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.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
