One more Strike to Tan's 3YO arsenal
30 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Trainer Alwin Tan’s stronghold in this year’s three-year-old series keeps growing after Nova Strike raced away to a smart win in the $80,000 Class 3 race over 1200m on Friday. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
28 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM With Chinese New Year just around the corner and trainers and owners keeping their powder dry, there looks to be a few weak fields on the eight race card tonight but plenty of good bets for the punters. read full story
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Tan eyes 3YO Riches for smart son of Keeper
24 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Rich Fortune is shaping up as an ideal candidate for trainer Alwin Tan in the Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge, at least in the sprinting Leg following a gutsy win in the $75,000 Novice race over 1200m on Sunday read full story
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Certainly a well-deserved win
24 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Never out of the placings, but still chasing a first win in six runs, Certainly finally got that covered after he took out the $75,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1200m on Sunday. read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
24 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM Sunday meeting preview, selections, comments and odds - it’s safe to say the connections of EXCELLENT ONE won’t die wondering read full story
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Double brings Dean more than Gold comfort
23 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Trainer Brian Dean may not be often seen at Kranji these days as his new Korean adventure gathers pace, but the stable was still firing on all cylinders on Friday night with a double from Lucky Coin and Ninetyseven Gold read full story
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Amirul quick to show riding runs in the family
23 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE With a trainer-father and a jockey-uncle in the family, it is fair to say young Amirul Ismadi was born to ride, and such royal pedigree shone out bright after he got on board at only his third Kranji ride on Friday night read full story
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Shaw comes back to another fine Moment
23 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE The Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m) is looking more and more like a Patrick Shaw special day out after Majestic Moments became the fourth name to be added to his ever-growing list of contenders read full story
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Friday meeting preview
21 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM Friday meeting preview, selections, comments and odds - Affleck up against Majestic Moments would usually get top billing on a Friday night but the clash is a mere aperitif to the best race on the card read full story
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Strangles cases at Kranji isolated
21 JAN 2016 | SINGAPORE TURF CLUB The Singapore Turf Club advises that four confirmed cases of Streptococcus equi, also known as Strangleschave been detected at Singapore Racecourse - racing will, however, continue as per normal read full story
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Castor wins on protest
17 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Resuming sprinter Castor secured victory in the Stewards’ room on Sunday after his trainer John O'Hara successfully lodged a protest against Speedy Dragon, the first horse past the post, for double interference in the home straight read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
16 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM You could argue punters have short memories and with this in mind we stay on-board the Speedy Dragon bandwagon in race 9 on Sunday read full story
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Friday meeting preview
14 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM The turf is back for 2016 but while it’s fair to say while there could be some horses that may appeal early in the card, the good races don’t start until the middle of the meeting so it will pay to keep your powder dry until race 5. read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
10 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM Some tough racing for punters with no real standouts in any races but a few that look well enough placed by their trainers to think they go might close to winning read full story
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Sit-and-steer job for the Captain
09 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Consistent Polytrack specialist Mycaptainoblivious was just too good when he sprinted away to an easy win in the $100,000 Open Benchmark 83 race over 1100m on Friday night read full story
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Sing Express goes all the way
09 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE A’Isisuhairi 'Harry' Kasim recorded his first win as a jockey with the Michael Freedman-trained Sing Express in the $38,000 Kranji Stakes D race over 1900m on Polytrack on Friday night. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
07 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM The first night meeting of the new year and while the card is littered with average Class 5 and Kranji Stakes D fields, a couple of nice races late will keep us interested read full story
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Deja Hu for Laxon and Rodd
04 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Trainer Laurie Laxon and Michael Rodd began their new campaigns the same way they did last year when they combined to score with old stalwart Huka Falls on Sunday read full story
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Thai Power puts Juglall and Shaw on top
04 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE It is only the second meeting of the year and way too early to talk up premiership battles, but Power Play’s stellar win in the $80,000 Open Benchmark 74 race over 1700m has already put both jockey and trainer on top of the heap on Sunday read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
03 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM We mentioned on New Years Day that Pat Shaw always seems to play a big part in proceedings at this time of year and you only have to look at his three runners in race 7 on today’s card to see why read full story
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Zac Gallant kicks off new season
