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99_101	best shot and so did Benbatl... I thought I’d give her a race and in fairness to him, he didn’t
99_102	stop. He hit the line but she was just too good. Full credit to everyone".
99_103	In the 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings Benbatl was given a rating of 123, making him the
99_104	fourteenth best horse in the world.
99_105	2019: five-year-old season
99_106	Benbatl was given a long break in 2019 and did not return to the track until 27 September when he
99_107	contested the Group 2 Joel Stakes over one mile at Newmarket and started 4/1 second favourite
99_108	behind the three-year-old King of Comedy. He was sent into the lead by Murphy from the start and
99_109	drew away in the final furlong to beat King of Comedy by five lengths. Saeed bin Suroor indicated
99_110	that the horse would be aimed at the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes while Murphy commented "I haven't
99_111	slept much this week with excitement. There was no pressure on today as it was a prep run, but he
99_112	hasn't had a slap and he was electric. It's a fantastic feeling. He is the best around". On his
99_113	only other race of the year he started favourite for the Champion Stakes at Ascot in October but
99_114	appeared to be unsuited by the heavy ground and finished last of the sixteen runners.
99_115	In the 2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings Benbatl was given a rating of 125, making him the ninth
99_116	best racehorse in the world.
99_117	2020: six-year-old season
99_118	As in 2018 Benbatl began his next campaign in Dubai where he was ridden by Soumillon in two races
99_119	at Meydan. On 9 January he went off the 1/8 favourite for the Singspiel Stakes (now a Group 2 race)
99_120	and led from the start before drawing away in the last 200 metres and winning "easily" by almost
99_121	five lengths. Soumillon commented "He really dominated the race... today was like a morning gallop
99_122	on his own." Four weeks later the horse made his debut on dirt in the 1900 metre Al Maktoum
99_123	Challenge, Round 2 and started the joint-favourite alongside Gronkowski. After settling just behind
99_124	the leaders Benbatl went to the front 500 metres from the finish and recorded another easy win,
99_125	coming home two lengths clear of Military Law. After the race Soumillon said "He seemed happy on
99_126	the surface and then really quickened when I asked. We knew he was a very good horse and now we
99_127	know he can handle the dirt so it gives the owners and trainer a lot of exciting options."
99_128	Benbatl ran for the second time on dirt when he contested the inaugural $20 million Saudi Cup on
99_129	February 29 over a distance of 1800 metres at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh. With Murphy in
99_130	the saddle he raced in mid-division before staying on in the straight and took third place behind
99_131	Maximum Security and Midnight Bisou with Mucho Gusto, Tacitus and McKinzie finishing behind. He
99_132	was expected to reappear in the Dubai World Cup in March, but the meeting was abandoned as a result
99_133	of the COVID-19 pandemic.
99_134	After an absence of almost seven months Benbatl returned to the track at Newmarket in September and
99_135	attempted to repeat his 2019 success in the Joel Stakes. Although he started favourite, Murphy
99_136	opted to ride the three-year-old Kameko, and Benbatl was partnered by Frankie Dettori. He led for
99_137	most of the way before being overtaken in the closing stages and finishing third behind Kameko and
99_138	Regal Reality.
99_139	In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Benbatl was rated on 118, making him the equal best
99_140	racehorse in the world.
99_141	2021: seven-year-old season
99_142	Benbatl was kept out of training in the early part of the season due to injury. He returned to the
99_143	racecourse on 28 August 2021 to contest the Celebration Mile at Goodwood. Ridden by Murphy, he went
99_144	off at 9/4 favourite and was beaten a short head by 9/1 chance Lavender's Blue. The following month
99_145	saw Benbatl secure victory in the Joel Stakes for the second time, again ridden by Murphy. His last
99_146	appearance of the season was in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot where, ridden by Pat
99_147	Cosgrave, he started at 33/1 finished ninth of ten runners.
99_148	In November 2021 it was announced that Benbatl had retired and would stand as a stallion at Big Red
99_149	Farm in Japan.
