Fistful Of Dollars

Courtesy Townsville Turf Club

Raining Dollars (pictured, wearing #14) ran a blinder at Townsville, coming second with Chelsea Jokic in a very competitive race. Chelsea really does seem to have the big fella weighed up, with today probably being the best race of his career so far. Congratulations to Jo and the JLH team for bringing him this far after a difficult start to his racing life. That win will be just around the corner at this rate.

Meanwhile, Pop Label has been withdrawn from the race at Tokyo on Monday, apparently due to a sudden weight loss. It really does make one wish he'd have been left at Funabashi, where Hakaku-san looked after him like he was a national treasure.

Later in the day (JST), on paper at least, Blacklister had a bad run at Chelmsford. Unfortunately, the horse's rating on all-weather tracks is on the high side, which doesn't help, and despite the use of an apprentice jockey - to try and balance things via a weight advantage - the finish was in touch with the other runners, all but one being better fancied at the bookies. As such, there's nothing to worry about, as the turf season (hopefully coming with a kinder rating) will start in earnest soon.