A Few Diary Entries

Pop Label is running at TCK on Friday, but I have a feeling we'll be disappointed again, as the ground is pretty waterlogged, with rain forecast again for tomorrow. He really hasn't had the rub of the green one little bit, meaning this may be the longest comeback in history the way things are going. Anyway, let's see how things go - the distance is getting closer to better, and the heavy going might play into his hands for a change being a balance for the extra distance that suits his form (as far as I'm concerned, he's a 1600 or 1700m horse, because he's awful coming out of the gate).

Sayesse may or may not run at Leicester on the same day - a lot depends on the going, which is already far from perfect, but the threat of extra rain will have to be taken into account closer to the race. The GST time means we won't know what's happening until after the Pop Label run, but this is a debut that we are all looking forward to. At the end of the day, no-one is expecting anything more than a practice run anyway, so there's no real pressure to win.

Perfumer should be running at Fukushima on the 10th, posting a time that wasn't too shabby in the meantime, while Blacklister is booked for Windsor on the following day. War Chronicle should be out at Nakayama on the 16th (in a mile turf race), with Irish Harp hopefully making it to the track on the same weekend. On the NAR front, Million Ways is due to race at Funabashi on the 13th, with Phosphorus and Kealoha - at least - lined up for the same meeting, and Trovao's big race the following week. There was mention of Lotus Blossom being sent to Monbetsu in April, but that now appears to be an underhand bluff to try and get the last shares sold.

PS. The club is still selling shares in Lotus Blossom, which strikes me as being very naughty, to say the least! The "Monbetsu for April" schedule was obviously a lie, and, to be frank, I feel cheated as a result. At this rate, the club will have to take next to no responsibility for the horse, and we'll be back to the meaningless excuses for failure before you know it...

PPS. Belle Plage is being lined up for the 16th, and Larressingle for the following week. As usual, Ogata-sensei impresses with his attention to detail. Different league!