Agua De Vida fought hard at Kawasaki today to come in second, taking her record to 1-2-2-4. All the work the Yamazaki family have been putting in finally paid off, and had she not been cut up at the start, the victory should have been hers - against a horse commanding 1.1:1 odds!
Mikamoto-san is saying with a fair old amount of enthusiasm that she has the "same level of ability as the winner," and looking at the times, it's easy to see why. Although she finished a length-and-a-half down, all of this and more can be accounted for by a loss of momentum due to the unfortunate incident at the start, as Agua posted a 39.5 second 3F time against 39.9 for the winner and another horse that finished well back; the next fastest horses were in the 40.4 range. A mile, and she'd have almost certainly won. Whatever, though, it was certainly a good run, and you can't ask for more than that...
Let's see what Phosphorus can do now on Thursday. The jockey has been named: Kota Motohashi jumps in the saddle again, and he is known to like the tight Kawasaki track. Should be interesting.
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