AND TODAY'S WORD IS... 
Treadmill. Because out of five reports, four had the word treadmill spring out from them - katakana that even I can recognize from having read a large number of Quick Bread's early updates, which featured 'treadmill' and very little else for several months on end. Thankfully, Quick Bread (a Nijinsky cross) has developed fast since...

Despite the treadmill workouts, Tenshinramman and Harmony Fair may be back on the tracks soon, depending on trainer opinions after an inspection, and Quadrille should be ready to make her debut early in the New Year. It's a shame about Fairy Robe, but with the weather looking as if it could snow at any minute, perhaps I should be thankful I can write this from a relatively warm office, in-between doing bits on the new Mercedes book. Would still like to escape to Kawasaki, though!