Make That Two

Having just said I'd only got one horse racing this weekend, a late entry has been made for Saturday's JRA Hanshin meeting, so now we have two. Yuichi Fukunaga will ride Irish Harp in the second race (1400m on turf), which starts at 10:25am with 18 runners, and 30 minutes later, Yuji Hishida will team up with Mephisto Waltz for the 1800m turf 3R. It looked as if Mephisto was going to be given a rest, as the 29th was first muted and then things went quiet. A slot in the starting gate has been secured for Saturday, though, and it will be interesting to see how much he has improved since his debut...