Seeing as I've got nothing running in Japan - yet again! - we may as well report on the Ascot meeting in England where Deep Impact wunderkind A Shin Hikari started as red hot favourite in the Prince Of Wales Stakes - it promptly finished sixth (as stated in Japanese reports), or last (as stated in European ones), for there were only six runners. Something also not banded about in Japan (I wonder why?) is that the winner went through the Goffs UK 2014 Breeze Up Sale for £40,000, the equivalent to 6,000,000 yen, which wouldn't buy anything in Japan today, other than horses that have already ran and failed. Reality strikes. As the Arabs have learnt (sadly far too late, for their mindless buying habits have pushed auction prices up and up), dreams can't be bought in England - you have to earn victories with the tools available. Meanwhile, A Shin Erwin was tenth in the Queen Anne Stakes, which was vaguely in line with the race's betting. 
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Another World II
Louis was fourth in his jumping category on Sunday, with Sophie a pleasing second. Enjoying his freedom to pick up he pace, 'Bugatti' was ready for another go (maybe several more runs judging by his eyes), and reared up when he got back home - still in high tension mode, and breaking the holding ropes in the wash bay. If he was a JRA horse, if one is to believe all the drivel and bull in post-race reports, one would have expected him to be so tired after jumping once that he'd need a three-month rest after spending so much energy in the extreme heat, and a second jump session would have been out of the question. Yeah, right...
Seeing as I've got nothing running in Japan - yet again! - we may as well report on the Ascot meeting in England where Deep Impact wunderkind A Shin Hikari started as red hot favourite in the Prince Of Wales Stakes - it promptly finished sixth (as stated in Japanese reports), or last (as stated in European ones), for there were only six runners. Something also not banded about in Japan (I wonder why?) is that the winner went through the Goffs UK 2014 Breeze Up Sale for £40,000, the equivalent to 6,000,000 yen, which wouldn't buy anything in Japan today, other than horses that have already ran and failed. Reality strikes. As the Arabs have learnt (sadly far too late, for their mindless buying habits have pushed auction prices up and up), dreams can't be bought in England - you have to earn victories with the tools available. Meanwhile, A Shin Erwin was tenth in the Queen Anne Stakes, which was vaguely in line with the race's betting.
Seeing as I've got nothing running in Japan - yet again! - we may as well report on the Ascot meeting in England where Deep Impact wunderkind A Shin Hikari started as red hot favourite in the Prince Of Wales Stakes - it promptly finished sixth (as stated in Japanese reports), or last (as stated in European ones), for there were only six runners. Something also not banded about in Japan (I wonder why?) is that the winner went through the Goffs UK 2014 Breeze Up Sale for £40,000, the equivalent to 6,000,000 yen, which wouldn't buy anything in Japan today, other than horses that have already ran and failed. Reality strikes. As the Arabs have learnt (sadly far too late, for their mindless buying habits have pushed auction prices up and up), dreams can't be bought in England - you have to earn victories with the tools available. Meanwhile, A Shin Erwin was tenth in the Queen Anne Stakes, which was vaguely in line with the race's betting. 
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