Covid-19 has brought racing on its knees, but every now and then you hear of positive fallouts for some uplift, and Grand Fighter (Per Incanto) is one of them. The son of Per Incanto (Street Cry) was originally bought for Hong Kong interests last year, but when the pandemic struck the deal fell through. The... Read More

Iskandar Rosman’s “big boss” won’t be around for him very soon, but Lee Freedman’s legacy on the young Malaysian has certainly put him in good stead for his riding future. A brilliant race-to-race double courtesy of Freedman’s and King Power Stable’s My Big Boss (Smart Missile) and Augustano (Hard Spun) bore testament to the extra... Read More

Hong Kong-bound jockey Ruan Maia was all smiles after he had been able to fall back on a late pick-up ride in order not to walk away on a losing note at his farewell Kranji meeting. The Brazilian jockey was riding at his final Singapore meeting after Thursday’s stunning news he had been lured by... Read More

When trainer Alwin Tan brought up his 498th career winner with Helushka (Toronado) on February 28 last year, most thought picking up another couple of winners to hit that all-important milestone wouldn’t take too long. Nobody could have guessed it would actually take just under one year. True, the Covid-19 pandemic that plagued the world... Read More

Leatherhead (Helmet) sliced 0.19 seconds off the Polytrack mile record recently equalled by Super Dynasty (Fastnet Rock)  when landing yesterday’s Colonial Chief Stakes (1600m) at Kranji. Winning trainer Ricardo Le Grange was evidently pleased he has a new record holder under his barn roof but the celebrations were noticeably subdued despite the memorable feat of... Read More