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Against open company. ha finished Rmrth in the New York Turf Writers Cup (Ur t) at Saratoga, second in the Noei Laing at Montpelier in November and fourth behind champion Uood Night Shirt in the Colonial Cup (Ur. t> at Camden two weeks later Most of his success has come on less-than-firm turf.
lb win. Gliding and jockey Paddy Young will have to dethrone three-time Nakay ama winner Karitsi.
Trained bv Kric Musgrove. the Australia-based irishbred has already begun his push tbr a Rmrth score with two flat preps.
Also representing Australia is Clearview Bay. a ^-year-old from the bam of Heather Frew.
“WeYe got a good schedule mapped out** with the pointto-point and planned Imperial Cup, Fbut said. “The idea is to freshen him up when we get there as hell have done a lot in the weeks prior to the race.”
The hurdles at Nakayama are larger than standard American national fences, and they can best be compared to those at the Colonial Cup in Camden* where Gliding has fared well in the past.
Grand .lump participants are allowed to school over the course prior to the race and fbut will give Gliding a test run five ur ski days before the race.
As the crow flies. it> some 6,700 miles from Pout's Virginia base in Mkkileburg to Tbkyo. fbut feels Gliding is up to the challenge.
“The shipping is going to be tough We have to van from (Camden, then! Virginia to JFK in New York, then we fly to Anchorage in Alaska, and then we fly to Ibhyo.
“When we get there, we take a van ride out into the country." fbut said. “It's obviously a long way but being a New Zealand-bred, he’s dene it beibre and run well He ran well here in his first start in my ham. He's a tough little horse. Of all the horses in my bam 1 think he's the one that would handle it the best."
The Nakayatna field is limited to 16. eight from Japan and a maximum of eight foreign selections.
An American based horse has not competed since 2002. when All Gong finished 11th The hest OR performance came in 2001. when Campanile finished fifth.
— By Betsy Ihrtter
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