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Raining Dollars was fifth in Oz, and although the trainer was happy enough with a nice recovery from a poor start, he has once again finished outside the money. More disappointing, by far, was the performance of Belle Plage - 15th in a race of 18 horses. Belle Plage has done absolutely nothing other than eat through money for over a year now. It's time as a racehorse is over, surely? Nothing as yet in the post-race report, so I hope there will be something regarding retirement on Monday...

PS. The date for Lotus Blossom's test is the 27th alright, but December, not November, meaning yet another month of nothing but bills on that one. At this rate it will be a three-year old before it runs, by which time there will be no way on Earth that it can ever recover a fraction of what it owes already. Shouldn't be surprised, I guess - all you do is throw money away with Japanese racing, with Rush Attack and War Chronicle being just the tip of the iceberg; Belle Plage, Million Ways and Phosphorus are much the same, and Pop Label and most of the others not much better. With excuses already being bandied about regarding Larressingle, Kealoha and Magic Key are about the only nags worth keeping out here, now they are back after long spells of sunbathing. Let's hope that retirement notice comes for Belle Plage - at least that would be one lot of dead wood out of the way.