Revenge

Courtesy Iwate Keiba

Well, thanks to Arayama-sensei and a perfect ride from Daisuke Mashima, Trovao claimed an easy, six-length victory in the Derby Grand Prix at Mizusawa - it's a small Derby title (M1) compared to the Tokyo Derby one that we and the other proper NAR runners were robbed of, but it's certainly better than nothing, and beating the JRA pretender into third (by seven lengths) takes a little of the bitterness out of missing the last Nankan 'classic' race and the result at TCK.

After a downright awful combination of bad results and a distinct lack of action for longer than I care to remember out here, things have definitely picked up. Three wins from the last five NAR runs, along with a third to offset a disaster. And although Belle Plage was poor - again! - in its JRA run, we had the win in Ireland a week ago, of course. Let's hope we can get a few more wins in the bag before the year ends...