Desmond Koh was overcome with mixed feelings at the conclusion of the $50,000 Class 4 Division 1 race (1,200m) on Saturday. Debutant Red Dot’s last-gasp win between a loose horse and another runner did not have just the Singaporean handler on the edge of his seat, but...
Koh was a relieved man when No. 4 was semaphored as the winner, but at the same time, he had a wistful smile at the winner’s enclosure.
Once an awesome force at Bukit Timah and Kranji, the popular purple-and-red star silks have been a rare sighting in Singapore, the home soil of its owner Robert Ng, son of the late Far East Organisation founder and philanthropist Ng Teng Fong. The Mark Walker-trained My Lucky Strike in the mid-2010s was arguably the stable’s last handy sort at Kranji, even if he did not have a local feature race win to his name. The Michael Clements pair of Tangible and Real Success had been their last horses still standing of late.The Irish-bred five-year-old by Dandy Man is part of a low-key renaissance for the outfit at Kranji. He is one of four new buys that include Easy Breezy , Great Power and Super Bowl .
Of the four new recruits, Red Dot is the first to strike it lucky. Great Warrior and Easy Breezy have also shown some ability.
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