On the Good Side

(MON) February 9th, 2026

9:06 p.m. Thanks to the snow, I spent a sleepless night. It was too cold to sleep with the snow on the roof cooling the air in my bedroom as though I was in a freezer, and I recalled in my shallow sleep that cold air travels downward. As I was both cold as well as sleep-deprived, I wished that my client would cancell the meeting scheduled today as she often does, but then she somehow had a sudden change of mind to have the meeting, today of all days. As a result, I didn't get to have the time to think over my decisions for Tokyo Shinbun-hai. Well, that might turn out on the good side, though.

Checking the track condition measured today. JRA says Tokyo's turf condition to be good, cushion value 9.9, which is slightly to the firm side, moisture content before the finish line 13.5%, forth (last) corner 13.2%. They were all measured around 2 p.m. this afternoon and as we still have time before the race actually runs tomorrow afternoon, it's likely for the moisture to drop a bit more to recover the fast track condition.

This may be off topic, but it wa also announced at JRA website that they'd sprayed antifreeze on the dirt course (Tokyo) yesterday, just for your information.

The End

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