Silvestre de Sousa showed why he's a champion jockey with Masterson at Lingfield, with a superb ride taking the grey from last to first the post after finding a gap that simply didn't appear to be there from the camera angle. Once again, the Mick Channon equipe comes to the rescue when you're feeling down - it doesn't take the edge off my disappointment with Japanese racing, as it just clarifies the huge gap in value and effort that exists between here and the UK, but at least it keeps my faith alive in my racing exploits elsewhere - a wonderful birthday present! This magnificent performance takes Masterson's record to 2-2-2 from 16 outings, and my own tally up to 55 wins...
PS. The Jazz Singer was edged out by a nose to finish fourth at Down Royal. It was a tough race with 20 runners, so it did well enough. One more place up the ladder would have been nice to get something on the board, though. The Carrot Club catalogue arrived and duly joined the Shadai TC, Sunday TC, G1 TC and Green Farm ones, going straight into the paper bank - the bin would have been more symbolic, but one has to think of the environment.
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