Yesterday was so warm, you didn't need a coat, and today you need three coats and a whisky flask to drive off the cold! What's going on? It seems to be crazy weather all over the world.
Anyway, at least we were able to get some good saddle time in with 'Jaguar' this morning - the horses being about the only ones happy with the chilly atmosphere. Sophie really is improving fast as her legs are getting longer, almost taking him up to a canter for the first time unassisted today - with Jaguar, for a petite ten-year old girl, that's a real achievement. Louis was training for the Dressage 3B課目 level, which is probably getting close to the limits of 'The Difficult Horse'...On the racing front, we have Quick Bread competing in the first race at Nakayama tomorrow, and Fairy Robe should be out in mid-April at Kawasaki. There's no real change in this pretty horse, but the Yamazaki Stables are not pushing things - she has potential, of that there's no doubt, and will unleash it as soon as she's matured a bit more. It's nice to know there are stables that take the long-term view, letting a horse develop within a natural envelope to give its best in time rather than burn it out trying for too much too soon.
Meanwhile, of the newcomers, Belle Plage is having her body check in the next couple of weeks, which is usually a sign of fast progress. The reports on the other youngsters were more or less routine, as is often the case at this early stage in their career.
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