Singapore mare Jolie's Shinju will be the first international horse to arrive for the spring carnival when she touches down in Melbourne on Saturday.

Trained by Hideyuki Takaoka, the five-year-old has an outstanding record and has won her last four starts including the Group One Singapore Derby (2000m) and Group One Patron's Bowl (1400m).

From 19 starts, Jolie's Shinju has amassed nine wins and six placings for prizemoney in excess of $1.27 million.

Jolie's Shinju will be prepared for the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 12 and has been nominated for the three major features of the carnival - the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Her regular rider, expatriate Australian Ronnie Stewart, will gain experience around the tricky Moonee Valley circuit on Saturday with three rides including the Bernie Howlett-trained Macknuckle in the SAJ Cater Care Group Hcp (1519m).

Meanwhile, TAB Sportsbet has left overnight runner-up in the Ebor Handicap (2800m) at York in England, Changingoftheguard from the Aidan O'Brien stable, at $17 for the Melbourne Cup.

Dermot Weld's Profound Beauty, fifth in the Cup last year, remains the early $13 favourite ahead of 2008 third placegetter C'Est La Guerre at $15.

Changingoftheguard shares the third line of betting with last year's winner Viewed, 2007 winner Efficient, dual Derby winner Rebel Raider and AJC Australian Derby winner Roman Emperor.

Warringah, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, firmed from $41 to $31 for the Melbourne Cup following his fifth to Sesenta in the Ebor.

明試滿利谷作準備 :lll: :lll:

騎師同馬都係:fff::fff:

期待一個用大逃一個用大差 :fff: :fff:

Takaoka said the plan was to give Jolie’s Shinju another gallop at Sandown on Saturday before taking her to Moonee Valley next Tuesday to familiarise herself with the tricky circuit.

“We will take her to Moonee Valley on Tuesday just to have a look at the track,” said Takaoka. “It will be a new place for her and the float trip will be added experience.

“She will then have her final gallop for her race on Saturday back out at Sandown on Wednesday morning.”

Plans are still undecided as to whether Jolie’s Shinju will have another start between the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes and the Cox Plate, however a new race has been added to Jolie’s Shinju’s schedule following her Cox Plate attempt.

The Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup over 2200m, restricted to Fillies and Mares at Kyoto, a right handed track, in Japan on November 15 is now on the cards.

“It is a race that that should suit her and there are no problems with quarantine,” said Takaoka.

The trainer will head back down to Melbourne next Monday to supervise the final stages of Jolie’s Shinju preparation for the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes and will be joined by the mare’s regular rider Ronnie Stewart, who will fly down on Sunday night.

Stewart was recently in Melbourne and rode at the Moonee Valley meeting on August 22.

“The track has a lot of character about it,” said Stewart. “It was the first time I have ridden the track and it was very beneficial to have the experience.

“I’ve watched thousands of races on the television from Moonee Valley over the years and watched the Cox Plate since I was a 10 year-old, but it’s totally different riding there.”

Stewart said the undulations in the track shouldn’t bother Jolie’s Shinju and the tight turning track would suit her style of racing.

Moonee Valley is just 1805m in circumference with a straight of 173m. There is a downhill run from the 1600m start of the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes to the first turn around the 1200m mark and then the track rises 5.05m from the 800m to the winning post.

“If I have one worry it is that she may go a bit hard down the hill to the first turn, but she will pull her way up the rise without having to be pushed along.

“I’m really looking forward to getting back to Melbourne and getting on her in a race again.”


現時佐麗神珠在星期六作最後操練..
練馬師都會考慮跑完 Cox Plane 後,轉戰日本的伊女..

請問馬匹血統 :fff: :fff:

父系 : Jolie's Halo

http://db.netkeiba.com/horse/2005106432/

Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. 1600m. Group 2. A$500,000. Weight-For-Age.
No.	Horse	Trainer	Rating
1	BAUGHURST	Bill & Symon Wilde	106
2	DANDAAD (NZ)	Bart Cummings	82
3	EFFICIENT (NZ)	John Sadler	119
4	EL SEGUNDO (NZ)	Colin Little	117
5	JOLIE'S SHINJU (JPN)	Hideyuki Takaoka	112
6	MAGICAL PEARL	Dennis O'Leary	101
7	MAJESTICAL (NZ)	Greg Eurell	100
8	MENTALITY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	112
9	MIC MAC	Greg Eurell	110
10	PRECEDENCE (NZ)	Bart Cummings	88
11	SCENIC FIND	Len Xuereb	82
12	SEA BATTLE	Mark Kavanagh	110
13	TEARS I CRY	Anne McGrath	100
14	VALEDICTUM	Danny O'Brien	105
15	VISION AND POWER (NZ)	Joseph Pride	115
16	WHOBEGOTYOU	Mark Kavanagh	112
17	ZIPPING	John Sadler	114

睇報名名單..有 Mic Mac,Whobegotyou,Zipping,El Segundo,Efficient..陣容都唔錯:yyy:

Mic Mac 出硬， Whobegotyou 應該出下星期木下錦標

Further afield from the Cox Plate, Dr Tan is looking at Jolie’s Shinju heading to Japan to contest the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup, a race restricted to fillies and mare over 2200m on November 15.

