Caterpillar's Murmur
Last Year's
(TUE) March 25th, 2025
8:25 p.m. Looking back on last year's Takamatsuno-miya Kinen. It ran at an unexpectedly leisurely pace. Japanese sprint G1s rarely runs slower than average. Why did the pace lag then, in the first place? There were front runners like T M Spada, Mozu Meimei, and Win Carnelian so the pace could have been much faster. But it didn't turn out that way, why?
I don't blame Mozu Mei Mei and Win Carnelian as they were shortening the distance from 7 furlongs and a mile race, respectively. Horses tend to drop their positions when they shorten the distance, so it's natural for the formentioned two horses not being able to take the lead. What happened to T M Spada? If she didn't take the lead, who woulld?
Vicor the Winner (from Hong Kong)! No wonder. T M Spada was apparently over her prime, and it looks like she had a bad start as well. I'll check out the video tomorrow.
The End
Caterpillar