JRAのニュースでも → ラニ号がアメリカ・チャーチルダウンズ競馬場に到着
原文は
・UAE Derby Winner Lani Arrives at Churchill Downs
Owned by Mr. Koji Maeda and trained by Mikio Matsunaga,
Lani earned his way into Kentucky Derby 142 with a three-quarter-length victory under legendary Japanese jockey Yutaka Take in the $2 million UAE Derby (GII) at Meydan Racecourse on March 26.
Lani travelled 4,800 miles from Japan to Dubai on March 15.
武豊騎手、「legendary Japanese jockey」ですよ。
確かにその通り。
Lani would be only the second Japan-based horse to compete in the Kentucky Derby.
The first was Ski Captain, who finished 14th in 1995 under Take – the jockey’s lone Derby mount.
1995年のスキーキャプテン（14着）以来、日本馬の挑戦は2回目。
当時の鞍上も武豊騎手でした。
Lani also would become the ninth Kentucky Derby starter that raced exclusively outside North America prior to competing in the “Run for the Roses.”
None finished in the Top 5:
Dr Devious-IRE (seventh in 1992)
Thyer (13th in 1992),
Citadeed (ninth in 1995)
Ski Captain (14th in 1995)
China Visit (sixth in 2000)
Curule (seventh in 2000)
Castle Gandolfo (12th in 2002)
Mubtaahij-IRE (eighth in 2015)
近年、北米所属馬以外からのケンタッキーダービー挑戦は、ラニで9頭目。
未だ掲示板に載った馬はおらず。
ちなみに「Run for the Roses」ってアレです。
勝ち馬に掛けられるバラの帯から来ています。
コレね。
Horses that raced outside North America have a record of 43-2-1-0 since 1967.
The two winners were Venezuela’s Canonero II (1971) and Puerto Rico’s Bold Forbes (1976).
England’s Bold Arrangement-GB is the only other foreigner to hit the board when he was second to Ferdinand in 1986.
1967年以降、北米以外でレースをしてきた馬の成績は2-1-0-43。
1986年のBold Arrangement（英・ボールドアレンジメント）のみが、外国馬で唯一3着以内。
いやあ、ラニにとっては厳しい歴史ですね。
でも現状で日本調教馬がケンタッキーダービーに出るにはUAEダービー経由ほぼ一択。
このチャンスを活かして欲しいところです。
see more info at JRDV.sp