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Good Enough Reason

(THU) March 19th, 2019

8:57 p.m. Entry for the weekend races have been closed today. Hanshin Dai-shoten has been settled to run with only 10 horses while the place/show rate for the most favored in win odds is 70%. Isn't that a good enough reason for me to lose interest in the race?

Flower Cup on the otherhand, is running with 16 horses. I've already typed in the necessary data as I unexpectedly had some time, thanks to my client who cancelled our zoom meeting with short notice. It was then I realized that there were quite a few front runners in Flower Cup. Basically, I believe the pace won't get tight as we've seen in the past Nakayama 1800m grade races held this month. However, we might see a tight-lapped race like the year 2020 depending on how the front runners are lined up after the barrier draw. Guess I should stay on the alert.

The End

Caterpillar

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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 March

  • March 20nd (FRI)
  • Vernal Equinox 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.