From ten Carrot Club reports, hardly anything worth passing on. With luck, Massabielle should be back fighting in the Spring, and Eclat De Reve has passed her gate test. She will be timed next, and if everything is OK, make her debut soon after. J'ai Un Reve is also getting closer to debut time, too, although we've already been at that stage with this one...
Harmony Fair has gone away on holiday until the Spring, which is a complete waste of time, not to mention my money. War Chronicle is on a go-slow, and every other beast is kicking back enjoying pina coladas. It amazes me how one friend can race one of his NAR horses every week in Japan, without any ill signs whatsoever, all the way up to its retirement, yet JRA horses need three month rest periods for every minute spent on the track! Something's wrong somewhere, and I have a feeling it's to do with jobs for the boys and keeping the lolly from foolish owners moving around so everyone pulling the strings from the shadows gets their cut.
Praise the Lord for NAR - the only accountable form of racing in Japan, because NAR can't afford to build itself an ivory tower, so no-one can hide in it. Although I won't be able to get across, we have Kota Motohashi on Phosphorus tomorrow, and then Norifumi Mikamoto on Pop Label the following day. Both good ponies. Both good jockeys. Fingers crossed!
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