At last, months after the obvious conclusion should have been made, Perfumer has been retired. I look forward to the same notice with Massabielle (and others), for you can't keep going forever and ever saying "we're not sure what the problem is, but we need more time." If you can't find the problem, you can't cure it. If you can't cure the problem, you can't race the nag. If you can't race it, it's not a racehorse, and therefore has no meaning in this environment.
PS. News has just come through that Larressingle will have a last chance run at Nakayama on either the 24th or 25th. Now here's the interesting bit - on dirt! Considering the horse has never run on dirt, this signals either a lack of gate berths (highly likely) or an inspired move (less likely). It could be a disaster in reality, and highlights how wasteful those last two outings were, particularly the Miura one, which frankly looked like a set-up to me. Well, if it can't win and has to go, it goes - one of them... Meanwhile, Pop Label is down to run at TCK on the 20th, with Mori-kun taking the reins in the 1600m 12R. Hope the typhoon stays away!
PPS. The usual grey reports from Carrot Club, covering the fact that there is no intention to do anything with any of the horses as long as NF keeps getting paid. Waiting on Massabielle, and hoping it states retirement, because six months out and not one positive comment on what is wrong or how to go about getting the nag back to the track is not good enough. Run it or sell it.
PPPS. The retirement notice came just after I pressed the button to save this post, folks finally coming to the conclusion that to get a good horse again will take too long. Of course, the question of who screwed Massabielle up in the first place won't get answered (indeed, the question won't even have been asked - don't want to rock the boat, as it's only members' money that got wasted), but at least we won't have to keep listening to constant bull.
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