NAR Affairs

Courtesy Sunday TC

There's been a fair bit of shuffling within the NAR line-up of late, with Pop Label (pictured earlier this month) and Million Ways moving, Another Door in the wilderness (still held by NF), and Larressingle joining NAR from JRA. After Kealoha, the latter is probably the most exciting prospect to be honest, although the intention is to go back to JRA by the sound of things. In reality, I'd much rather it stayed in NAR, running often and earning its keep. Anyway, this is how we stand at the moment, with the stable and track in brackets.

Active (some more than others): Pop Label (Murakami Stable, TCK), Magic Key (Kawashima Stable, Funabashi), Kealoha (Kawashima Stable, Funabashi), Chocolat Sucre (Sato Stable, Funabashi), and Trovao (Arayama Stable, TCK).

Not active (due to lack of race fitness or a recent move): Phosphorus (Yano Stable, Funabashi), Million Ways (Fujita Stables, TCK), Vertice (Arayama Stable, TCK), Lotus Blossom (Sato Stable, Funabashi), Another Door (Morisawa Stable, Sonoda), and Larressingle (Morisawa Stable, Sonoda).

As anyone that has followed this blog will know, I have no time whatsoever for JRA, and I'm on rather a downer with Japanese racing as a whole - too many injuries (or unnecessary down time), too much outlay, a lack of visible effort, thrown races, you name it... It has all come together to totally drain my enthusiasm for NAR as well, but I've decided, nonetheless, to continue my annual 'Friendship Race' at Kochi, as they've done nothing down there to annoy me and need the support. It will be in December with any luck, and I'll let you know the date as soon as everything is arranged.

PS. The Kochi race has been set for Sunday 11th December. I hope the race is more realistic than the G1 one held today.