Just checking on how the odds were looking on Monsoon Trough, and was shocked to find that she has picked up a problem on the morning of her debut! Can you believe it? Actually, a second horse due to run in the same race has also been withdrawn, which doesn't bode well. Apparently, this is quite a bad scenario in the case of MT, with Wobbler Syndrome cited, so I can only hope that a decision is made quickly on her future, as yet another horse in long-term rehabilitation is costly and no fun whatsoever. For instance, Pop Label has been out for eight months now, and it will probably be another month before he makes a comeback - if we're lucky. At least MT hasn't raced as yet, so the insurance should cover most of her bills, whereas PL just keeps draining funds for no return.
So from one Vermilion kid in training and one hopeful, it suddenly looks like I'm left with nothing, as securing the Vermilion foal I wanted this year is seemingly out of the question due to a heavy oversubscription. It now looks like I shall be without the Vermilion blood I've hankered after for two years at least. It's doubly annoying when you get within six hours of a race debut to be left in that situation...
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