Nothing much happening in reality, although Blacklister is looking to win in the 4:00 at Newbury on the 19th, building on Masterson's recent success in the UK. This is a Class 3 race over seven furlongs. Raining Dollars is also in action in Australia on Saturday, in the opener at Ewan, but before that, back in Japan, Beat The Boarder runs at TCK on Friday. Meanwhile, the kids are in show-jumping mode at Tomisato over the weekend, through to Monday.
On the NAR front, other than Beat-chan's run, it has been announced that Trovao will be based with Arayama-sensei at TCK (Tokyo's NAR track), and should be entered in an S2 or S3 race soon after he arrives at his new home.
As for JRA news, Kalliopeia is on borrowed time, with the next race being its last chance, while Belle Plage is entered for the 1800m dirt 8R at Nakayama on Sunday the 20th. Meanwhile, Massabielle looks like he will be stepping onto the G1 trail on the 27th, taking part in the 2400m Kobe Shimbun Hai at the Hanshin track with Tosaki-kun in the saddle if all goes well. This G2 race is a Japanese St Leger trial, so it's incredibly important to get in the top three. If you remember, we were robbed of a berth in a "classic" race with Tenshinramman, so we definitely don't want a repeat of that! We've got a far better jockey for starters, so the mistake that cost us third place by a nose - not using the whip on the final dash - is unlikely to happen again, at least.
PS. Blacklister has been pulled from the Newbury race, but we still have Beat The Boarder on Friday, Raining Dollars on Saturday and Belle Plage on Sunday to look forward to...
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