Pat Shaw started 2013 on holiday. But with four winners on the opening meeting of the 2013 Singapore racing season, we can safely assume Christmas pudding was not included on the stable’s December menu.
On New Year’s day – the all-Polytrack meeting has something for everyone including the opening feature of the year; the Gr3 New Year Cup over 1900m.
While the jockeys championship was well and truly over as early as May, the race for top-honours in the trainers premiership will go down to the wire.
There are five races on offer from Singapore on Sunday – all on the Polytrack – and while most look to have some solid punting options, it is the Class 3 sprint (race 8) that will get most attention.
While we get a get a bit of everything early (good and bad) the meeting closes with two terrific races that are well worth the wait.
Six races from Singapore on Sunday with the undoubted highlight race 10 on the card, the Group 3 Woodlands Handicap.
After a ‘Swedish Sojourn’ that saw Magic Moreira add another country to his winning hit-list, Joao is back in Singapore and ready to fire on Friday night.
Good news for race-goers, a cracker of a feature with the running of the SGD $300,000 Chairman’s Trophy.
The all Polytrack nine-race meeting has few highlights bar the fact that Moreira could ride another handful as he tries to finish off what has been a bumper month on a high.
Six races on offer from Singapore – a mixed surface meeting – with some interesting races on the E Short Course Turf making finding a winner or two a tough ask.
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
