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TOM MAKES HIS MARQ IN JAPAN: Rolf Johnson reports on Japan Cup meeting

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.

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

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 racefans would have more luck pushing a boulder up Mount Fuji than winning...

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