SHOCKING NEWS 
Just logged into Carrot Club, only to find Quadrille has been retired. She started walking strange, and an X-ray showed up a break that will keep her out of action for at least six months. Maybe she can make a comeback, or maybe she'll be assigned to breeding duties, who knows?

On the next day, Fairy Robe broke a leg bone on the opposite side to Quadrille, meaning she will also be retired from racing for a minimum of six months. I can't believe that two of them have dropped out in the same week, but Thoroughbreds are fragile machines, tuned by a combination of man and nature to the extremes. They say bad things come in threes. With Tenshinramman's painful defeat on Sunday, let's hope that's the last of it!