ALL TIED UP 

While I was at Nakayama watching True Motion in action on the big screen, buying an 80th Nippon Derby tie and getting rather more excited than my reserved British nature usually allows me to get in public (it really was a stunning finish), Sophie was busy doing canter training with 'Jaguar' and Megumi the lion tamer, while Louis continued his show-jumping adventures. I noticed yesterday that Sophie looks really relaxed at a canter now, which is quite an achievement on a horse like 'Jaguar' - he's hardly the easiest horse in the world to handle! Louis is covering more and more fence and spacing options, so he should be ready for anything they throw at him in his next competition outing.