After coming off a cracking treble that vaulted him to 99 winners last week, Jason Ong clearly likes to strike the iron while it is hot. The young Singapore trainer has wasted no time in hitting the century at the very next meeting on Saturday with Super Convince in Race 2,...
“It feels pretty special, and it’s even more special it came for one of my biggest supporters from Day 1, the TTS Stable.”
“It took a while to get there because we’ve been racing once a week for a while now,” he said in allusion to the downsized racing calendar due to Covid-19. But he should already be commended for a mini-landmark of sorts – the gong of the best local trainer when fifth on 33 winners in 2022. While he may not be blessed with the same armoury as Clements or Fitzsimmons, new blood like Super Convince can help him poke around the Top Five.
“I didn’t really want to change too much from his racing pattern. In his previous runs when he sat back, he had too much ground to make up.”From his sticky gate in barrier No. 10, he was anchored back at the rear but took closer order when peeled three wide from the 800m. “I’m confident this horse can go even further, but as he’s still a bit raw and looking around, I’ll take my time with him.A’Isisuhairi, who also partnered Super Convince to his last-start closing fifth in a Restricted Maiden Polytrack sprint, concurred about the trip, even if stamina may not be in the genes on the paternal side.
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