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Logan clinches first local Group win as Minister lays down the law in Kranji Mile
A multiple-Group 1 winning trainer in her native New Zealand and Australia, Donna Logan enjoyed her biggest success at her new Singapore base when Minister (Street Sense) came with a well-timed run under A’Isisuhairi ‘Harry’ Kasim to land yesterday’s Kranji Mile (Listed, 1600m) by a head. “With Minister, I had a hunger to prove something.... Read More
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Hakim produces top ride on So Hi Class
Irish import So Hi Class (Dark Angel) benefitted from a light weight and an ideal hold-up run in midfield to post a brilliant win in the S$70,000 Class 3 race over 1600m yesterday. With only 52.5kgs courtesy of leading apprentice jockey Hakim Kamaruddin’s two-kilo claim and a dream run on the rails, the five-year-old sliced... Read More
Kranji Mile in the mix after Ocean Crossing stuns in Polytrack dash
Michael Clements pulled off the training feat of the day with Ocean Crossing (All Too Hard) returning from a 169-day break to blow his rivals out of the water in the $70,000 Class 3 (1100m) yesterday. With a profile that reads a higher propensity towards the mile and thereabouts, all on turf, not many took... Read More
Sun Ops shrugs off trip worries with sizzling win
Trainer Desmond Koh’s pre-race reservations about Sun Ops (I Am Invincible) lasting the 1100m trip of Sunday’s S$70,000 Class 3 race proved to be much ado about nothing after all. In the lead-up to the speed scamper, the typically conservative Singaporean handler had voiced out his concerns that his noted speedster might struggle over the... Read More
Class prevails as Big Hearted digs deep
If jockey Louis-Philippe Beuzelin had any niggling concerns about Big Hearted (Hallowed Crown) in the $85,000 Kranji Stakes B race over 1400 metres yesterday, they were lack of pace and the 59.5 kilogram weight, but sheer class saw the 2020 Singapore Gold Cup (Listed, 2000m) winner come through without any issues. After a moderate jump,... Read More
Charmed run continues for Kharisma even at Kranji Stakes A
A daring gamble to let Kharisma (Mossman) skip a few classes returned instant dividends at Kranji yesterday, but also gave trainer Stephen Gray a bit of a conundrum to ponder: Where to from here? Last victorious in Class 3 company three weeks earlier, the four-year-old completed a hat-trick as he easily shook off the attention... Read More