99_150	Pedigree References External links Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Benbatl
99_151	2014 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
99_152	Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Arab Emirates
99_153	Thoroughbred family 6-d
100_0	is a baseball park under construction in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. It will be the future home of the
100_1	Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and is scheduled to open in March,
100_2	2023.
100_3	It will have a retractable roof and a capacity of 35,000 people. The stadium will be designed and
100_4	built by HKS Architects and the Obayashi Corporation. The area immediately surrounding the stadium
100_5	will be developed into Hokkaido Ballpark F Village, containing commercial facilities and
100_6	restaurants for Fighters fans.
100_7	History
100_8	Background
100_9	In early 2016, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters began
100_10	considering constructing a new stadium in or around Sapporo. Since first relocating to Sapporo from
100_11	Tokyo in 2004, the Fighters have played their home games in Sapporo Dome, a multi-purpose stadium.
100_12	Instead of being owned and operated by the team, the Dome is instead owned by the city of Sapporo
100_13	and is operated and managed by Sapporo Dome Co., Ltd., a voluntary sector company funded by the
100_14	city and its community. At the time, Sapporo Dome was charging the Fighters approximately
100_15	¥16 million per game to play at the facility in front of a capacity crowd. Annually, the team was
100_16	spending around ¥1.3 billion to play there. Additionally, Nippon Ham does not make any money on
100_17	concessions or advertising in the stadium during games. The high rental fees, loss of in-stadium
100_18	sales revenue, and inflexibility of a multi-purpose facility all contributed to Nippon Ham's
100_19	decision to explore building their own stadium. The team was considering 15 to 20 sites in Hokkaido
100_20	as candidates to build their new ballpark, including the campus of Hokkaido University in Kita-ku,
100_21	Sapporo, the Makomanai district in Minami-ku, Sapporo, and the planned "Kitahiroshima Sports Park"
100_22	site in Kitahiroshima, a Sapporo suburb.
100_23	In December 2016, NPB announced that it set up a task force in collaboration with Nippon Ham to
100_24	further the new stadium project and have a firm plan in place by March 2018. The following day, the
100_25	mayor of Kitahiroshima met team representatives to propose its sports park concept. It offered up
100_26	20 of the 36 hectares at its "Kitahiroshima Sports Park" site for a natural grass, retractable roof
100_27	baseball stadium capable of seating 30,000 people. Additionally, the site would be home to an
100_28	indoor practice field, training facilities, and commercial space. Initially, Sapporo appealed to
100_29	the team to continue playing at Sapporo Dome, even offering to make the facility a baseball-only
100_30	stadium. After Nippon Ham continued to pursue new construction and with Kitahiroshima quickly
100_31	offering up a plan, however, the city quickly began looking for suitable sites for a new stadium to
100_32	avoid the prospect of the team leaving. Four months later, Sapporo offered up two locations:
100_33	10 hectares at Hokkaido University and 13 hectares Toyohira-ku; both sites, however, were quickly
100_34	deemed unusable due to various circumstances. With negotiations with Kitahiroshima continuing,
100_35	Sapporo offered a third site by the end of 2017—Makomanai Park. The city proposed redevelopeding
100_36	20 hectares of the park into a baseball campus that included restaurants and commercial facilities
100_37	with the new stadium being built in place of the park's aging Makomanai Open Stadium after its
100_38	proposed demolition.
100_39	As planned, a decision was made the following March with Kitahiroshima's Sports Park site being
100_40	chosen as the home of the Fighters' new ballpark. Concerns regarding the conservation of Makomanai
100_41	Park's natural environment and opposition from local residents played a part in the decision not to
100_42	redevelop the area. Furthermore, Kitahiroshima's larger, 36-hectares location provided more space
100_43	to construct the stadium and its planned surrounding facilities. The city also agreed pay for the
100_44	cost of infrastructure development, lease the land to Nippon-Ham free of charge, and exempt the
100_45	ballpark and other park facilities from property tax and city planning tax for 10 years.
100_46	Development and construction

