Barend’s Nice Card Of Rides
Hardworking, popular and a natural lightweight, three good qualities for a jockey to have…
11th February 2017
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Hardworking, popular and a natural lightweight, three good qualities for a jockey to have…
The annual Canada Cup in Singapore on Friday might not have Group status but it’s a feature in it’s own right and the 2017 edition is a beauty
After showing plenty of promise in New Zealand as a 2YO – which included a couple of cracks at Group level – Nova Swiss arrived with some hype and has confirmed that in four runs
It’s not often a horse with a Gr2 win to his name and who last raced at the iconic Royal Ascot carnival starts in a BM67 in Singapore – but that’s what we have in the lucky last on Friday
A good time to be in Singapore with Chinese New Year celebrations in full swing this weekend which includes two bumper race days starting Sunday with an 11 race card
Manny Nunes officially received his 2016 Champion Jockey Trophy at Tuesday night’s Singapore Racing Awards and the irony of him yet to get off the mark in 2017 was not lost on the talented Brazilian hoop
Only ten races on the card today and while there looks to be some weak Class 5’s and maidens scattered about, a particular Class 4 field (race 4) has our attention.
A solid if unspectacular Friday night meeting but with one eye on the future there looks to be some very interesting newcomers and some potential topline 3yo’s to keep punters happy
While Sundays card looks scattered with some races that punters should treat with caution, the Kranji Stakes C Poly dash (race 9) looks a cracking race on paper and one not to be missed.
Friday night racing is back in Singapore for the first time in 2017 and hopefully there are plenty of winners on offer for the Kranji faithful
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
