Singapore Racing – Friday
There is an old saying in racing that goes something along the lines of trainers should put themselves in the best of company and their horses in the worst.
31st July 2014
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There is an old saying in racing that goes something along the lines of trainers should put themselves in the best of company and their horses in the worst.
One of the better days of racing from Singapore with the Juvenile Championship and the Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy the obvious highlights.
Not too much to get excited about on Friday with most good horses going round on Sunday in some very strong Group races.
As one would expect on the Sunday following Derby Day, the 11 race card is solid without
being spectacular.
It’s a funny game racing. Just five days after the John O’Hara-trained SPALATO won the Group 1 Singapore Derby, the quietly spoken handler backs-up to saddle the likely two favourites in a humble Class 5
Derby Day. Those two words are enough to make anyone stand up and take notice and this years Emirates Singapore Derby Day will be a beauty.
It will pay to get to the track relatively early on Friday with “relatively” the operative word on this occasion.
PIONEER SEVEN is not quite there yet but he has shown previously that he is up to matching the likes of HUKA FALLS with a pull in the weights
The “time-honoured” Yew Tee Classic is Fridays feature and the field suggests the top-weight, CITY LAD, is a monty at the race conditions.
RAISE NO DOUBT arrived in Singapore with only 1 placing from 3 starts but there were wraps on the now 3YO after a good trial in Singapore.
The Kranji Stakes A is the highlight on the card and with 3 horses coming off runs in the International races in May, it is a mini-feature.
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
