Belle Plage might be out again next month, as the horse is still very fit and the trainer is fairly sure a better result can be obtained. Massabielle is also fit, but immature, so the trainer wants to mount another challenge in the autumn. In some ways, I can see the train of thought, as this is quite a spectacular prospect, but I also fear too much race-rust setting in, and that would be a dreadful waste, too. Single Cask was obviously not ready for a comeback run, so yet more R&R time has been prescribed, and with the season running away with us, the prospects for a necessary win before autumn comes along looks unlikely.
At least the NAR scene looks more promising - as is the norm - with Phosphorus lined up on the 6th May at Funabashi, and Pop Label on the 8th at his home track. Both races should be worth watching. And before that, Danielle's Journey races in a field of 28 at Punchestown on Friday - the biggest race of her career so far, and the one the Realta boys have been aiming for since the Irish club first opened.
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