Singapore News
Japanese stayer puts Wind back in his sails
Japanese stayer Wind Trail (Screen Hero) bounced back to winning ways in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes C (1800m) as he posted his first success since May 2019. Granted he was sparingly raced during last year’s Covid-19-affected season, but trainer Hideyuki Takaoka has kept the faith in the six-year-old despite the fact he had not been showing... Read More
More from Singapore News
Sacred Croix impressive mile winner, but Kranji Mile not on the cards
The back-in-form Sacred Croix (Savabeel) zigzagged his way from a seemingly untenable position to go and score a thriller in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes A race over 1600 metres. Touted as a Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) hope when he reeled off a four-in-a-row early in his local career in 2019, Sacred Croix hit lean times for... Read More
Kharisma continues to inspire with his winning form
A step up in grade proved to be no problem for Kharisma (Mossman) as the progressive galloped made it back-to-back wins by taking out the Class 3 race over 1200 metres on the Kranji Polytrack yesterday. The four-year-old, who last scored at Class 4 level on all-weather, was this time pitted against much better rivals,... Read More
El Don the boss once more
An in-depth pre-race pow wow between trainer and jockey paved the way to Senor Don (Senor Candy) atoning for his last-start defeat as he returned to winning ways at Kranji yesterday. Ricardo Le Grange and Wong Chin Chuen had to devise a smart strategy to give the on-pace Argentinain-bred a most conservative run from his... Read More
Beasley rides first winner back to Unique atmosphere
Comeback jockey Danny Beasley returned to the winner’s enclosure after he booted home the well-supported Lim’s Unique (Uncle Mo) in the opening event at Kranji yesterday. After a stint as an assistant trainer to Daniel Meagher, the Golden Slipper-winning jockey came out of retirement to ride at his first meeting back last week. He did... Read More
Tough win speaks volumes about Irish-bred mare’s stamina
Champion trainer Michael Clements claimed a brilliant 1-2 finish with Voluminous (Nathaniel) outstaying Shepherd’s Hymn (So You Think) in the $50,000 Class 4 race over Kranji’s Polytrack mile yesterday. The Clements pair sat in the reverse order in the running with Shepherd’s Hymn dictating and only the James Peters-trained Meryl (Rock ‘n’ Pop) splitting them... Read More