Raining Dollars runs Down Under on Friday, while Masterson has now been declared to run on the 30th (along with War Chronicle in Japan), meaning three UK runners this week - the first is set to go in a few hours from now. Not long after, Phosphorus, Chocolat Sucre, Million Ways and Kealoha should be out at the next Funabashi meeting in the first week of May, while Pop Label is lined up for the 17th May at TCK. I won't bother going to the Tokyo race, though, as it's over 1400m again, and until the trainer learns that he needs a mile (or more), there's no point wasting time and money to see a horse run its heart out and not get rewarded with a win.
On the riding front, 'Bugatti' had some more jump training over the weekend, with my friend doing something completely new to get Louis to work more in tune with the horse. He had him jumping four fences in a straight line with a loose rein, which gets pretty exciting after the last one with the big fella's speed and a white picket fence looming fast straight after. An excellent lesson, with 'Bugatti' enjoying his session immensely (he was ready to go again the next day, but the fences had been taken down!), Louis learning to trust his instinct more, and Sophie benefiting at the end to take her jumping skills to another level, too. All three learn fast, and with some good dressage results to build on the other day, this could be quite a year.
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