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Entertainer battles well to victory
A well-crafted strategy from leading trainer Mark Walker saw Entertainer (Zoustar) upstage some of the best sprinters at a higher echelon with a hard-fought win on Saturday. The speedy Zoustar (Northern Meteor) five-year-old was a little overlooked in the market at $55, no doubt largely due to his last-start weakening unplaced run in a Class... Read More
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Command getting closer to Gold
King’s Command (Tavistock) boosted his chances of a ticket to the $1 million Singapore Gold Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) after his commanding win on Saturday. On 67 points, trainer Shane Baertschiger’s five-year-old grey languished around ten nominations down the list of the time-honoured handicap race, badly in need of a win to climb his way... Read More
Trumpy gives Clements another Gold Cup trump card
Argentinian import Trumpy (Lizard Island) finally got off the mark at his 14th Kranji start yesterday and has in the process all but booked his ticket for the Singapore Gold Cup (Gr 1, 2000m). The timing could not have been better with the six-year-old coming with a sneaky run along the rails in the S$70,000... Read More
Ironchamp delivers knockout blow
Steven Burridge was more concerned about getting a dry track than Ironchamp’s (Glass Harmonium) awkward gate ahead of yesterday’s Class 3 race over 1400 metres but he need not have worried as the speedy five-year-old made the race his own after he easily overcame barrier 12. Sacred Judgement (So You Think) valiantly tried to claim... Read More
Nepean repays Baertschiger for not giving up on him
Shane Baertschiger’s guarded optimism ahead of Nepean’s (Roman Emperor) run yesterday was well rewarded when the Listed winner made it a one-act affair in the Kranji Stakes A race (1400m). Last year’s EW Barker Trophy (Listed, 1400m) winner was second-up after a seven-month break following a run of poor form that was at odds to... Read More
Entertainer hands Hakim treble as apprentice builds healthy lead
Standby starter Entertainer (Zoustar) made the most of his late call-up to shine again in the Class 3 race over 1100 metres at Kranji yesterday. Already a four-time winner over the Polytrack 1100 metres in his customary catch-me-if-you-can tactics, the five-year-old was in his element the moment he was sent forward by Hakim Kamaruddin. Biding... Read More