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Singapore Racing - Weekend Review - May 26

Hong Kong galloper Southern Legend has toyed with his rivals to claim a dominant victory in the Group 1 Kranji Mile (1600m) in Singapore on Saturday.

Southern Legend
Southern Legend Picture: HKJC

The Casper Fownes-trained runner ridden by Zac Purton was away well from the inside draw to settle on the speed before kicking well clear in the straight, running out a three length winner over Horse Of Fortune in second with Nova Strike a further length back in third.

Southern Legend returned a Timeform figure of 117, an equal career peak, the same figure he ran to when third in the Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin the start prior.

Southern Legend is the highest rated winner of the race since it became a Group 1 in 2006, three pounds above 2017 winner Infantry who was fifth in this year’s renewal.

Hong Kong claimed the quinella with Horse Of Fortune in second running to a Timeform figure of 109, Nova Strike the best of the local runners in third and running up to his career peak of 106.

Mr Clint
Mr Clint Picture: Singapore Turf Club

The Group 1 Singapore Guineas (1600m) saw Mr Clint come from back in the field to claim a one length victory over King Louis in second with Captain Jamie third giving Zac Purton a Group 1 double.

Mr Clint showed good speed to finish runner up to Be Bee in the first leg of the three-year-old challenge but was unable to go on with it in the Classic prior to a nice win in a Class 3 over 1400m leading into this race.

With the step up to the mile no issue, Mr Clint ran to a clear new career peak Timeform figure of 101, 13 pounds above his previous best in the Thr Classic but was five pounds below 2017 winner Forever Young.

Since the race became a Group 1 event in 2010, Mr Clint is the second lowest rated winner of the race, just one pound above 2016 winner Debt Collector (100+).

King Louis also came with a big run down the outside to finish runner up and return new career peak Timeform figure of 99, five pounds above his third placing in the Classic the start prior.

Lim's Cruiser
Lim's Cruiser Picture: Singapore Turf Club

In the final feature race of the day, Lim’s Cruiser was able to weave through the field to take out the Group 1 Lion City Cup (1200m) with Zac Kasa a length and a half away in second and Countofmontecristo well back in third.

The Stephen Gray-trained runner came off a solid effort for third when resuming in the Group 2 Merlion Trophy last start and ran to a Timeform figure of 109, the same figure he ran to when winning this race last year.

Arguably the one to follow out of the race is three-year-old gelding Zac Kasa who went to the lead from the widest barrier but was unable to hold off Lim’s Cruiser over the final stages.

Zac Kasa ran to a clear new career peak Timeform figure of 104, 14 pounds above his effort in the The Classic the start prior.

Countofmontecristo placed yet again in a feature race and was well below his previous form running to 94.


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Kranji Saturday, 26th May 2018

7f210y TURF YIELDING
SGD $1,500,000

KRANJI MILE (SGG1)

SGD $1,500,000
Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
7f210y TURF YIELDING
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. SOUTHERN LEGEND (AUS) 5yo G
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - DONNA'S APPEAL (AUS)
ZAC PURTON
CASPAR FOWNES
$2
57kg
Boniface Ho Ka Kui

Sales Information

2nd 3. HORSE OF FORTUNE (SAF) 7yo G
STRONGHOLD (GB) - SWEET VIRGINIA (SAF)
KARIS TEETAN
TONY MILLARD
$9.4
57kg
Fantastic Five Syndicate

Sales Information

3rd 10. NOVA STRIKE (NZ) 5yo G
RED GIANT (USA) - LA PANTHERE (NZ)
OLIVIER PLACAIS
ALVIN TAN
$124.6
57kg
NOVA RACING STABLE

Sales Information

4th 9. CLARTON SUPER (AUS) 5yo G
SWIFT ALLIANCE (AUS) - MEDITATION (AUS)
I AZHAR
KS TAN
$34.2
57kg
5th 7. INFANTRY (NZ) 5yo G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - THE NIGHTINGALE (NZ)
VLAD DURIC
ALVIN TAN
$7.6
57kg

Sales Information

6th 11. MAXIMUS (USA) 5yo G
LEMON DROP KID (USA) - IMAGINE (USA)
T SEE
ALVIN TAN
$49.4
57kg
7th 8. PREDITOR (NZ) 5yo H
SAVABEEL (AUS) - BIRD (NZ)
JOHN POWELL
SHANE DONALD BAERTSCHIGER
$74
57kg

Sales Information

8th 4. OCEAN EMPEROR (NZ) 6yo H
ZABEEL (NZ) - TOOTSIE (NZ)
JASON COLLETT
G HENNESSY
$12.8
57kg

Sales Information

9th 5. CIRCUIT LAND (USA) 7yo G
MIZZEN MAST (USA) - STORM DOVE (USA)
ALEX BADEL
LEE FREEDMAN
$10.2
57kg
10th 12. MAJESTIC MOMENTS (NZ) 6yo G
DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - IN SPAIN (IRE)
NOORESH JUGLALL
RICARDO LE GRANGE
$78.2
57kg

Sales Information

11th 6. ELITE EXCALIBUR (AUS) 5yo G
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ROMANTIC RIVER (USA)
MICHAEL RODD
CLIFF BROWN
$5.6
57kg

Sales Information

12th 2. VOLKSTOK'N'BARRELL (NZ) 6yo G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - VOLKSTER (NZ)
CRAIG GRYLLS
DONNA LOGAN
$15.4
57kg

Sales Information

13th 13. IRON MAN (ARG) 5yo G
HIDDEN TRUTH (USA) - FAMOSA SAM (ARG)
BAREND VORSTER
RICARDO LE GRANGE
$106.4
57kg

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