01 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Recently-crowned Singapore champion trainer Mark Walker’s premiership-winning form kept up the same momentum when he got off to a flier with Zac Gallant taking the first race of the new 2016 season on Friday. read full story
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Zac Gallant kicks off new season
01 JAN 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Recently-crowned Singapore champion trainer Mark Walker’s premiership-winning form kept up the same momentum when he got off to a flier with Zac Gallant taking the first race of the new 2016 season on Friday read full story
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Friday meeting preview
01 JAN 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM The Group 3 New Years Cup gets the 2016 off to a flying start and given Pat Shaw has four runners in a race that he wins more often than not, he is the trainer to follow read full story
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Mighty Warrior gives Peters another fillip
28 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Mighty Warrior’s Sunday win gave James Peters yet another vote of confidence as the assistant-trainer slash caretaker trainer counts down towards his official debut as a full-fledged trainer in April read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
28 FEB 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM Sunday meeting preview, selections, comments and odds - the last meeting of the shortest month of the year and hopefully we can find some winners to end February on a high read full story
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Ares lands the Canada Cup
27 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Irish-bred galloper Ares kept up his current brilliant form after he recorded a stylish win in the $60,000 Canada Cup 2016 (1400m) on Friday night read full story
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God willing Heracles is another good Olympian
27 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE It may have been a modest Restricted Maiden race, but Heracles etched his name in the history books as the first Italian-bred to race and win in Singapore from recent memory when he scored at his racing debut on Friday night. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
25 FEB 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM It safe to say this meeting provides some opportunities for some of the lesser rated horses to pay for their upkeep for another year or so and with a Restricted maiden with only six runners, a chance for a newcomer to make a winning start to their career. read full story
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Firdaus looks a Smart move for Lad
25 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE The new pairing of current leading apprentice jockey Mohd Firdaus with former promising juvenile Smart Lad has already sparked some encouraging results for trainer Mohd Yusof. read full story
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Shafiq back in the saddle this weekend
24 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Shafiq Rizuan will finally be able to slip back into his racing breeches this weekend - the 29-year-old father of one young boy was granted a jockey’s licence until the end of the year on Tuesday, which to him was a second chance at doing what he knows best read full story
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Lucky Nine retired
24 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Dual KrisFlyer International Sprint winner Lucky Nine was retired from racing on Tuesday - after consulting with the Dubawi nine year-old’s owners Dr Chang Fuk-to and Maria Lee Ming-shum, trainer Caspar Fownes made the hard decision read full story
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Double Luck on Koh's side
21 FEB 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Trainer Desmond Koh was in hot form on Sunday as he saddled a surprise race-to-race double with debutant Mr Luck and Knight Spirit. read full story
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Chavez in full Flight
21 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Hard-working jockey Oscar Chavez keeps reaping the fruits of his labour as he picked up a 10th win this campaign - and the first ever successful pairing with trainer Michael Freedman for good measure. read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
21 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com An excellent BM89 Poly sprint headlines what is a very solid day’s racing from Kranji and the form in and around the very smart Huka Falls in late January could be the key read full story
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New dad Desmond Chan back a winner
20 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Apprentice Desmond Chan Wei Sheng felt on top of the world after he swooped down aboard Star General to upstage better-fancied rivals in the $60,000 Open Benchmark 67 race over 1100m on Friday night. read full story
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Mum was the word for Nurshahril, mum's all proud now
20 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Nurshahril Nordin’s mother thought for a long time her son worked as a security guard but the secretive apprentice jockey said she was not upset when she knew the truth and would still be proud of him after he scored his first career win on Friday night. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
18 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com Plenty of interest for punters on another Friday night mixed surface meeting and hopefully some value to be found if we look hard enough read full story
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Clash of the two Tans ahead of 3YO series
17 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Trainers would rather not have two good runners of theirs going head-to-head in the same race, but Alwin Tan could not help it when Conflight and Rich Fortune ended up on the same card on Friday read full story
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Winning return for Spalato
14 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Star galloper Spalato did not let his legion of fans down at his much-awaited racing comeback when he flew the last 200m to claim a stylish win in the $125,000 Kranji Stakes A race (1000m) on Sunday. read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
14 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com Valentines Day and what better way to spend it than having a punt on the races - although we will try to avoid the obvious omen bets in Salut Amour and Faithful. read full story
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A La willed to Victory first-up
13 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Back from a spell, the talented but unpredictable A La Victory gained the verdict in a head-bobber in the $100,000 Open Benchmark 97 race over 1400m on Friday night. read full story
