GETTING THERE... 
Another update from Carrot Club, with the new crop coming along nicely. Agua De Vida should be making her NAR debut in Hokkaido soon, while of the JRA runners, I like the look of Belle Plage. Classic Curl is said to have an aura about her, which you can see in video footage - watch out for this one - and Mephisto Waltz is getting stronger and stronger; he has seems to have limitless reserves of energy, and the ability to focus on the job in hand.

Later in the week, Fairy Robe races at Kawasaki. According to reports, she's in fine fettle, and the gate problem has been sorted. I can just imagine Yuya-san's cheeky smile as he wrote that bit! Check out a story on the life of an Assistant Trainer in the new issue of Poco Poco...