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After two tough runs at elite level, Destroyer Eclipse is dropped back into easier company this Friday with trainer James Peters hopeful of a better showing in the S$70,000 Class 3 race over 1400m in Singapore. The British conditioner took a punt on the Alamosa five-year-old
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Everything about Beauty Generation on Tuesday morning signalled that Hong Kong’s superstar will once again be the horse to beat when he kicks off his campaign in next week’s Gr.3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m). The brilliant miler strode out through a 1000m barrier trial shortly after dawn
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Reliable Team will put his unbeaten record on the line in Wednesday’s Class 3 Yip Fat Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley and Zac Purton hopes the rising talent can continue to overcome the challenges he’s already faced this early in his career. “He’s done a good job
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Rising staying star I’m Incredible showed that his first feature success coming off a Class 4 win was no fluke when he did it again for a second consecutive feature race win in the S$150,000 Ultima El Dorado Classic (2000m) on Friday night. The Lope De Vega
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BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Furore caught the eye, running on for third in a dirt track barrier trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning under Grant van Niekerk. Frankie Lor’s charge has not been seen in action since finishing a disappointing 10th in the Gr.1 FWD
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Reliable Team has a perfect record to protect when he takes his place in section two of the Class 3 Wah Fu Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, and Zac Purton hopes the emerging talent has enough class to overcome a number of looming obstacles, not least immaturity.
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Outgoing trainer Bruce Marsh could not have scripted his farewell meeting any better when he led in his favourite horse, old marvel Supernova, as his last Singapore winner on Sunday. The 69-year-old New Zealander has called a day on his 14-year-old stint at Kranji with the
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Debutant Tom Cat gave his rivals a full sight of his jet exhausts in the S$75,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1100m on Friday night. Like the F-14 jet fighter he is named after, the New Zealand-bred Wandjina three-year-old blasted off to the front after
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Trainer Saimee Jumaat welcomed Orient Express’s first win with a sense of relief on Friday night. The former eight-time Singapore champion jockey said he had been at his wit’s end trying to get the Pour Moi five-year-old to find the line, let alone a jockey
Veteran trainer Bruce Marsh bows out of Singapore this weekend as he sends out his last team of runners at the Friday and Sunday race meetings at Kranji. The Kiwi handler brings down the curtain on a 14-year stint that has produced a haul of 416 winners since the
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Three-year-old gelding Caithness Kid will get his first opportunity at stakes level when he lines-up in the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m) on Saturday. The son of Keeper put in an eye-catching run late to win his first-up run at Matamata last week although
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Beauty Generation has enjoyed his summer downtime judging by the sheen of his coat and the barreling depth to his girth. “I don't think I’ve ever seen him look this fat, to be honest. He’s a big boy, he’s carrying a lot of condition,” jockey