To Blow Off Some Steam

(MON) March 2nd, 2026

9:22 p.m. I'm not happy with yesterday's result even though it was my first win this season. Luckily, there's Nakayama Hinba Stakes this week although it's on Saturday. It should be a perfect race to blow off some steam, only if I could win it because Nakayama Hinba is run on Nakayama turf 1800m. As anyone can see, it's run on the same course in the same distance as Nakayama Kinen, which means that I might have a better shot at winning right after I've won Nakayama Kinen.

I think I don't need to change my approach from the way I called Nakayama Kinen. It could be said that basically, Nakayama Hinba also gives advantage to inner post drawers and front runners just like Nakayama Kinen. There is one thing however, that I realized after Nakayama Kinen. In order to perform well under the conditions of current Nakayama turf 1800m, horses not only need initial velocity to get good positions up front, but also need enough speed (and power) to keep the position so that they could take over the runaway on the short homestretch.

The End

Caterpillar