“It was a great effort to bring him back to this level especially after his throat operation in Sydney. We backed him off and when I spoke to the vets, they were confident he would be back, and I would say he was in even better condition than last year”
With Singapore racing’s big day approaching on Sunday, the barrier draws have been announced for the SIA Cup and the KrisFlyer Sprint. We also catch up on the track work on Thursday morning
Oratorio continued his hot run of form in 2013 when Military Attack won the Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup and Biz The Nurse landed the Gr2 Derby Italiano
International racing returns to Singapore with the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup and the $1 million KrisFlyer Sprint
It was second time lucky for the Irish-bred Chinchon who scored a sensational win for France in the Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup on Sunday at Kranji.
The barrier draws have been announced for Sunday’s Singapore Gr1 double feature. There were one or two disappointments, but most connections are generally bullish and raring to go.
Our patriotic connection to the 2012 $3 million Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup on Sunday 20 May is by way of jockey Felix Coetzee who rides California Memory.
He proudly holds the unique distinction of being the first pupil in that hallowed institution’s long history to have attained a University Exemption on passing his Grade 12 when graduating. But who exactly is this unassuming mystery man, with an impressive international riding CV, who hardly anybody seems to know anything about?
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
