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SPG: Meagher to train in Victoria

Expatriate Australian trainer Daniel Meagher, who won Sunday’s final running of the Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) at Kranji, has confirmed he will train out of Pakenham in Victoria when racing in Singapore ends in early October. The owner of Singapore Derby winner Lim’s Saltoro (Shamexpress), Mr Lim Siah Mon, is supporting Meagher’s relocation to Melbourne later this year with five or six horses set to follow their trainer from Kranji. Lim’s Saltoro will be one of them. “All I know is, I think he [Lim’s Saltoro] keeps improving,” Meagher told RSN on Tuesday. “I hope he doesn’t get whacked in the handicaps too much, he’s a Saturday horse, a Listed horse and maybe a Group 3 horse [in Australia].” Meagher had been weighing up whether to train in Malaysia but he has chosen to return to Australia.