RAIN STOPS PLAY
The rain reminds me of a typical English autumn day, or an English winter day, or an English spring or summer day for that matter! Yes, it's grey, wet and miserable, and with the training area at Tokoro being renamed Lake Chiba overnight, that puts an end to any hopes of getting any riding in with Jaguar this afternoon. It's a shame, because, as you can see from the picture, he definitely looked in the mood to play...

At least Tenshinramman has been given the OK to race on the 21st, and reports state that Miracle Rouge is moving ever closer to a debut. With 55 seconds for four furlongs (against 51.5 for 'Tenny') there's still some work to do, but she is getting there. Also Quick Bread has moved from Hokkaido to Honshu, which means progress in training for him, too.

News on the yearlings is rare as yet, but the Sunday Thoroughbred Club NAR horse (number 188) has been moved to the Northern Farm Hiyakita facility, meaning his training programme will start soon. Seeing as there is news starting to filter through on this horse, we'll do his profile next, and may as well look at the other two as yet unnamed NAR runners straight after.