Sprinters Stakes (Group 1) S1-1 3:40 P.M
2:40 P.M. HK TIME (2.10.2011) Sprinters Stakes (Group 1) S1-1 3:40 P.M. LOCAL TIME 7th Leg of Global Sprint Challenge (2.10.2011) Nakayama Racecourse - Turf Track - 1200 Metres (Right-handed) For 3 years old and upwards. Weights: 3yo 121lb; 4yo+ 126lb. Allowances: fillies and mares about 4.4lb; Southern Hemisphere bred foaled in 2008 about 2.2lb. Total Prize Money (JPY) ¥197,600,000 1st ¥95,000,000, 2nd ¥38,000,000, 3rd ¥24,000,000, 4th ¥14,000,000, 5th ¥9,500,000, 6th ¥6,650,000, 7th ¥5,700,000, 8th ¥4,750,000. (16 Starters) Overseas Expert Column by Naohiro Goda Both LUCKY NINE and GREEN BIRDIE ran as well as I expected in the G2 Centaur Stakes at Hanshin on 11 September. Both came out of the race well and moved from Hanshin to Nakayama Racecourse on 14 September. It was an uneventful trip even though it took nine hours and five minutes by horse van, and they have settled very well in the barn area at Nakayama Racecourse. LUCKY NINE, second in the Centaur Stakes, and GREEN BIRDIE, who was demoted from 4th in the same race to 14th in the stewards’ room, were lightly breezed for 800m on the grass course at Nakayama on 23 September. They were given another breeze on the same course on 27 September. Both Hong Kong raiders look to be happy and are enjoying their time in Japan, and I believe they are ready to produce their best form on 2 October.
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