Pretty Impressive

Courtesy Townsville Turf Club

Pretty Gully strikes again, winning the 1200m race at Townsville today, with Justin Stanley guiding her across the line. What a superb little creature she's turned out to be, quickly putting her last unfortunate outing behind her to leave all the others eating her dust. She'd have almost certainly done the same in her last race, but when the track staff decided the turf needed some water, she objected to the mud being kicked up in her face. Well, what pretty lady wouldn't? So, at last, we move onto 23 wins, and with three superstars out next week, who knows...

New Dates

Some corrections and changes make the race calendar look quite different, with Phosphorus still lined up for the 1500m 5R at Funabashi on the 2nd December, but Pop Label now running there two days later in the 1800m 4R. In-between, Danielle's Journey is scheduled to run at Catterick in England on the 3rd, which will be a good test of her ability to travel...

Drat!

Beat The Boarder got hammered tonight, to an even worse extent than I'd expected. An unusual false start probably didn't help, but the ground and mud obviously didn't suit her - running her was a complete waste of time and money, as a wet TCK only suits power horses, and she's one of the lightest in the game.

From one that shouldn't have run to one that should have. Pop Label made room for TCK runners in the 8R, and two didn't make it to the start! And the heavy going would have suited him for sure. Not a happy bunny!!

On the JRA front, Irish Harp should be out again soon, while Harmony Fair is being lined up for a disaster - a horse that hates dirt being entered in an 1800m dirt race at Nakayama. Great! And it gets better. Time For Love picked up an injury that will put her out for six months. She should be retired as a result, but the plan is to get her back on the track - another waste of time and money, without doubt.

The only other news is that War Chronicle has arrived at Miho Training Centre, and will hopefully make her debut at Nakayama. Most of the others are doing lighter training than 'Bugatti'...

Damn

Once more, poor ol' Pop Label couldn't get a berth in the gate due to TCK horses having priority, so won't run in Tokyo tonight - we'll have to wait for the Funabashi meeting now. Beat The Boarder is in action there, though, running in the 7R. Given the wet weather we've had for the last couple of days, I think she'll struggle being a tiddler, so I shall probably watch the race at home rather than go across now...

At least Pretty Gully stands a chance in Australia on Friday. I have to do a profile on JLH Racing at some stage, as I'd like the equipe to have a bit of recognition for all the hard work and passion that goes into every entry. And then we have Danielle's Journey, who will hopefully run in Ireland over the weekend - another big hope.