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No rest for the wicked as the second day of the New Year double-header gets underway
1st January 2017
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No rest for the wicked as the second day of the New Year double-header gets underway
A new year and a new racing season will greet racegoers at Kranji and there looks to be plenty on offer on the 11-race card to brush any hangovers away
The last race meeting of the 2016 season and while the farewell parade of ROCKET MAN may grab all the headlines, the feature race of the day, the Colonial Chief Stakes, is well worth the admission
It’s been a big week for Pat Shaw. Firstly, the affable South African handler informed the Singapore Turf Club he will be taking leave of absence – just over six months – due to health reasons…
Not a lot to get excited about Class-wise in the last meeting of what has been a terrific months racing, and a tricky one for punters with more than one maiden event and three ordinary Class 5’s
A combination of post Dester Singapore Gold Cup blues as well as the end of the 2016 season in sight sees just a fair Polytrack meeting from Singapore this Friday but with that brings plenty of opportunities for punters.
Racing doesn’t get better than days like this and all eye’s are on the Singapore Turf Club and the running of the Dester Singapore Gold Cup
A big weekend of racing from Singapore with the running of the EW Barker on Friday and the Dester Singapore Gold Cup on Sunday and what better way to start the festivities
It’s safe to say Michael Rodd has been selective in choosing his rides in 2016.
It might be a day for value seekers in Singapore on Sunday with most fields having plenty of depth
Plenty of good races on offer this weekend, including a very intriguing Kranji Stakes A turf sprint over 1200m
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
