Lim’s Lightning makes light work of rivals again
Lion City Cup (Listed, 1200m) winner Lim’s Lightning (Lope De Vega) continued his winning ways with another authoritative victory in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes A race over 1400 metres.
Not many would have predicted such a new lease of life from the former Singapore juvenile champion following an ordinary Australian stint that was meant to resurrect his career – only one win at Werribee in eight starts – last year, but the five-year-old may well be the early favourite for Singapore Horse of the Year honours if he maintains the same rich vein of form to the end.
Ridden positively outside Passport To Rome (Snitzel), Lim’s Lightning was always travelling like an even-money favourite under Danny Beasley and he crossed the line a length and a half clear of the luckless Kharisma (Mossman) in a time of 1min 22.29secs for the 1400 metres on the Long Course.
“Dan gave him a very soft run. He only hit him a couple of times,” said winning trainer Daniel Meagher.
“He had 59 kilograms and gave the runner-up 4.5 kilograms. He carried the weight well and was too good.
“It’s a great win and a great team effort. Everybody’s done a great job with this horse.
“We’ll get him ready for August in a Class 1 race over 1200 metres and then he’ll go for the Raffles Cup.”
The Meagher-Beasley partnership toasted their fruitful association with a double courtesy of another favourite, Watch Out Boss (Bullet Train), two races later.
Koh finds the right combination for Ninesixthreethree
The unraced New Zealand-bred Ninesixthreethree (Darci Brahma) came from near last as he circumnavigated his ten rivals to take out the open maiden over 1100 metres as the $243 roughie second-up.
“He didn’t show much at his first run, but after Harry Kasim (A’Isisuhairi) rode him in trackwork, he told me he’s improved a lot,” said winning trainer Desmond Koh.
“We just had to place him in the right race, and we found this open maiden race. I expected an improved run, maybe not the win, but we’re all happy he won.”
Koh said the outermost alley (11) probably was a factor to his big odds, but A’Isisuhairi’s initiative to begin a searching run around the field overcame that setback.
“I was taken aback by the wide draw, but Harry did well to drop back and let him run home instead of going up with the speed and chase.
“He’s a horse who will definitely get more ground – 1400 metres. We’ll just enjoy the win today.”
Finding a bargain is a Breeze to Tan
Amazing Breeze (He’s Remarkable) proved you don’t need fancy pedigrees and prohibitive price tags to be a winner as he hit the jackpot when he scored going away by two and a quarter lengths in the restricted maiden over 1200 metres.
“I bought him for very little money in New Zealand,” said winning trainer Jerome Tan. “He showed a very nice turn of foot at his debut. He ran third to Lim’s Kosciuzsko, but then he ran unplaced at his next start.
“After three runs, horses will improve and Amazing Breeze was one of them. You can’t ignore that formline of his debut third when he got beaten by Lim’s Kosciuszko who will be the likely favourite for the Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint next Sunday.”
Starharmony stays undefeated as he scrapes home
Starharmony (Real Impact) posted back-to-back wins to remain undefeated with a victory in the first division of the class 5 over 1400 metres under Louis-Philippe Beuzelin.
“Louis paced him very well. The horse is still pretty green, he held his head up high and was looking around in the straight,” said winning trainer Michael Clements.
“Louis had to work really hard to keep him going. On his breeding, he shows us he is a miler and he showed us the same in his training.
“We’ll just have to find the right races to get him up to the mile. He’s already won over 1200 metres and 1400 metres, which steers him well for his future towards 1600 metres.”
After a quiet start to the day, the Singapore champion trainer ended yesterday’s bumper 12-race card with a double when So Hi Class (Dark Angel) took out the penultimate race to provive him with his 41st winner of the season.