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Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett is the latest Singapore-based rider to take a hiatus from the jurisdiction, with racing currently on hold due to a Covid-19 outbreak. Collett will fly to Sydney on Sunday as she looks to derive some sort of income, but hasn’t given up on a return
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For the first time in more than four decades, racing has been halted for a prolonged period in Singapore. The Singapore Turf Club (STC) will be suspending all local race meetings until May 4 in line with the Ministry of Health's latest advisory on Covid-19. The Government announced
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A timely double saw English trainer James Peters enjoy a good night at the office, albeit remotely from his home on Friday night. While under normal circumstances, especially if it’s during a well-earned break, yelling their runners home from an armchair is not such a bad thing for trainers,
A good dose of patience from trainer Tan Kah Soon was well rewarded with War Frontier (NZ) (Declaration of War) getting off the mark at his seventh start on Friday night. The Godolphin-trained Malaysian handler had always held the son of Declaration Of War in high opinion as a two-year-old
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The in-form Skywalk (NZ) (Battlepaint) will line up at Kranji on Friday in the Class 1 race over 1200m. The New Zealand-bed son of Battle Paint has had four starts this campaign for two seconds and a last-start third in February. “Skywalk trialled well the other day (second to Gingerella
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The Singapore Turf Club will be rescheduling the S$1 million Singapore Derby (1800m), which was to be held on April 18 at Kranji, to a future date to be determined later. The Club will also be cancelling the S$175,000 Saas Fee Stakes (1200m) which was also scheduled
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Daniel Meagher gave further proof of his reputation as a patient trainer after Lim’s Dashing (NZ) (Darci Brahma) scored first-up from a 10-month spell in Singapore on Friday night. Just last week, he saw his dint of hard work reap rewards with the injury-plagued and former top stayer Lim’
Mark Walker will use Inherit’s (Pierro) next race this Friday as a final guide to any chance of a Singapore Derby start in three weeks’ time. The four-year-old has found competition tougher when pushed up to Class 3 company at his last two starts, albeit a third place to
When trainer Michael Clements made his choice from the only available three jockeys on standby for the replacement ride on Siam Blue Vanda (NZ) Echoes Of Heaven) in the S$400,000 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), little did he know he was about to give someone the opportunity of a rare
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The world may be in the grips of the Covid-19 epidemic, but it is business as usual for Te Akau’s Singapore trainer Mark Walker. The premiership-leading trainer has been impressed with Singapore’s handling of the virus, which has meant racing has been able to continue on the island
It’s only after Axel’s (NZ) (Darci Brahma) barnstorming win at his last start that trainer Mark Walker began to toy with the idea he could be a Derby horse. The Darci Brahma four-year-old’s previous runs would not really have warranted such lofty dreams, albeit luck was not
Judges could not split War Pride (NZ) (Tavistock) and Kimitonara (Star Witness) after they came out tops in a stirring four-cornered fight in Friday's Class 4 race over 1700m in Singapore. The better-fancied ($8) War Pride took the first run after coming from a one-out one-back spot. Kimitonara