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best shot and so did Benbatl... I thought I’d give her a race and in fairness to him, he didn’t

99_102

stop. He hit the line but she was just too good. Full credit to everyone".

99_103

In the 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings Benbatl was given a rating of 123, making him the

99_104

fourteenth best horse in the world.

99_105

2019: five-year-old season

99_106

Benbatl was given a long break in 2019 and did not return to the track until 27 September when he

99_107

contested the Group 2 Joel Stakes over one mile at Newmarket and started 4/1 second favourite

99_108

behind the three-year-old King of Comedy. He was sent into the lead by Murphy from the start and

99_109

drew away in the final furlong to beat King of Comedy by five lengths. Saeed bin Suroor indicated

99_110

that the horse would be aimed at the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes while Murphy commented "I haven't

99_111

slept much this week with excitement. There was no pressure on today as it was a prep run, but he

99_112

hasn't had a slap and he was electric. It's a fantastic feeling. He is the best around". On his

99_113

only other race of the year he started favourite for the Champion Stakes at Ascot in October but

99_114

appeared to be unsuited by the heavy ground and finished last of the sixteen runners.

99_115

In the 2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings Benbatl was given a rating of 125, making him the ninth

99_116

best racehorse in the world.

99_117

2020: six-year-old season

99_118

As in 2018 Benbatl began his next campaign in Dubai where he was ridden by Soumillon in two races

99_119

at Meydan. On 9 January he went off the 1/8 favourite for the Singspiel Stakes (now a Group 2 race)

99_120

and led from the start before drawing away in the last 200 metres and winning "easily" by almost

99_121

five lengths. Soumillon commented "He really dominated the race... today was like a morning gallop

99_122

on his own." Four weeks later the horse made his debut on dirt in the 1900 metre Al Maktoum

99_123

Challenge, Round 2 and started the joint-favourite alongside Gronkowski. After settling just behind

99_124

the leaders Benbatl went to the front 500 metres from the finish and recorded another easy win,

99_125

coming home two lengths clear of Military Law. After the race Soumillon said "He seemed happy on

99_126

the surface and then really quickened when I asked. We knew he was a very good horse and now we

99_127

know he can handle the dirt so it gives the owners and trainer a lot of exciting options."

99_128

Benbatl ran for the second time on dirt when he contested the inaugural $20 million Saudi Cup on

99_129

February 29 over a distance of 1800 metres at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh. With Murphy in

99_130

the saddle he raced in mid-division before staying on in the straight and took third place behind

99_131

Maximum Security and Midnight Bisou with Mucho Gusto, Tacitus and McKinzie finishing behind. He

99_132

was expected to reappear in the Dubai World Cup in March, but the meeting was abandoned as a result

99_133

of the COVID-19 pandemic.

99_134

After an absence of almost seven months Benbatl returned to the track at Newmarket in September and

99_135

attempted to repeat his 2019 success in the Joel Stakes. Although he started favourite, Murphy

99_136

opted to ride the three-year-old Kameko, and Benbatl was partnered by Frankie Dettori. He led for

99_137

most of the way before being overtaken in the closing stages and finishing third behind Kameko and

99_138

Regal Reality.

99_139

In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Benbatl was rated on 118, making him the equal best

99_140

racehorse in the world.

99_141

2021: seven-year-old season

99_142

Benbatl was kept out of training in the early part of the season due to injury. He returned to the

99_143

racecourse on 28 August 2021 to contest the Celebration Mile at Goodwood. Ridden by Murphy, he went

99_144

off at 9/4 favourite and was beaten a short head by 9/1 chance Lavender's Blue. The following month

99_145

saw Benbatl secure victory in the Joel Stakes for the second time, again ridden by Murphy. His last

99_146

appearance of the season was in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot where, ridden by Pat

99_147

Cosgrave, he started at 33/1 finished ninth of ten runners.

99_148

In November 2021 it was announced that Benbatl had retired and would stand as a stallion at Big Red

99_149

Farm in Japan.

