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2200m

(TUE) November 11th, 2025

9:14 p.m. Exhausted after work, also very sleepy so I'll leave a quick note on my analysis of Queen Elizabeth Cup.

The distance of this race 2200m seems to demand stamina since it's the longest distance race limited to 3 years old and over female horses, but maybe it's rather the property of the race which affects the highs and lows of the horses' performance. In other words, I think what's required is the potential or aptitude to perform well in a non-major distance such as 2200m, rather than the stamina.

Therefore, I'm thinking of checking out the past high-performers' achievements in non-major distances like 1800m or 1400m, along with their performances on courses with long straights.

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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?

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Holidays of November

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Cream Anmitsu

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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.