Count on consistent Dutrow

His record speaks for itself.
Trainer Shane Baertschiger's Dutrow has been a model of consistency - with a win and two seconds from as many starts - and that puts him in as the chief contender for the Lucky Last at Kranji tonight.

After all, his Class 4 opposition appears to lack the same good current form that he has and it will be a surprise if any of them can deny him his spot on the winner's rostrum.

It must be noted that all three of Dutrow's runs so far were with full of merit.

Although he ran second first-up by half a length, over the Polytrack 1,100m on Aug 20, his conqueror Gran Torino had gone on to win again last start.

The four-year-old Australian-bred picked up plenty from that beneficial run in Maiden company and made no mistake next time out over the same track and distance in an Initiation event.

His two-and-a-half-length thrashing of Sattar was one thing, but what was more impressive was his winning time. He clocked a swift 1min 04.80sec, which was close to the record time, with 57.5kg.

Naturally, armed with those two star performances, Dutrow was backed down as the $12 favourite at his latest outing, despite being promoted to Class 4 in yet another Poly 1,100m race.

He, however, found fellow last-start winner Silkino had improved more and was in galloping mood, getting up to beat him by one-and-a-quarter lengths in a quicker time than his, in 1min 04.54. But do remember that Silkino was carrying 2.5kg lighter that day.

Now that he has had three good runs under his belt, Dutrow should handle the Poly 1,200m tonight. He looks spot-on during trackwork, and win No. 2 at start No. 4 certainly does not look a tall order.

 

LEADING JOCKEYS

1st 2nd 3rd

V Duric 75 52 54

M Nunes 65 57 68

M Rodd 50 47 28

G Boss 49 38 50

N Juglall 48 53 53

A Munro 44 39 46

J Powell 35 33 27

D Beasley 35 26 19

B Vorster 35 24 31

D David 33 30 37

CC Wong* 28 27 32

R Zawari* 25 19 12

O Placais 24 31 20

R Shafiq 24 19 24

B Woodworth 24 17 19

K A'isisuhairi 20 12 20

O Chavez 19 26 25

M Kellady 13 19 16

S John 11 13 15

G Mosse 10 17 10

 

LEADING TRAINERS

1st 2nd 3rd

M Walker 80 75 66

S Baertschiger 56 58 48

R Le Grange 55 52 54

C Brown 48 50 34

HW Tan 47 55 50

M Clements 46 25 47

S Burridge 45 39 40

S Gray 44 25 40

L Laxon 31 37 25

J Peters 31 31 25

D Meagher 27 32 19

RB Marsh 27 28 19

Desmond Koh 27 24 29

H Takaoka 27 21 28

Leslie Khoo 23 29 34

CT Kuah 23 15 26

D Hill 21 20 24

J O'Hara 20 29 26

L Dragon 20 15 16

S Yeoh 17 16 15