99_150

Pedigree References External links Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Benbatl

99_151

2014 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom

99_152

Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Arab Emirates

99_153

Thoroughbred family 6-d

100_0

is a baseball park under construction in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. It will be the future home of the

100_1

Nippon Professional Baseball's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and is scheduled to open in March,

100_2

2023.

100_3

It will have a retractable roof and a capacity of 35,000 people. The stadium will be designed and

100_4

built by HKS Architects and the Obayashi Corporation. The area immediately surrounding the stadium

100_5

will be developed into Hokkaido Ballpark F Village, containing commercial facilities and

100_6

restaurants for Fighters fans.

100_7

History

100_8

Background

100_9

In early 2016, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters began

100_10

considering constructing a new stadium in or around Sapporo. Since first relocating to Sapporo from

100_11

Tokyo in 2004, the Fighters have played their home games in Sapporo Dome, a multi-purpose stadium.

100_12

Instead of being owned and operated by the team, the Dome is instead owned by the city of Sapporo

100_13

and is operated and managed by Sapporo Dome Co., Ltd., a voluntary sector company funded by the

100_14

city and its community. At the time, Sapporo Dome was charging the Fighters approximately

100_15

¥16 million per game to play at the facility in front of a capacity crowd. Annually, the team was

100_16

spending around ¥1.3 billion to play there. Additionally, Nippon Ham does not make any money on

100_17

concessions or advertising in the stadium during games. The high rental fees, loss of in-stadium

100_18

sales revenue, and inflexibility of a multi-purpose facility all contributed to Nippon Ham's

100_19

decision to explore building their own stadium. The team was considering 15 to 20 sites in Hokkaido

100_20

as candidates to build their new ballpark, including the campus of Hokkaido University in Kita-ku,

100_21

Sapporo, the Makomanai district in Minami-ku, Sapporo, and the planned "Kitahiroshima Sports Park"

100_22

site in Kitahiroshima, a Sapporo suburb.

100_23

In December 2016, NPB announced that it set up a task force in collaboration with Nippon Ham to

100_24

further the new stadium project and have a firm plan in place by March 2018. The following day, the

100_25

mayor of Kitahiroshima met team representatives to propose its sports park concept. It offered up

100_26

20 of the 36 hectares at its "Kitahiroshima Sports Park" site for a natural grass, retractable roof

100_27

baseball stadium capable of seating 30,000 people. Additionally, the site would be home to an

100_28

indoor practice field, training facilities, and commercial space. Initially, Sapporo appealed to

100_29

the team to continue playing at Sapporo Dome, even offering to make the facility a baseball-only

100_30

stadium. After Nippon Ham continued to pursue new construction and with Kitahiroshima quickly

100_31

offering up a plan, however, the city quickly began looking for suitable sites for a new stadium to

100_32

avoid the prospect of the team leaving. Four months later, Sapporo offered up two locations:

100_33

10 hectares at Hokkaido University and 13 hectares Toyohira-ku; both sites, however, were quickly

100_34

deemed unusable due to various circumstances. With negotiations with Kitahiroshima continuing,

100_35

Sapporo offered a third site by the end of 2017—Makomanai Park. The city proposed redevelopeding

100_36

20 hectares of the park into a baseball campus that included restaurants and commercial facilities

100_37

with the new stadium being built in place of the park's aging Makomanai Open Stadium after its

100_38

proposed demolition.

100_39

As planned, a decision was made the following March with Kitahiroshima's Sports Park site being

100_40

chosen as the home of the Fighters' new ballpark. Concerns regarding the conservation of Makomanai

100_41

Park's natural environment and opposition from local residents played a part in the decision not to

100_42

redevelop the area. Furthermore, Kitahiroshima's larger, 36-hectares location provided more space

100_43

to construct the stadium and its planned surrounding facilities. The city also agreed pay for the

100_44

cost of infrastructure development, lease the land to Nippon-Ham free of charge, and exempt the

100_45

ballpark and other park facilities from property tax and city planning tax for 10 years.

100_46

Development and construction