Perhaps The Most Impressive In The Build-up To The Race Has Been Us Raider Chublicious. Shrugging Off The Marathon Journey From The States “he Shipped In Very Well”, Trainer Ron Faucheux Noted At Thursday’s Barrier Draw The Seven-year-old Gelding Has Cut A Striking Figure At Trackwork Each Morning And With Very Solid Dirt Form In The Us Is Now Set To Begin As One Of The Favourites For Sunday’s Race. He’ll Come Out Of Gate 12, One Inside Of Fight Hero.
Although Doing Most Of His Riding At Busan, Fujii Rode The Winners Of Numerous Big Races At Seoul Including The Korean Derby And Grand Prix Stakes. Since Leaving, He Has Become Something Of A Go-to Man For Japanese Trainers Bringing Their Horses To Korea For International Races.
This Year, Fujii Will Partner Japan’s Sole Representative Moanin In The Sprint. Forced To Change His Travel Plans After Typhoon Jebi Struck Japan’s Kansai Region, The Jockey Arrived A Day Later Than Planned But Having Sat On Moanin For The First Time On Thursday Morning, Was Confident Of His Chances Saying Moanin Gave Him “a Very Nice Feel”.
Like Korea’s Clean Up Joy In The Cup, A Fellow Difficult Starter, Hong Kong’s Fight Hero May Have Been Assigned The Outside Gate But That Doesn’t Mean His Chances Are Gone.
Indeed, The Past Two Runnings Of The Race Suggest Anything But With The Runners-up In Both 2016 And 2017 Having Emerged From Even Wider In Gate 14.
France’s King Malpic And Dubai-base Wild Dude Have Also Impressed In The Build-up To The Race And Neither Can Be Written Off. As For The Home Team, Today Got A Boost By Drawing Gate 2. He And Doraonpogyeongseon Look Like The Best Chances For The Host Nation.
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1st Graceful Leap ( Yutaka Take, Shinsuke Hashiguchi), 2nd Power Blade ( Francisco Da Silva, Kim Young Kwan), 3rd Doraonpogyeongseon ( Ham Wan Sik Min Jang Gi), 4th The Truth Or Else (Dylan Davis Kenneth McPeek), 5th Silver Wolf ( Yoo Seung-Wan, Song Moon Gil), 6th Perdido Pomeroy ( Lim Sung Sil, Mun Je Bok), 7th Open The Sky ( Jo In Kwen, Kim Young Kwan) , 8th Beolmaui Kkum ( Lee Hee-Cheon, Baik Kwang Yeol), 9th Zentenary ( Sebastiano Guerrieri, Seo In Seok), 10th Drop The Beat ( J-P Guillambert, An Woo Sung)
1.Perdido Pomeroy, 2.Today, 3.Zentenary, 4.Geuma Rapid, 5.Ace Korea, 6.Morning Daero, 7.Doraonpogyeongseon, 8 King Malpic, 9 Moanin, 10.Wonder Bolt, 11.Wild Dude, 12.Chublicious, 13.Fight Hero
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