Singapore racing continues this Sunday, December 17th, featuring an 11-race turf and dirt fixture.
Talented three-year-old ACE OF DIAMONDS looks on song for a hat-trick of wins when he returns to Kranji in the $50,000 Class 4 Handicap over 1400m (race 9).
Trained by Ricardo Le Grange, ACE OF DIAMONDS defied the betting drift (and barrier 13) and broke his maiden in emphatic fashion two starts ago, before proving it no fluke when scoring a double in a Novice race last time out.
Despite the rise in class, the Swiss Ace gelding showed great tenacity to fend off his rivals by half a length over this track and distance.
The form has since held up well with the second-place getter SILO scoring an impressive win in a Class 4 Handicap last weekend, which bodes well for ACE OF DIAMONDS to secure a third straight win as he steps away from barrier 1 under Vlad Duric this week.
Drawn outside of him in barrier 3 is the Tim Fitzsimmons-trained CREATIVE DREAMS, who broke through stylishly two starts ago in an Open Maiden over this week’s distance of 1400m – his best distance at the moment it would seem – but dropped back to 1200m next start on his Class 4 debut.
Drawn wide in barrier 10 and ridden for luck, he turned in a slashing run into fifth, suggesting he can measure up in the grade. Back to 1400m is key to his chances and the low draw should prove him a threat to ACE OF DIAMONDS.
Race 4 shapes as a competitive race for the Class 4 gallopers over 1200m on the Polytrack, but for a bit of value, don’t rule out trainer Desmond Koh’s entrant LEGEND OF THE SUN.
LEGEND OF THE SUN is coming off a fast-finishing fourth at his first attempt back in this grade – where he boasts two wins from seven – 15 days ago after racing wide throughout from barrier nine. Gold Cup-winning jockey Marc Lerner takes over from an apprentice rider, which is a big tick in our book.
