside to sweep up to the top. Hopefully, my analysis would help this week.

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