Ryan Moore in Tokyo

[wit]

for the curious, he’s ridden at three (fairly run-of-mill) Tokyo racedays so far (prize money in JPY):

Sat 8 Nov – one win (JPY 5m), two seconds (2 x 2.8m), a third (2.6m), and a fourth (2.7m)

Sun 9 Nov – one win (5m), one fourth (1.5m), one fifth (5.5m)

Sat 15 Nov – three wins (5m, 7m, 10m), one third (4.5m), one fifth (0.5m).

so across the three days he’s won JPY 56m in prize money, or approx GBP 305,000.

(standard prize money division = 10 per cent to jockey).

progress can be charted here:

http://japanracing.jp/en/information/jr … esult.html

[wit]

today, his fourth Tokyo raceday, has seen Ryan add three wins, four seconds, one third, and one ninth.

that adds another JPY 54.4m (GBP 298,000) to his prize-money haul.

the Japan Cup is on Sunday 30 November (JPY 250m [GBP 1.47m] to the winner):

http://japanracing.jp/en/information/ja … ml#content

[matrix]

He might be winning all this money, but is he happy????

[Kenh]

Monday evening at 10pm on BBC 5Live there is a 30 minute special on Ryan Moore.

[homersimpson]

Don’t tell Claude Duval. He seems to have an obsession about how much Mr Moore is worth

[wit]

with Nov 23 falling on a Sunday, Monday is the substitute Labour Thanksgiving public holiday and means an extra day’s racing.

Ryan had relatively quiet Saturday at Tokyo (2 wins, one third) for prizemoney of JPY 14.55m (GBP 78,000).

opted for Kyoto today where drew a blank but did get to say hello to Mr Buick who is currently based at the other training centre

[ Ryan is based at Miho:
http://japanracing.jp/en/jpn-racing/jra/center.html

tomorrow he’s back at Tokyo.

[wit]

Monday – two unplaced, then won the Group 3 feature for JPY 32.4m (GBP 175,000).

[Cav]

5Live did a Ryan Moore special last week. Includes an interview from Japan with the man himself.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5li … -2226a.mp3

[gamble]

Tryin Moore is a good name for a jock
and he has had the experience of all
these good horses.

He was born in Brighton
so is guaranteed a good pair of lungs

Leg action is fine but
I have always argued that Henry Moore
had the better hands though
and his Derby win
represented in the
Victoria and Albert
still makes me gooey
to the looey

[wit]

Horse Racing in Japan 2014:

http://japanracing.jp/en/jpn-racing/guide/index.html

>> Modern horse racing in Japan had its beginnings in racing events that were organised by foreign residents of Yokohama in 1862….predominantly British….<<

>> Jockeys:

After their mounts have been declared on the day before the race, jockeys are obliged to remain in the jockeys’ quarters or jockey’s room until they mount their assigned horses.

These facilities are at racecourses, or training centers, and are equipped so that jockeys can prepare themselves mentally and physically to demonstrate their utmost abilities during races.

Furthermore, having jockeys under supervised custody in these facilities from the time their mounts have been declared until after a race has finished also has the merit of preventing undesirable incidents that might affect race outcomes. <<

2013

(figures in Euros):
betting turnover:
GB – 12.4 billion
JPN – 19.0 billion

total prize money:
GB – 137 million
JPN – 572 million

total number of flat and jump races:
GB – 10,146 across 58 courses
JPN – 16,122 across 25 courses

total number of societies organising racing:
GB – 1
JPN – 16

http://www.horseracingintfed.com/defaul … country=14

[wit]

relatively quiet Saturday sees one win and a few placings for total prize-money of JPY 15m (GBP 80k).

of more interest ahead of tomorrow’s Japan Cup is that the rains have come, with the dirt course today riding Muddy and the turf riding Good.

[wit]

Gentildonna manages only fourth in Japan Cup, adding JPY 38m to some relative loose change (JPY 3.8m) earlier in the day.

(Soumillon easily takes the JPY 250m first prize).

video here:

http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/overseas/ … 41130/S1/1

or for the purist here:

http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o … 50911&ua=4

Trading Leather can be seen pulling up just before the straight after suffering what proved to be a fatal fracture.

[wit]

at Chukyo racecourse this weekend:

http://japanracing.jp/en/go-racing/jra- … index.html

winning three races on Saturday and four today (though only eighth in the G1 Champions Cup).

with also a few placings, prize-money for Saturday was JPY 29.4m (GBP 155k) and for Sunday JPY 37m (GBP 195k).

rides in HK this Wednesday and Sunday.

[wit]

relatively quiet night for Ryan at Happy Valley, winning on only one of his five rides, in an 80-60 handicap:

http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/video/pla … 8&lang=eng

http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/Info/Meet … 41210/HV/8

for prize money of HKD 725,000 (GBP 60,000), divided 70pc to owner, 10pc to trainer, 10pc to jockey, 10pc to stable.

this was the fourth and final leg of the International Jockey Championship, which was taken out by Japanese ace Yuichi Fukunaga with two wins:

http://campaign.hkjc.com/en/2014-hkir/r … ockey.aspx

[wit]

after drawing a blank in HK last Sunday, Ryan rode out his short-term Japanese licence this weekend.

yesterday at Chukyo – three wins and a third brought prize money of JPY 34.17 million (GBP 182k)

today at Hanshin – one win, two second, two thirds for JPY 23.8 million (GBP 127k).

there is no Japanese for Merry Christmas, other than

http://japanese.about.com/library/media … sumasu.mp3

[Glenn]

メリー・クリスマス・ウィット

[wit]

聖誕快樂,格倫

(it is telling that the Japanese went for the kana when this was readily available for kanji)

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