Honestly whoever JP horse wins, Japan can finally end their copium streak. Unless something questionable happens...
I honestly hope it won't be another year of me going "it would've been more worthwhile setting money on fire at the Fuchu parade ring in front of a crowd 🙄" like most recent challengers... Especially considering how most JRA horses' careers get fucked by the l'Arc...
As much as I like Equinox, I think a big (if not the biggest) reason why he was able to achieve as much as he was able to was because Titleholder and Do Deuce crippled themselves in the 2022 l'Arc, thus not posing any real threat to Eclair-kun, with the former never really recovering; all the while Equinox himself stayed away from Europe altogether /rant-and-hot-take
I honestly hope it won't be another year of me going "it would've been more worthwhile setting money on fire at the Fuchu parade ring in front of a crowd 🙄" like most recent challengers... Especially considering how most JRA horses' careers get fucked by the l'Arc...
As much as I like Equinox, I think a big (if not the biggest) reason why he was able to achieve as much as he was able to was because Titleholder and Do Deuce crippled themselves in the 2022 l'Arc, thus not posing any real threat to Eclair-kun, with the former never really recovering; all the while Equinox himself stayed away from Europe altogether /rant-and-hot-take
Golshi: See, that's why I treated it as an extended vacation.
