Porthos Du Vallon won the D.M. Hall Handicap at Hamilton Park in style yesterday, which I don't mind saying has surprised me - it was a pleasant surprise, and certainly not expected. Of course, dropping from Class 4 to Class 5 helped. But credit where it's due - the big fella won in a field of nine thanks to Jason Hart skillfully guiding him across the turf. With a winning margin of almost two lengths, taking his record to 1-2-1-4, maybe that jumping career isn't a pipe dream after all. Interestingly, Louis saw Wind In Her Hair in Hokkaido yesterday (the grandmother of Porthos' sire). Perhaps this was an omen?
This is the fifth winner we've had in four weeks, with Single Cask winning a JRA race at the end of May, River Spirit claiming victory in England on the 7th June, Phosphorus winning twice soon after that in the NAR arena, and now Porthos taking the spoils in Scotland to take my personal win tally to 15 and counting. Still one more chance to take the four-week figure higher, as SC got things rolling on the 24th May, and True Motion is out on Saturday (Tokyo 2R, with Tanabe-san at the controls). Looking further ahead, Beat The Border runs at TCK on the 22nd in the third race, Irish Harp is being lined up for the 2R at Hakodate on the 28th, and Miracle Rouge is down for Tokyo-Fuchu's 1800m turf race on the 29th.
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