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TOM MAKES HIS MARQ IN JAPAN

Rolf Johnson reports on Japan Cup meeting

Calandagan ridden by Mickael Barzalona (left) and (inset below )Tom Marquand

The betting world, well ours, missed a trick in the 45th Japan Cup, November 30. Most years’ hordes of Japanese racefans swamp the Pari Mutuel supporting their latest champion’s assault on the Qatar Prix de l’Arc in Paris.
Their determined, but always vain pursuit is the modern day renewal of the myth of Sisyphus, condemned by the Gods to push his boulder up a mountain, only for it to crash down whenever he approaches the summit. Japanese racef...

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