Meanwhile, Belle Plage had her medical check, and passed it with flying colours. She has now been registered as a proper racehorse with JRA and assigned to the Ogata Stables at Miho Training Centre. She's the first of the new crop to graduate.
Friday, April 19, 2013
FAIRY ELEPHANT
I feel so sorry for the Yamazaki family. It was obvious that they'd put in a lot of work getting Fairy Robe into great condition, and according to Carrot Club reports, she was brilliant in practice. Seiji Yamazaki kept her calm despite a jumpy moment or two in the paddock and on the way to the start, and she brushed off the long period of time in the gates like a veteran. But in reality, that delay must have unsettled her, and she stumbled out of the gates - the odd start was difficult to overcome, and ultimately she came home in fifth. Concentration seems to be a bigger problem than speed, so blinkers are being considered, and time will improve things naturally. There's a chance she'll run at Urawa on the 29th, which would be fun to watch...
Meanwhile, Belle Plage had her medical check, and passed it with flying colours. She has now been registered as a proper racehorse with JRA and assigned to the Ogata Stables at Miho Training Centre. She's the first of the new crop to graduate.
Meanwhile, Belle Plage had her medical check, and passed it with flying colours. She has now been registered as a proper racehorse with JRA and assigned to the Ogata Stables at Miho Training Centre. She's the first of the new crop to graduate.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A QUICK NOTE
Mosto Verde has been given a clean post-race bill of health, so should be out fighting again soon, while the trainer has declared he wants Lourdes No Hitomi to continue a career on dirt. The big news is that Tenshinramman is in good form according to 'Kacchi', who took her for a spin on a left-handed poly track today, and if she can take that into the Flora Stakes, things could get really interesting...
PS. Quadrille has been confirmed for the fourth race with Hiroshi Kitamura in the saddle at Tokyo on the 21st, while Katsuharu Tanaka is definitely riding Tenshinramman in the G-II Flora Stakes. Already got a fast pulse regarding the latter!
Mosto Verde has been given a clean post-race bill of health, so should be out fighting again soon, while the trainer has declared he wants Lourdes No Hitomi to continue a career on dirt. The big news is that Tenshinramman is in good form according to 'Kacchi', who took her for a spin on a left-handed poly track today, and if she can take that into the Flora Stakes, things could get really interesting...
PS. Quadrille has been confirmed for the fourth race with Hiroshi Kitamura in the saddle at Tokyo on the 21st, while Katsuharu Tanaka is definitely riding Tenshinramman in the G-II Flora Stakes. Already got a fast pulse regarding the latter!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
POP LABEL Pop Label (shown here, courtesy of Sunday TC) is off to Mombetsu in Hokkaido, attached to the Hiromori Stable for an early debut. With luck, the gate test will go smoothly, and we can see this promising young colt in action really soon...
If you're wondering where those articles I promised are, please give me a couple more days. The final batch of research material arrived from Germany the other day, and it was much bigger than expected!
Monday, April 15, 2013
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...
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...
Sunday, April 14, 2013
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Mosto Verde's debut resulted in an eighth place, but both jockey and trainer are happy, as the horse wasn't pushed - this race was for experience, and with a horse like this one (still far from mature), that's a vital step in the right direction. To get used to a big crowd, the starting gate full of high-tension beasts, and running in close formation at full gallop all takes some getting used to. This little fella has some great bloodlines and the potential is definitely there. It will show in due course.
There are 22 applications for 18 starting slots in Tenshinramman's next race. I do hope the selection process isn't down to luck...
At Tokoro, 'Jaguar' is still having a bit of a rest. No sooner had his signs of tiredness in his ankles cleared than the daft bat went wild when he was released in the paddock and clipped his back leg with his front hoof. Well, he will act like a two-year old if he gets a build-up of energy! Nothing serious, just a surface cut (luckily it's very rare for him to have a clash of legs and hooves, even when he does disengage his brain), but it's another few days of enforced rest with only light walking. As such, while Louis went to Nakayama, Sophie was assigned to 'Merryl' - one of the new horses - who, with a little help from Megumi the lion tamer, went round and round at a rate of knots that frankly made me dizzy just watching. The difference between a canter and a gallop became very grey indeed today!
Mosto Verde's debut resulted in an eighth place, but both jockey and trainer are happy, as the horse wasn't pushed - this race was for experience, and with a horse like this one (still far from mature), that's a vital step in the right direction. To get used to a big crowd, the starting gate full of high-tension beasts, and running in close formation at full gallop all takes some getting used to. This little fella has some great bloodlines and the potential is definitely there. It will show in due course.
There are 22 applications for 18 starting slots in Tenshinramman's next race. I do hope the selection process isn't down to luck...
At Tokoro, 'Jaguar' is still having a bit of a rest. No sooner had his signs of tiredness in his ankles cleared than the daft bat went wild when he was released in the paddock and clipped his back leg with his front hoof. Well, he will act like a two-year old if he gets a build-up of energy! Nothing serious, just a surface cut (luckily it's very rare for him to have a clash of legs and hooves, even when he does disengage his brain), but it's another few days of enforced rest with only light walking. As such, while Louis went to Nakayama, Sophie was assigned to 'Merryl' - one of the new horses - who, with a little help from Megumi the lion tamer, went round and round at a rate of knots that frankly made me dizzy just watching. The difference between a canter and a gallop became very grey indeed today!
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