Jolie’s Shinju has a companion with her in the quarantine complex at Sandown, one of trainer Len Treloar’s old racehorses Classic Secret, with the pair becoming almost inseparable.

“It hasn’t been cheap,” said Dr Tan of the excursion to Melbourne. “But we are here for the glory if not for the gold.

“If you do win then you get your money back.

“There are two important races for her. One is the Cox Plate, which has always been our aim, and the second one is the race in Japan.

“The Japanese connections are very keen to see her race there. I think that with it coming very soon after the Cox Plate, we think she can make it and we are sparing no expense.

“In fact if she goes for the trip to Japan then we will have to bring her mate with her. She is so attached to him now, that even when they don’t see each other they start pining for one another.”

看來真係有心跑伊女:lll:

Singapore Derby winner Jolie’s Shinju is set to continue her Melbourne campaign at Moonee Valley next week.

Following her pleasing third behind Whobegotyou and Mic Mac in the Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes over 1600m last Saturday, connections felt the mare needed another run before a tilt at her ultimate goal of the Group 1 A$3million Tatts Cox Plate over 2040m at Moonee Valley on October 24.

Jolie’s Shinju will line-up in the Listed A$101,000 JRA Cup, a quality handicap over 2040m on September 25. The other option for the mare was to run in the Group 1 A$353,000 Toorak Handicap over 1600m at Caulfield on October 10.

However Australian quarantine regulations would have meant Jolie’s Shinju moving from her present stabling at Sandown to a makeshift quarantine centre on the other side of the course had the Toorak Handicap been the preferred option.

European gallopers will arrive in Melbourne on September 26 for the Group 1 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, meaning Jolie’s Shinju will have to start her quarantine stint again if she remains in the same stable complex she is currently in, the preferred option of trainer Hideyuki Takaoka.

Hippocrates Stable managing owner Dr Tan Kai Chah said the decision to give Jolie’s Shinju another race before the Cox Plate was to have the mare at the peak of fitness for the race.

“We felt that it was best for Jolie’s Shinju to have another race before the Cox Plate,” said Dr Tan.

“We have decided to go for the JRA Cup. The other option was the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield, but we felt the JRA Cup was a better for her.

“It will give Jolie’s Shinju some more experience at Moonee Valley and it will also give her a look at the Cox Plate distance.”

Dr Tan said he was interested in the fact that Whobegotyou will be backing from his success in last week’s Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes and will be lining-up in the Group 1 A$352,000 Underwood Stakes over 1800m at Caulfield on Saturday.

It was originally intended that Jolie’s Shinju would go straight into the Cox Plate without another race, but the six week break between races and the fact that the majority of the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes contestants will race again before the Cox Plate was an influencing factor.

“It looks like Whobegotyou could have another two starts before the Cox Plate,” said Dr Tan. “We felt that to aid Jolie’s Shinju’s fitness that she should have another start.

“She needs to go into the Cox Plate right at the top of her game. We were encouraged by her run in the Dato Tan Chin Nam and with another run in the JRA Cup it should bring her right to her top.”

Takaoka reported Jolie’s Shinju had pulled up well despite having a “good blow” after the race.

“We will increase her work slowly over the next few days and she will have a gallop at Sandown next Tuesday leading up to the JRA Cup,” said Takaoka.

Jockey Ronnie Stewart said on reflection that he took a lot of heart from Jolie’s Shinju third placing last week.

“She’s going to derive a lot of benefit both fitness wise and from the experience of racing at Moonee Valley,” said Stewart.

“She got to the turn at the 800m and wanted to quicken, just as she does here when she turns for home

“But there was no winning post and coming around the hometurn she got a bit lost. The other two horses went by her but she rallied again.

“She’s going to get a lot of benefit from the run and I’m looking forward to her next runs with some confidence.”

佐麗神珠幕後有意再畀隻馬跑多場熱身賽..
有兩個選擇..
第一個選擇會係Handicap 表列賽 JRA Cup..9月25日在滿利谷跑2040米
至於另一個選擇會係考菲爾德的杜勒讓賽..

馬主決定畀佐麗神珠跑 JRA Cup..可增加隻馬對於滿利谷馬場的經驗,而且嘗試適應 Cox Plate 的路程..

原本馬主決定直行..但六星期的空檔..以及 Whobegotyou 會有一至兩場熱身.故此改變決定..希望令隻馬達至最佳狀態..

