31st March 2016
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After bouncing back to his best, former Singapore champion three-year-old Stepitup deservedly won the Singapore Horse of the Year title at the 2015 Singapore Racing Awards night at The Regent Hotel on Thursday night. The evening was hosted by South African Gareth Pepper
The $500 000 Gr1 Raffles Cup on Sunday proved to be another fantastic race, and was one of the best performances I have seen in Singapore, writes Gareth Pepper
A cracking days racing that includes two Group races and a bumper undercard that will keep punters extremely busy.
A mixed-bag on Sunday but while there might be some lower Class fodder, the meeting finishes very strongly with 3 very good punting races.
The field might be small – only eight runners – but with six having serious winning hopes at the weights, it looks a cracker on paper
After the Internationals in May and the Derby in July, Gr1 racing returns to Kranji with the running of the Kranji Mile.
The biggest weekend of racing in Singapore kicks off on Friday with a bumper nine race card that includes the best two and three-year-olds chasing Group glory.
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
There’s lots more to play for!
