Singapore Racing – Friday
A stand-alone Friday meeting as Singapore racing gears up for what will be a huge month ahead, culminating with the much anticipated International meeting on May 19
11th April 2013
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A stand-alone Friday meeting as Singapore racing gears up for what will be a huge month ahead, culminating with the much anticipated International meeting on May 19
BETTER LIFE has claims as being the best middle distance horse in Singapore, coming off two Group 1 wins; the most recent being a dominating victory in the $1.35 million Singapore Gold Cup.
The much anticipated Three-Year-Old Sprint headlines a great days racing from Singapore on Sunday with the exciting HUKA FALLS the horse to watch.
It looks hard to pick a “good thing” in Singapore this Good Friday and it might be a case of looking for value in some very open races
The Irish-bred gelding Cannon Hill has yet to win in Singapore racing but has certainly showed more than enough in good company of late to think he is better than what a BM53 field (race 8) has to offer.
Things start to get serious in Singapore just about now with the first leg of the Singapore Sprint series, the Gr3 Merlion Trophy, on Friday.
The $1 million Singapore Golden Horseshoe Series kicks off with the first leg of the six-race series this Friday, with the running of the “Magic Millions Rocket Man Stakes”.
HUKA FALLS is a very good horse. His career record of seven wins from eight career starts is testament to that. And the fact his seven-time champion trainer Laurie Laxon made no effort to downplay the horses potential early in his career suggested he could be one out of the box.
The man dubbed ‘Magic’ has a full book of rides on Friday and a realistic winning hopes
A bunch of battlers will keep the new trainer busy but even Sonny Yeoh will tell you that he is not in the same league as a Laurie Laxon or Michael Freedman
With the depth and standard of apprentice jockeys in Singapore improving with each season, 2013 might be a year to keep the claimers well and truly in mind when punting.
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
