Starting as second favourite, Belle Plage was sixth in a distinctly average performance at Nakayama, not helped by the jockey letting the leading horses get too far ahead by the time the back straight came along. I just hope that she hasn't hit the ceiling of her ability, as she will be in this Class for the rest of the year...
Having Kosei Miura in the saddle might help us, but I have a feeling Rush Attack will disappoint tomorrow. For sure, Belle Plage was the big hope of getting a JRA win this weekend as far as I'm concerned - maybe the best hope we have for getting more wins in JRA per se, in reality.
Oh well, after tomorrow, we have two NAR runners on Wednesday, then, like Raining Dollars in Oz, Blacklister should be out again on the 10th (booked to run in the 7:10 at Chelmsford over a mile, with Wolverhampton on Saturday as an option), and then two more NAR nags on Friday. Maybe more JRA runners after that, with Pop Label on the 14th, and Danielle's Journey hopefully running in the Cheltenham Festival on the 17th.
PS. Rush Attack was eighth - a disappointment on paper, but a good run, it has to be said, with fourth easily in sight. All concerned obviously put the effort in, and can count themselves unfortunate not to be placed a lot higher up the standings.
PPS. Pleased with the straight post-race report on Rush Attack, too. The trainer and jockey are thinking a shorter 1600m or 1800m distance for the next race, where explosive power can be put to use more effectively. Not sure when the follow-up run will be, but I tip my hat today - the team deserved a better result, and would have probably got one as well had the proposed race a couple of weeks ago not been oversubscribed.
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