練馬師表示將會在下星期二Sandown 進行 Gallop...

P.S.  Whobegotyou 在星期六舉行的木下錦標決定左配搭..會配羅達

佐麗神珠決定在星期五晚出戰表列賽 JRA Cup(2040米)..作為熱身..

暫時有29隻報名..最重磅果隻叫 Zipping:tttt:

而第二輪在星期二都公佈..
外國馬參與 Cox Plate 只有三隻..包括佐麗神珠,Crime Scene,Kirklees..

至於Caulfield Cup 方面..有5隻外國馬..分別來自 Suroor 同 Cumani 馬房
Suroor 有三隻,分別係 Crime Scene,Kirklees,Sugar Ray
至於 Cumani 方面..就有 Basaltico 同埋 Cima De Triomphe

岳禮華又有得揀馬 ,  Basaltico 同 Cima De Triomphe

佐麗神珠表列賽果場得番13隻出戰...

她排第一檔..

對手可能有 SHOCKING,MACO'REILLY,RUBIJON

佐麗神珠用番放頭跑法..但直路再無餘力..好像係大敗:ppp:

似有事 , 轉彎突然急劇退 :ppp:

“She probably didn’t handle the soft going. She never ran over such a track back home,” was Takaoka’s first reaction.

“She pulled up okay. She didn’t take any knocks or anything like that.

“I will have to discuss with Dr Tan what is the next step now.”

Dr Tan, who like many fans of the Japanese-bred mare, had been encouraged by Jolie’s Shinju first sortie in the Dato Tan Chin Nam on September 12, when third to Whobegotyou and Mic Mac, was not throwing in the towel yet.

“Obviously it was very disappointing. She was vetted after the race and there was nothing wrong with her,” said Dr Tan.

“We all feel she is not fit enough. The last 400m found her out tonight.

“We will probably have to go to the Yalumba Stakes (at Caulfield over 2000m on October 10) as she needs one more run before the Cox Plate.

“She can’t go into the Cox Plate on that run and if she doesn’t run well in the Yalumba, we will have to re-assess our plans.

“We’re going to have to ramp up her trackwork to get her fitter before the Yalumba Stakes.”

“To me, she looked bigger today than what she was the other day (Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes),” said Stewart.

“Over the mile you can get away with it but the extra ground found her out.

“I don’t think she was handling the ground but at the same time, I didn’t let her off the bridle.

“The fellows down there have done a good job with her, but I think we now need to get a little tougher with her.”

..."When questioned regarding thedisappointing performance of Jolie’s Shinju, R. Stewart could offer no realexcuses for the mare’s performance other than she may not have handled tonight’strack conditions, however, conceded that the mare was a beaten horse a long wayfrom home. He indicated that Jolie’s Shinju may have to have its work steppedup prior to its next start. A veterinary examination of Jolie’s Shinju afterthe race revealed a cardiac irregularity and as a result of this finding, Jolie’sShinju will have to undergo an ECG test before and after exercise to thesatisfaction of RVL veterinary surgeons before being permitted to race again. Duringa later examination of Jolie’s Shinju, the mare was also suffering the thumps...."

即係心律不正???:funk: :funk:

Stewards in Melbourne ordered veterinary tests on Jolie’s Shinju after her poor showing in the Listed Tatts Group JRA Cup at Moonee Valley last Friday night.

The stipendary stewards questioned jockey Ronnie Stewart after the mare finished second last in the 2040m contest.

Stewart indicated that the Jolie’s Shinju may not have handled the slow track conditions and that the mare may have her work stepped up before she has her next start, due to be the Group 1 A$403,000 Yalumba Stakes over 2000m at Caulfield on October 10.

Tests on Jolie’s Shinju after the race revealed the mare was suffering a cardiac irregularity and further tests later revealed she was suffering from the thumps.

Stewards ruled that before Jolie’s Shinju can race again she must undergo an ECG test.

Trainer Hideyuki Takaoka (pictured) said he wasn’t concerned by the test results, although that helped explain her poor performance, and that Jolie’s Shinju would have her worked stepped up in a bid to get her fitness levels higher for the Group 1 A$3million Tatts Cox Plate over 2040m at Moonee Valley on October 24.

“The vets in Melbourne told me that a lot of horses can have these heart irregularities and go on to race quite soon,” said Takaoka.

“We just feel that Jolie’s Shinju needs to be fitter for her next race. I think she likes it down in Melbourne and that she’s been on holidays.

“We are going to give her some more work. Hopefully that will get her fitter and turn her form around.”

Jolie’s Shinju has now had two starts in Melbourne for a pleasing first-up third behind Whobegotyou in the Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes over 1600m at Moonee Valley on September 12 before finishing more than 16 lengths from the winner Alcopop in last Friday’s JRA Cup.

想在10月10日在Caulfield 出戰