Been busy the last couple of days scanning and downloading pictures for the new book, although after a beautiful spell of warmth (verging on heat!), the weather makes indoors a more sensible option anyway at the moment. It was hovering around 20 degrees on Monday, and yesterday it snowed! You can tell how cold it is by the fact that the snow that settled is still on roofs this evening, meaning the daytime temperatures didn't move much past the freezing mark all day.
Still no news on the post-race condition of Irish Harp yet, and, to be honest, nothing much worth mentioning from the Carrot Club reports that have come in. Belle Plage is going back to Miho TC in the next week or so, and Mistoffelees is said to be looking good and ready to race again soon. Miracle Rouge is out at the weekend with any luck, being booked for the 7R at Tokyo on the 9th. No jockey named as yet - just hope it's one of the ex-NAR boys or Cristian Demuro to give the beast a fair crack of the whip, so to speak, although Take-san would be a nice alternative!
On the Shadai front, Divine Daughter is almost ready to run again, clocking some reasonable times on an uphill run, and Phosphorus is doing nicely, posting times of 51.0 for 4F and 37.8 for 3F, naturally on dirt. He'll be in NAR action next week at Funabashi, which is something to look forward to. Meanwhile, on the subject of Phosphorus, today is Yano-sensei's birthday. I'm sure you'll join me in sending him best wishes...
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