Singapore
Singapore/3.24.2013
Local Racing News|March 24, 2013| BY CRAIG BRENNAN
Flying Fulton goes all the way in Marsiling Classic
Flying Fulton (Jose Verenzuela) gives his rivals something to chase in the Marsiling Classic Stakes.
Singapore/1.20.2013
Thoroughbred News|20 JAN 2013 | BY MICHAEL LEE
Woodlands Classic Stakes goes to Tenzing
The underrated Tenzing took a step closer towards a successful title defence of the Fortune Bowl when he landed the $150,000 Group 3 Woodlands Classic Stakes (1800m) in thrilling fashion on Sunday.
The Catbird six-year-old prepared by Cliff Brown is now right on track for the traditional Chinese New Year feature on February 11, a Group 3 race over 2000m (turf) which he nailed in the very last stride from Mitre Peak last year.
Ridden by in-form jockey John Powell, Tenzing ($72) formed part of a trio of swoopers who gobbled up runaway leader City Lad (Tengku Rehaizat) as he started to knock up at the 250m. Lizarre (Davy Bonilla) and Nandowra (Joao Moreira) were fighting out the finish, but Tenzing finished a shade better to score by three parts of a length from Lizarre, with second favourite Nandowra third another two lengths away.
The winning time was 1min 50.03secs.
Tenzing (John Powell) finishes the best on the outside to defeat Lizarre (Davy Donilla), picture Singapore Turf Club.
Singapore/10.28.2012
Singapore Turf Club|Craig Brennan| 30/11/2012
Flying Fulton takes final feature of the year
Shafiq Rizuan lands his second Group race this time aboard Flying Fulton in the final Group race of the
year – the Colonial Chief Stakes.
Singapore/10.28.2012
Singapore Turf Club|Craig Brennan| 28/10/2012
Ato adds another trophy to the cabinet
Owners Dennis and Gael Evans have been making a habit of winning feature races in Singapore and they added to their growing trophy cabinet when Ato took out the Group 3 $200,000 Saas Fee Stakes over 1400m on Sunday.
Just a week ago Flax, carrying the Newbury Racing Stable colours, took out the Group 1 Raffles Cup over 1800m, while Ato has also taken this year the International Group 1 KrisFlyer International Sprint as well at the Group 1 Patron’s Bowl.
Ridden by Barend Vorster, Ato, the $8 favourite, scored a commanding one-and-a-quarter length victory from King Empire (Joao Moreira) with Excavator (Jose Verenzuela) a neck away third.
The winning time was 1 min 21.96 secs.
Ato and Barend Vorster on their way to another feature race win in 2012.
Singapore/10.26.2012
Singapore Turf Club|Craig Brennan| 26/10/2012
Powell guides Super to an easy Victory
Lightly-raced Super Victory made the most of his opportunities when successful in the $65,000 Initiation Stakes over 1600m on Friday.
Super Victory (John Powell) keeps rallying strongly to the line on Friday.
Singapore/6.24.2012
Singapore Turf Club|Mohit Lalvani|24/06/2012
Ato goes from strength to strength…
Singapore Group 1 Patron’s Bowl over 1600m fell to a strongly finishing Ato who backed up his Krisflyer Sprint victory with a step up in trip.
The second leg of 4-year-old challenge looked like a straight match-up between the winner of international Group 1 Krisflyer Sprint winner, Ato and the winner of the 1st leg of the Singapore 4-year-old challenge, the Singapore Group 2 Stewards’ Cup, Gingerbread Man. The two could not have been more of a contrast to each other in the parade ring with Ato walking around like a pugilist and Gingerbread Man almost sleepy in his calmness…
Singapore/3.13.2011
Singapore Turf club International Racing News| March 13, 2011| Michael Lee
Lockdown Bounces Back in Winning Form
With regular partner Barend Vorster sidelined through suspension, jockey Robbie Fradd did not pass up the opportunity to put his skills to good use aboard Lockdown for old boss Patrick Shaw on Sunday.
Lined up in the $55,000 Class 4 Division 2 race (1200m) on Polytrack, the Jeune six-year-old franked his recent good form (two seconds over the same trip and surface from his last two runs) to hit the line first courtesy of a 10-out-of-10 ride from Fradd.
One of the best away in the 12-horse field, Lockdown was able to take the lead fairly easily before steadying up the speed from the 800m. Drunken Speed (Saifudin Ismail) was in close attendance in second with Gut Feel (Leong Yoon Fei) joining in three wide.
Singapore/3.04.2011
Singapore Turf club International Racing News| March 04, 2011| Craig Brennan
Fradd at his best on South Easter
Trainer Patrick Shaw praised the winning ride of Robbie Fradd after South Easter took out the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1900m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
After settling down in fourth position, Fradd elected to go to the front 700m from home and at the same time put a bit of speed into the race.
