Downhill

Just going through the various Carrot Club reports issued over the last couple of days, and, with the notable exception of Irish Harp's, we can see the usual selection of cut and paste jottings that centre on the word treadmill - as is all too often the case, there's very little of substance, and even less worth passing on. Whether the remaining five will have anything in them to set the world alight, I don't know. Doubtful anyway...

So, from 18 Carrot Club horses, the only one that is lined up to run any time soon is Dinner Bell, and that doesn't even deserve to be called a horse, let alone a Thoroughbred. In fact, I think most donkeys would be pissed off at being compared to something so slow. As such, we shall await the verdict on Irish Harp, otherwise there's nothing happening on the JRA front whatsoever.

There's such a long gap between most of them running, you almost forget you have them, except for when the bill arrives each month. When it comes to value for money, Irish Harp and Single Cask are about the only Carrot/JRA horses to have provided any kind of bang for the buck since Tenshinramman's peak, and that was a long, long time ago. Oh, apparently, she's still not on holiday, even though it's been four-and-a-half weeks since she last raced and there isn't the slightest whiff of a new entry being made. I can imagine the post-race report now, with a quote from 'The JRA Bumper Book Of Excuses' and the trainer being shocked she was so highly-strung in the paddock. In these circles, BS does not stand for Bridgestone.