Winning Form share all of their best bets and tips for Saturday’s racing coming your way from Kranji on 21 September 2024.
RACE 1 – Time: 06:30 Class 5 Handicap – 1100m
Selections: 5/8/6
WINS EIGHT was rated 36 on his last win and now sits one point lower for the strong trainer and jockey combo of Ong and Queiroz. Draws well in barrier one and should be right there. HAPPY FRIDAY is an eight-year-old that always capable of running on late and paying good dividends. Course and distance stats are good and thrives in this class.
RACE 2 – Time: 07:00 Class 5 Handicap – 1400m
Selections: 5/7/3
MY DETERMINATION apparently looked very slick at trackwork during the week and although he finished sixth last start, he was only beaten 1.6 lengths to the winner and looks well placed. TANTHEMAN is the lowest-rated horse in this field but has been running very well albeit without winning. Gets a key booking of Pinheiro who strikes well when teaming up with the stable.
RACE 3 – Time: 07:30 Class 4 Handicap – 1100m
Selections: 5/4/3
ELLIOT NESS has drawn wide so will have to work out some tactics from that barrier but Nunes retains the ride, and he was making up good ground last start. Holds the course record over this distance. PACIFIC COMMANDER thrives on this surface and the important stat to look at with him is the last time he won he was rated 57 and gets back to the same mark. Talented type.
RACE 4 – Time: 08:00 Class 1 Handicap – 1400m
Selections: 2/6/1
MAKIN was the runner-up in the Singapore Derby and has some terrific runs to his name. This is a great lead-up race to the Gold Cup in a few weeks. BIG UNION gets in well at the weights for Pinheiro on this talented type who has won four of his last five races in great style. This is a quick rise in class, but he brings great form.
RACE 5 – Time: 08:30 Class 5 Handicap – 1600m
Selections: 1/6/8
SPIETH HEROINE gets a nice draw in barrier three and comes out of a nice Novice race last month. Just one ordinary performance from her last five starts shows she is in good form. EMPOWERING produced a grinding win in this grade last start and drops back 200m in trip where he has placed at in the past. Drawn to get a beautiful run for Carlos Henrique.
RACE 6– Time: 09:00 Class 4 Handicap – 1100m
Selections: 2/4/1
FILIAL DRAGON is on the quick backup from last week where he finished three lengths back from Strike Gold. Gets a much better draw and must have pulled up well to race again. PACIFIC ATLANTIC has had his last three starts on the turf and gets to the synthetic surface where he has run some nice races. Blinkers go back on for this weekend.
RACE 7 – Time: 09:30 Class 5 Handicap -1400m
Selections: 3/1/4
SALAMENCE sat wide on the corner and had a tough fight to the line beaten a length to Mr Hooper. That run was a good indication that a win is near for this now nine-year-old. FEARLESS WARRIOR gets his regular partner in Nunes again and has been finishing on average 1.5 lengths to the winner in his last four starts. Just looks one-paced at the end.
RACE 8 – Time: 10:00 Class 5 Handicap – 1100m
Selections: 7/2/8
DELILAH was heavily supported two starts ago and saluted for a nice win. The winning jockey from that day gets back aboard and she switches back to a winning surface. FAST AND FEARLESS will need some luck from barrier eight but Nunes does know this gelding well. He has great stats on this surface, and this is his second run back in the grade.
RACE 9 – Time: 10:30 Class 4 Handicap – 1800m
Selections: 4/6/1
LIM’S SMYTHE looked in a bit of trouble last start when he jumped at a short price and was held up on the corner. Once he got out he was too strong for that field. Has Gold Cup aspirations in three weeks. NIMBUS CLOUD the last time he raced over this course and distance he beat King Of Sixty-One back in July last year off a rating of 53. He now sits one point lower than that win.
Race 10 – Time: 11:00 Class 4 Handicap – 1200m
Selections: 1/6/4
WINS ONE gets a terrific draw in gate one for leading trainer and jockey combo. Five minor placings recently and all in good form races shows he is a leading player in this field. RUBIK KID had his rider questioned in that last start third placing stating that the gelding was laying out under pressure. Was still a very good run when you watch it and a win wouldn’t surprise here.