Turning for home South Easter had the race in his control and drew clear to record a three-and-a-half length victory over Saddlers Creek (Olivier Placais) with Chief Secretary (Ronnie Stewart) a head away third.
Singapore/1.02.2011
Singapore Turf club International Racing News| January 02, 2011| Craig Brennan
Escomonda scores back-to-back feature Polytrack wins
Former Argentinean galloper Escamonda showed his liking for the Polytrack surface by landing his second feature victory on Sunday. His victory in the Group 3 $200,000 New Year Cup over 1900m on Sunday followed his last start victory in the Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes over 1700m on December 3. Well rated in front by Robbie Fradd, Escamonda scored by two-and-a-half lengths over stablemate Jamal Malik (Barend Vorster) with Arjuna (Saifudin Ismail) a half-length back in third place.
Singapore/12.03.2010
Singapore Turf club International Racing News| December 03, 2010| Craig Brennan
Escomonda gives Fradd early present in Prionn Construct Stakes
Jockey Robbie Fradd landed an early birthday present when Escamonda took out the $175,000 Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes over 1700m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
Singapore/11.28.2010
Singapore Turf club International Racing News| December 23, 2010| Michael Lee
That’s My Son – A Winner Again
Trainer Patrick Shaw’s sprinter My Son scored back-to-back wins in the $95,000 Winner21.com Trophy Open Benchmark 83 race (1200m) on Sunday.
Singapore/11.28.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| December 17, 2010| Michael Lee
Volpista takes Punters’ Way Cup to bring up Shaw-Fradd feature double
The Patrick Shaw-Robbie Fradd renewed partnership were the punters’ pals on Sunday when they landed a feature double in the two races sponsored by leading racing publication Punters’ Way.
With stable jockey Barend Vorster back in South Africa for his yearly vacation, Fradd, who was himself Shaw’s No 1 rider not too long ago, stepped up to the plate to prove in no uncertain terms he is still a valuable team player for the yard.
Singapore/12.03.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| December 03, 2010| Craig Brennan
Escamonda gives Fradd early present in Proinn Construct Stakes
Jockey Robbie Fradd landed an early birthday present when Escamonda took out the $175,000 Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes over 1700m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
The South African rider teamed again with trainer Patrick Shaw to capture a third successive trophy race in the space of a week.
Singapore / 12.17.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| December 17, 2010| Michael Lee
Jamal Malik stamps himself as Derby prospect
Trainer Patrick Shaw may be enjoying a well-earned break back in his native South Africa, especially after Rocket Man’s recent creditable campaign in Hong Kong, but the team back in Singapore is still keeping the home fires burning after they saddled the ever-consistent Jamal Malik to another win on Friday night.
The Argentinian-bred boasted a handy record of four wins and two seconds from 10 starts, but all registered on grass while his latest outing (only his second) on Polytrack at his last run saw him finish sixth to stablemate Escamonda in the Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes (1700m) on December 3.
Singapore / 12.17.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| December 17, 2010| Michael Lee
The Dancer finds his moves again to give Vorster winning treble
South African jockey Barend Vorster can give himself a pat on the back for having hit the target he set himself at the beginning of the year.
The Singapore permanent resident who has been a regular fixture at Kranji for the last seven years, had then earmarked a score of 75 wins and duly hit that mark on Friday night courtesy of a winning treble.
After saluting earlier aboard Bee Ahead for trainer Michael Clements, Vorster added one more win on Jamal Malik for Patrick Shaw, before recombining with the latter, his main sponsor since June to land the money aboard $61 outsider The Dancer in the $75,000 Class 3 race over 1700m.
Singapore / 12.3.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| December 3, 2010| Craig Brennan
Jockey Robbie Fradd landed an early birthday present when Escamonda took out the $175,000 Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes over 1700m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
The South African rider teamed again with trainer Patrick Shaw to capture a third successive trophy race in the space of a week.
Riding the pace throughout, Escamonda responded well to Fradd’s urgings to record a length victory over Superb (Soo Khoon Beng) with Clint (Ronnie Stewart) a nose back in third place.
Singapore / 11.28.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| November 28, 2010| Michael Lee
JTrainer Patrick Shaw’s sprinter My Son scored back-to-back wins in the $95,000 Winner21.com Trophy Open Benchmark 83 race (1200m) on Sunday.
The Hawk Wing four-year-old scored a comprehensive all-the-way victory in the race sponsored by the local racing website last year when it was then a Progress race, and elected for the same tactics to the same winning effect on Sunday.
