Irish Harp was a very disappointing 12th - 2.2 seconds down on the leader. It's frankly hard to see that any improvement has been made, and retirement would be my honest opinion rather than keep just making up the numbers, which is all she ever seems to do nowadays with the new trainer. I don't know about others, but my patience has well and truly ran out. Larressingle should be better tomorrow, at least...
In the UK, Danielle's Journey started as second favourite last night, but finished fourth, a couple of lengths down (that's the end of her jumping season), while Sayesse has already been entered for another run on the 26th, with Ettie Hart following on the 28th. Lotus Blossom has arrived at Monbetsu to start an NAR career. The proposed quick gate test has been put off for a while until the horse settles into its new environment, which is a good idea, as it has already been on a long trip just to get to its new home, and is more likely to do well once it comes to trust its new handlers.
PS. As the blog counter hits the 70,000 visitors mark, Irish Harp has indeed been retired - one wonders what the outcome of the Urawa race would have been, but then the jockey would have been outside the family. The sad thing is that I've always had a soft spot for this horse, but now it's time for her to take up a new vocation. I sincerely hope she can have a long and healthy career as a broodmare.
PPS. Poor Larressingle was second taking her record to 0-3-1 from five runs, narrowly beaten by the only horse that I thought might threaten her. Considering how badly blocked we were coming off the last corner, we can count ourselves unlucky not to win. Lemaire did a super job of finding his way out of the scrum, and my faith in Ogata-sensei remains 100% intact...
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