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Caterpillar's Murmur

Pretty Difficult

(THU) April 24th, 2025

7:37 p.m. The entry for the weekend's races have been closed and Yomiuri Milers' Cup this year will run with only 10 horses as I feared. It feels so lonely. I checked to see if there were times when this race had been run with such a small field of horses and found out that there actually were.

There were three times in the past 10 years when this race was run with less than 12 horses, 2017, 2019, and 2020. I wonder if it was sheer coincidence that the race was run at a slow pace in all of these three years?

Hmmm, this is pretty difficult. Epecially when most horses haven't performed well in their previous races. Well, I'll wait till the barrier draw and see if it could help me in any way.

The End

Caterpillar

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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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