Winning Form share all of their best bets and tips Saturday’s racing coming your way from Kranji on 05 October 2024.
RACE 1 – Time: 05:30 | Class 5 Handicap -1200m
Selections: 1/2/3
CHEERFUL BABY finally gets back to winnable grade in class 5. Pinheiro is back onboard and has a great strike rate with the horse and trainer. He should be looking for the lead from the outside gate. Hard to beat. CIANGO dropping back to class 5 with in-form jockey Bruno Queiroz taking the ride. He should be well-supported in the market. He will get a great run from barrier two and should be somewhere in the finish over 1200m.
RACE 2 – Time: 06:10 | Class 5 Handicap – 1400m
Selections: 8/9/11
FEARLESS WARRIOR strong win last start over 1400m with Nunes in the saddle. He will find it harder here, now Curatolo takes the ride from an outside barrier. Should be in the market. Watch betting. SOUTHERN SPEED led the field up last start over 1400m off a very slow tempo and just feel short. Could be a speed influencer in this race and Henrique stays aboard. Could improve off that last run and surprise here.
RACE 3 – Time: 06:50 | Class 3 Handicap – 1600m
Selections: 5/1/4
SUPER BABY was very dangerous when dropping back in class and winning well over this distance carrying 59kgs last month. He has a terrific record over the mile and although he rises in class, he looks prime to perform here. FLYING NEMO talented get back and run home style runner who will be hoping for some strong early pace in what is the smallest field of the afternoon. The distance is his biggest test.
RACE 4 – Time: 07:30 | Class 4 Handicap – 1200m
Selections: 6/11/7
PACIFIC ATLANTIC strong win last start in the same grade. He should take natural improvement out of the that run and comes onto the turf, he performs well on the long course. LIM’S SHAVANO an improving type with plenty of scope. He’s matured since his first run in Singapore and won impressively last time out. Jumps cleanly and should be up in the leading division.
RACE 5 – Time: 08:10 | Class 5 Handicap – 1600m
Selections: 1/3/7
FLYING FIGHTER huge run last start, was offering more in the finish but was green in the straight and was caught a long way back. Should get every chance this weekend. SUPER BOWL got a sweet last start on the all-weather poly track. Should appreciate 1600m and is in great form. He is a big runner here.
RACE 6– Time: 08:50 | Class 4 Handicap – 2000m
Selections: 6/4/2
LIM’S SMYTHE failed to secure a spot in the Gold Cup but gets his chance for a victory in a distance that he is well proven at. He can settle back and come around with a strong finish. GREAT WARRIOR this will be his first test at 2000m and has performed well at 1800m to show the journey shouldn’t be an issue. Both leading jockey and trainer combine well on this horse.
RACE 7 – Time: 09:30 | Class 2 Handicap -1200m
Selections: 6/9/8
RAVALLI backing up after a huge run at class three level where he was forced to swing around the field and was the run of the race behind Asif. Nunes jumps on and he will be all the rage here. MT NISEKO off a mark of 73 he will carry 50kgs for Taylor Marshall. A strong minor placing behind Big Union looks great form for a race like this. Still looking for his first short course win.
RACE 8 – Time: 10:10 | Class 4 Handicap – 1600m
Selections: 1/5/2
LIGHTNING STRIKE drops back to class four after a moderate four-year-old series campaign. This looks more up to his ability and last won in similar conditions last December. ARYA PAKUAN he is yet to win beyond 1400m, but recent runs have been encouraging and is saddled up by the strong Peters stable. Clocked good sectionals in his last run.
RACE 9 – Time: 10:50 | Class 4 Handicap – 1400m
Selections: 1/3/6
OCTOBER he’s been in a purple patch of form in the last few weeks. The weight would have played a part last start when finishing second to Pacific Warrior. He is a 1400m specialist and should be the one to beat. AXEL things didn’t go to plan last start, he got shuffled too far back and never came into the race. He now gets back onto the short course and could surprise.
Race 10 – Time: 11:40 | Gold Cup Group 1 – 2000m
Selections: 1/2/4
LIM’S KOSCIUSZKO Singapore’s champion and last year’s winner carries the same weight and gets a beautiful draw in barrier two. The last three years this race has been won by the topweights and this ten-time group one winner has continued his dominance at the top of the ratings. He is Singapore’s best and what a race it would be if he took out the final Grand Singapore Gold Cup.
LIM’S SALTORO he has been the rising star of 2024 including a Derby win and a Raffles Cup win at weight for age. He comes into this six kilograms lighter than his stablemate and champion Lim’s Kosciuszko. He has just improved through the year and is still developing.
DREAM ALLIANCE finished second in this race last year and gets in well again at the weights. Although he has two group one minor placings to his name he has not won since October of last year. Gets a low draw but will need to get out and make a run around the field.