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Beasley puts track knowledge to good use
13 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Prior knowledge of the track came in handy for jockey Danny Beasley who chose not to leave the plastic aboard Luminiff Lad in Race 3 as they railed through with a late strong run to upstage favourite Be Bold on Friday night read full story
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Khoo at the double
13 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Good things came in pairs and in rapid succession for trainer Leslie Khoo on Friday night when he saddled the first two winners of the night, Mother Nature and Red General. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
11 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com An extremely interesting meeting with seemingly good things or value from race 1 to race 9 so something for every type of punter read full story
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Quechua leads Shaw quartet in Fortune Bowl
10 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Trainer Patrick Shaw more than lived up to his two-in-three chance of landing the $200,000 Group 3 Fortune Bowl (2000m) when race-favourite Quechua took out the traditional Chinese New Year feature with three of his other runners queuing up to complete the quartet read full story
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Welcome-back Kiss for Beasley
10 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Australian jockey Danny Beasley has not taken too long to give Kranji racegoers a reminder of his riding skills after he brought home his first winner at his Singapore comeback stint on Tuesday read full story
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Well Done, Super Nunes
10 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Champion jockey Manoel Nunes had a close encounter with the ups-and-downs of racing in the space of two races on Tuesday read full story
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Magnum shows why he is a gun 3YO
10 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Magnum showed why he was considered to be one of the leading three-year-olds this year when he walked over his rivals in the $75,000 Health & Happiness Stakes Graduation race over 1200m on Tuesday read full story
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El Camino scores first-up for new yard
10 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Recent stable transfer El Camino got off to a winning start for his new trainer when he saluted in the $75,000 Year of the Monkey Stakes Restricted Maiden race over 1400m on Tuesday read full story
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Tuesday meeting preview
08 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com The Year of the Monkey is upon us and trainer Pat Shaw for one will be hoping his good fortune continues on from the start of the calendar New Year read full story
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Delay no drama for Kiwi Karma
06 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee A 40-minute delay failed to rattle smart mare Kiwi Karma who, once the $125,000 Kranji Stakes A race over 1200m was underway, shot straight like a die to lead from pillar to post on Friday night read full story
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Star Choice puts up stellar show on debut
06 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee The Raffles Racing Stable seems to be enjoying a new lease of life after another debutant of theirs scored on debut on Friday read full story
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No Shaw thing, Pat hopes not to be knocked for six
05 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Saddling six of the 10 horses in the $200,000 Group 3 Fortune Bowl (2000m) is already like substantially stacking the odds your way, but when those half-a-dozen horses figure among the leading hopes, the trainer would be awfully unlucky not to finish on the podium. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
04 Feb 2016 | By Larry Foley - kranjiracing.com Yes, it’s that time of the year again and while the Chinese New Year feature race – the Group 3 Fortune Bowl – is on Tuesday, Friday’s race card is a beauty and gets the holiday racing off to a flyer read full story
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Huka Falls for Laxon again
01 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee In-form jockey Michael Rodd and Huka Falls have done it again, and in a style that had many not warming up to their chances halfway through the race this time. read full story
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Time Odyssey spaces rivals again
01 Feb 2016 | By Michael Lee Promising stayer Time Odyssey thumped his rivals as widely expected in the $80,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1600m on Sunday, but has now left jockey Corey Brown with a possible happy headache when the Fortune Bowl comes around next Tuesday week. read full story
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Friday meeting preview
10 MAR 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM After a big weekend of racing that saw Spalato return to what looks close to best form, the great racing continues with a terrific Friday night card headlined by the Racing Guide Classic over 1400m read full story
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Lucky Duric scores a hat-trick of wins
06 MAR 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Australian jockey Vlad Duric is making the most of his short two-month licence at Kranji after he took his tally to six wins thanks to a riding treble on Sunday, albeit with a good dose of luck read full story
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Sunday meeting preview
06 MAR 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM While there is a fair undercard to the main event, all eyes will be on the potential world-beater Spalato as he takes on Singapore’s best Poly sprinters in the Group 2 Merlion Trophy read full story
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Friday meeting preview
04 MAR 2016 | BY LARRY FOLEY - KRANJIRACING.COM A new month and the racing has certainly gone up a notch with some cracking fields this weekend including the best sprinters that Kranji has to offer going round in the Group 2 Merlion Trophy on Sunday read full story
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New beginnings for Anandan
04 MAR 2016 | BY MICHAEL LEE Jockey Anandan Subramaniam is all set to turn over a new leaf as he makes a riding comeback after a long disqualification this weekend read full story
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