While My Son was a raging $11 favourite at his first win, his recent mixed form has kept punters away this time with his odds showing $62 at the jump, but jockey Robbie Fradd rode him like a good thing from the outset by bouncing him out straight of his barrier No 3 to dictate terms.
Singapore / 11.28.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| November 28, 2010| Michael Lee
he Patrick Shaw-Robbie Fradd renewed partnership were the punters’ pals on Sunday when they landed a feature double in the two races sponsored by leading racing publication Punters’ Way.
With stable jockey Barend Vorster back in South Africa for his yearly vacation, Fradd, who was himself Shaw’s No 1 rider not too long ago, stepped up to the plate to prove in no uncertain terms he is still a valuable team player for the yard.
After My Son took out the sister-race, the $95,000 Winner21.com Trophy three races earlier, it was Volpista’s turn to rise to the occasion in the feature race of the day, the $125,000 Punters’ Way Cup Open race over 1400m.
Singapore / 11.5.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| November 5, 2010| Michael Lee
The removal of winkers and lengthening of trip proved to be the winning formula for Volpista in the $75,000 Open Benchmark 74 race (1800m) on Friday.
The Brazilian-bred five-year-old had lost his way a little after his solid win over 1600m four starts ago, but trainer Patrick Shaw had it all figured out.
Singapore / 11.5.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| November 5, 2010|Michael Lee
It is early days but trainer Patrick Shaw may have a Derby prospect in his hands in impressive Friday winner Jamal Malik.
The Argentinian-bred four-year-old by Not For Sale has made headway by leaps and bounds since his ordinary debut last June. Following two unplaced runs, Jamal Malik, who was named after the main character in multiple Oscar-winning blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire, hit his straps as soon as Shaw stepped him up to a mile.
Raced by successful outfit Tmen Stable, Jamal Malik did subsequently score over 1400m before getting up by a head at his last outing over 1600m three weeks ago.
Singapore / 9.17.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| September 17, 2010|Michael Lee
Trainer Patrick Shaw may be enjoying a well-deserved break in Bali but a winning double back at Kranji on Friday certainly kept the home fires burning.
After Zafonic Star delivered for his maiden win in Race 2, it was the turn of the ever-reliable Dittatore to make his mark in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C race (1200m).
Singapore / 9.17.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| September 17, 2010|Craig Brennan
South African-bred galloper Zafonic Star appreciated getting onto the Polytrack surface when he took out the $65,000 Initiation Stakes over 1100m on Friday night.
Ridden by Barend Vorster, Zafonic Star stalked the speed before scoring by a length-and-three-quarters over Ace Alarde (Robbie Fradd) with Media Mogul (Saimee Jumaat) two-and-three-quarter lengths away third.
Singapore / 9.05.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News| September 5, 2010|Craig Brennan
Trainer Patrick Shaw may look to the Singapore Gold Cup later in the year following the success of Volpista in the $95,000 Open Benchmark 83 Stakes over 1600m on Sunday.
Shaw, who notched a winning double following the success of Juwel in the opening race of the day, said he would bide his time with the former South African galloper.
Singapore / 9.05.2010
Singapore Turf Club International Racing News | September 5, 2010|Craig Brennan
Jockey Barend Vorster pulled the right rein when Swagger took out the $55,000 Class 4 Stakes over 1200m on Friday night.
Trainer Patrick Shaw provided the quinella in the event when Senor Linear (Felix Coetzee) finished second, beaten a length.
Sunny Gray, ridden by replacement jockey Mark Gallagher, finished third, a half-length further back.
Singapore / 7.2.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | July 2, 2010 | Michael Lee
Going On Here returned to winning ways in the $55,000 Class 4 race over 1800m on Friday thanks mainly to a patient ride by jockey Barend Vorster.
The South Afican jockey had the Argentinian-bred by Orpen settled in an ideal spot in the rear before being bustled up for his run 300m out.
Sporting winkers for the first time, Going On Here gathered in the leaders once he found a gap at the 200m to score by a quarter length from Daad’s the Way (Ismail Andy) with Bowie Knife (Saifudin Ismail) an encouraging third another three parts of a length away after showing the way. The winning time was 1min 53.77secs.
Singapore / 5.7.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | May 7, 2010 | by Craig Brennan
Trainer Patrick Shaw is looking forward to his speedster My Son taking on stronger company following his victory in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1000m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
Shaw said the gelding had now raced his way out of Class 3 company with his all-the-way victory in a slick 59.14 secs.
Carrying the steadier of 58kg, My Son, ridden by Barend Vorster, scored by a length over Pacino (Vlad Duric) with Daring Shani (Joao Moreira) three-quarters-of-a-length away third.
