The kids and 'Bugatti' have done some superb work over the last few days, both of them securing a berth in the All-Japan Championships with ease, despite Sophie making her debut in the L-series disciplines - she has every chance of being in the dressage finals alongside Louis at this rate. 'Bugatti' has really matured beautifully in his new role away from the tracks.On the 26th, Paul Townend rode a perfectly-paced 4000m race in The Jazz Singer's debut over big fences, claiming a tidy win at Down Royal (pictured). Nearly got my 75th win straight after thanks to Mirzam, who was a close second on Saturday evening. It seems like 'Jazz' is well suited to the big stuff, and my line I'd drawn in the sand regarding the need to see a good performance has been crossed, so I guess the Irish campaign continues...
PS. Poor Sayesse didn't do so well as Leicester, but certainly can't be written off. Masterson was then third at Wolverhampton - thought we had the win, but perhaps it was too much to ask for another start-to-finish victory against strong competition. Masterson has now been sold - sad to see such a great fighter go, but that's the race game. As for the race game out here, more shenanigans brought to my attention the other day confirm that I'm happy to be well out of it as an owner. Do miss the Aussie scene, though.
