The dual stakes race meeting at Kranji on Sunday was notable for winning performances from Natural Nice (Towkay-Aspects of Love) and Live In Hope (Nadeem-Royal Yangtze).
Sixth in a Gr. 3 1800m contest at his previous start, trainer Laurie Laxon admitted that he erred in stepping Natural Nice well up in distance and the tough Towkay four-year-old vindicated the return to a more suitable trip to land a 1200m event on Sunday in 1.09.65.
Natural Nice was ridden to victory by three-time Singapore champion jockey Joao Moreira, who was most complimentary about his mount post race.
“I like this horse a lot. He’s not happy when he sees a horse in front of him, “said the Brazilian rider.
Nadeem 2YO Live In Hope beat the older horses over 1200m and Bale Star (Nadeem-Thanksgiving) almost made it a double for his sire when beaten into second in the feature race for three-year-olds over 1400m.
The results from Friday’s Marlborough meeting at Blenheim had a real LA flavour.
Our former stallion Zed sired the winners Do Uno Whoiam (Zed-Springvale Lass) and Billy Elliot (Zed-Let’s Boogie) while Ciskay (Towkay-Lycsis) was successful over 1400m.
This Friday we are taking Per Incanto (Street Cry-Papa Reale) to Karaka where he will parade from 10am. The stallion will then be available for inspection through until 1pm. Please contact LA 06 3775098 for any further details.