Singapore / 4.3.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | 3 April 2010 | by Craig Brennan
After the opening race was run in heavy rain, conditions cleared for race two, the $65,000 Initiation Stakes over 1400m on the turf track.
And it proved a happy result for Rocket Man’s connections – owner Fred Crabbia and trainer Patrick Shaw – when The Dancer raced away to a comfortable victory.
Ridden by Barend Vorster, The Dancer scored by two-and-three-quarter lengths over Steadfast Warrior (Robbie Fradd) with Zac Star Destroyer (Koh Teck Huat) a length-and-a-quarter away third.
Singapore / 4.3.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | 3 April 2010 | by Craig Brennan
Lightly-raced galloper Dittatore continued his ultra consistent form with victory in the $75,000 Class 3 Stakes over 1400m on Saturday and in the process gave trainer Patrick Shaw a winning double.
Ridden by Robbie Fradd, Dittatore scored by a nose over Soloist (Aidel Feiruz) with Lim’s Connection (Sean Cormack) a length away third.
Shaw had earlier been successful with The Dancer in Race 2 on the program.
The Brazilian bred Dittatore was stepping up to the 1400m for the first time and trainer Patrick Shaw believes the gelding has further wins in store, and over a bit more ground.
Singapore / 4.2.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | 2 April 2010 | by Craig Brennan
It might have been just a $35,000 Class 5 Stakes, but the win of Juwel was a welcome relief for jockey Robbie Fradd.
The South African rider has endured a tough week after finishing second aboard Rocket Man in the Group 1 US$2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen over 1200m at Meydan in Dubai last Saturday night.
Fradd had been heavily criticised for his ride on Rocket Man who was beaten a half-length by Kinsale King.
Singapore / 3.7.2010
Singapore Turf Club Local News | 7-Mar-2010 | by Craig Brennan
Trainer Patrick Shaw landed a career milestone when Yield Up took out the $55,000 Class 4 Div. 3 Stakes over 1200m on Sunday.
Yield Up provided the South African conditioner with his 400th winner in
Singapore
since setting up base here in 2001.
Shaw has been won most of the major races in Singapore and is eagerly looking to add this year’s International Group 1 KrisFlyer International Sprint over 1200m in May with his champion sprinter Rocket Man.
Singapore / 10.30.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Michael Lee
International horse owner Harlow Stud Stable did not have to wait too long to reap success from its first two “test horses” in Singapore. Since their race debuts at the end of August, Dittatore and Hungarian have had six starts between them for the new outfit and trainer Patrick Shaw, with the former being the more forward of the two. He ran fourth over 1600m second-up and duly lived up to the promise with a win on Friday night in the $35,000 Maiden race (1200m) over Polytrack.
Singapore / 10.30.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Craig Brennan
Jockey Barend Vorster notched a winning treble in the opening five races on Friday night when Sky Happiness took out the $55,000 Class 4 Stakes over 1100m. A heavily backed favourite to run $9, Sky Happiness stalked the leader Magician (Koh Teck Huat) before scoring by three-quarters-of-a-length with Jack Of Diamonds (Ng Kok Keong) three-and-a-half lengths away third. Vorster was full of praise for Sky Happiness who was giving away age and experience to the majority of his rivals.
Singapore / 10.23.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Michael Lee
The inaugural Winner21.com Trophy did not spring any surprise when favourite My Son annihilated the opposition with a compelling all-the-way win on Friday. Sent out the $11 fancy in the 1200m Progress speed dash, the Hawk Wing three-year-old, who had only 50kg on his back, was quick to muster his customary blistering speed to take the lead on settling. The race was soon good as over as jockey Barend Vorster just sat and steered the bold Patrick Shaw-trained front runner to hold his position on the fence before treating his 12 rivals with contempt in the home straight.
Singapore / 10.16.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Craig Brennan
Trainer Pat Shaw’s success with Argentinean bred gallopers continued when Finstock Road took out the $55,000 Class 4 Stakes over 1700m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
Singapore / 7.31.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Craig Brennan
He was looked upon as one of the “good things” on the night, but Renixus had to pull out all stop to hold off stablemate Prinzio in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1600m on the Polytrack on Friday night.
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Singapore / 4.19.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Michael Lee
Trainer Patrick Shaw and prominent owner EMMA Stable saddled the quinella in the $95,000 Chesterton Suntec International Trophy when Argentinian-breds Quiero Bailar and Holtmail ran 1-2 in the 1400m Class 2 event on Sunday.
Singapore / 2.20.2009
Singapore Turf Club Local News | by Michael Lee/Craig Brennan
The South African partnership of trainer Patrick Shaw and jockey Robbie Fradd is unstoppable at the minute.
