The jockey is saying Infinity Love had no idea what it was supposed to be doing today, which can happen on a debut. I suppose I should give the benefit of the doubt seeing as that is Take-san's take on it, and so I shall wait to be seriously impressed on the next outing (hopefully coming very soon as you can't learn how to race in a holiday camp) before passing further judgement. Not very impressed with there being no comment from the trainer, however - I thought he was different to the run-of-the-mill JRA lot, which was one of the main reasons I bought into Infinity Love (and you can lay odds that I'm far from alone in that). Obviously he couldn't be bothered to find the key to escape from JRA's ivory tower to spend a few seconds to communicate with those who ultimately pay his wages. Disappointed all-round - yet again...
And I can't see anything to celebrate coming from NAR this week either, with a dud and a horse that is so good - once it clears the gate, at least - it gets marked into submission, and that really brings the whole Japanese racing thing into question. As decided some time ago, JRA will definitely go, and I find myself in a crazy position of hoping for second-place finishes on the two newcomers after today. To be honest, it's a bad joke, and if they pull off a fluke win, they'll be kept, which will only prolong the agony of remaining in this sad environment, for while a blaze attitude is the norm from the off (with few exceptions), no-one other than Ogata-sensei seems to care at all in the second or third year of ownership - enough has been done to secure yet more easy money, and results are irrelevant until the unearned and guaranteed replacements arrive in due course (it's not like England or any other normal country, where repeat business has to be fought for). As for NAR, there's a lot of recent events that have taken the fun out of it. We'll have to see how things go on the NAR scene over the next few months. At least the kids still love it!
Meanwhile, in Ireland, A Touch Of Sparkle should be running at Catterick on Thursday the 14th, with Danielle's Journey following soon after at Leopardstown on Sunday. In England, Blacklister has been pencilled in for a maiden over a mile at Chelmsford on the 28th, by which time our final runner in Australia might be out again.
PS. Despite a superb start, Beat The Boarder's race was probably the worst of its career, which should at least give the trainer no leverage whatsoever in his bid to further extend the contract on the basis of mythical improvements. It should have been terminated ages ago as far as I'm concerned, as the horse has simply lost the will to race, and detests the cold to boot. With the winter months coming on hard and fast, it makes sense to call it a day now.
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