JRA Graded Races This Weekend

It looks like a wide-open contest when the 16 runners go for the Tanabata Sho(g3) at Fukushima on Sunday. The Tanabata Sho is the first leg of the Summer 2000 Series which consists of the five 2,000-meter graded races. The field in a post-position with jockeys and weight(in kgs) for the handicap race are:
1 EL COMINO KobayashiJ 51
2 TAGANO MY BACH NakadateE 57
3 YUKINO SUN ROYAL OnoJ 55
4 MEISHO KAIDO TakeY 59
5 EXPLOIT OnoT 52
6 KONGO RISHISHIO(IRE) IwataY 57.5
7 DAIWA BANDIT(USA) KitamuraH 55
8 GRASS BOMBER KatsuuraM 57.5
9 KANAHANA DRAGON OnishiN 56
10 HOOKIPA WAVE TanakaK 57.5
11 CONRAD ShibataY 55
12 SHAADI NICE YoshidaY 51
13 ASAKUSA KININARU YoshidaH 54
14 TOSHO KNIGHT BushizawaT 57
15 FUJI SILENCE EdaT 56
16 SOUTHERN TWISTER KomakiF 54
The post time will be at 3:35 p.m.


The Kyoto feature on Sunday will be the 11th Procyon Stakes. The 16 entrants are scheduled to run in the 1,400-meter g3 event on dirt surface. The post time will be at 3:45 p.m.