Wonderful and Speedy Dragon show up well
Kranji barrier trials
WONDERFUL and SPEEDY DRAGON have not raced for some time but both are gearing up nicely for their comeback.
The duo impressed in their trials at Kranji yesterday morning with a 1-2 finish, with Wonderful looking sharper as the Shane Baertschiger-trained galloper is better prepared.
Ridden by jockey John Powell, Wonderful led all the way under a good hold and clocked a smart time of 1min 00.88sec for the 1,000m on the Polytrack.
The consistent five-year-old could have scored by a bigger margin than the one-and-a-quarter lengths recorded if the brakes were released.
Wonderful, who has never been out of board from 10 starts (four wins, four seconds, a third and a fourth), finished a narrow second in his other trial on Jan 3.
On the other hand, the David Kok-trained Speedy Dragon was having his first trial since his six-and-a-quarter-length victory on June 26 last year.
The five-year-old still looked a bit fat and yesterday's trial will certainly benefit him in his comeback bid.
The chestnut gelding is just as consistent, having had six wins, three seconds, a third and a fourth from 13 starts.
Trial Results
TRIAL 1 (TEST)
1 Dance In The Wind * (D David) newcomer
2 Excellency * (B Vorster) blinkers
3 Golden Casino * (CC Wong) starting stall
4 Dayflirt * (D Beasley) blinkers-pacifiers
5 Scorpio (A Munro) blinkers-pacifiers
6 Golden Mile (M Rodd) blinkers
7 Holy Thomas (I Azhar) blinkers-pacifiers
Margins and time: Nk, 1¾, ½, 1¼, hd, 7¼ (1min 00.83sec)
TRIAL 2 (PRACTICE)
1 Wonderful ** (J Powell)
2 Speedy Dragon * (Y Salim)
3 Majestic Moments H (N Juglall)
4 Darci Charmer (G Mosse)
5 Born To Fly (WH Kok)
6 Quechua (Vorster)
7 Winning Cause (MM Firdaus)
8 Eclair Choice (Beasley)
Margins and time: 1¼, ½, 1¼, 2¼, 3¾, ns, hd (1:00.88)
TRIAL 3 (PRACTICE)
1 Battle Of Troy * (Wong)
2 Famous Artist * (B Woodworth)
3 Time Odyssey (Vorster)
4 L'Apprentice Sorcier (V Duric)
5 Perfect P (Juglall)
6 Preditor (Powell)
7 Mighty Warrior (Beasley)
8 Mighty Emperor (Firdaus)
Margins and time: Nk, 1¼, 1¼, nk, 1¼, 5, 1½ (1:01.48)
TRIAL 4 (TEST & PRACTICE)
1 Big Brother * (Juglall)
2 Kratos * (Munr½¼¾udin)
5 Duty First (Powell)
6 Super Joe (Firdaus)
7 D'Greatest Bullet (E Aslam) pacifiers
8 Keep Spinning (Duric)
Margins and time: Hd, 4¾, hd, 1, 3, 2, 1½ (1:00.83)
TRIAL 5 (PRACTICE)
1 Parliament * (Juglall)
2 Ride Of Valkyries * (Vorster)
3 Mozart Eclipse (K A'Isisuhairi)
4 Phidias * (Wong)
5 Creamy Custard * (M Kellady)
6 Sky Eleven (S Anandan)
7 Johnny Kongos (Firdaus)
8 Astro Man (Beasley)
Margins and time: ¾, 2¼, ¾, hd, ½, 5, 2¾ (1:01.52)
TRIAL 6 (PRACTICE)
1 Mastermind * (Woodworth)
2 Mr Clooney (M Nunes)
3 Kevin Eleven
4 Song To The Moon (Juglall)
5 Politics (Vorster)
6 MMighty Glory (Firdaus)
7 War Citi (Wong)
8 Singsurat
Margins and time: 1½, nk, ns, ½, 13½, ½ (1:01.72)
TRIAL 7 (PRACTICE)
1 Southern Dragon * (Juglall)
2 Elite Warrior * (Beasley)
3 Thankfulness (G Mosse)
4 Anghiari (Salim)
5 Greatballs Of Fire (M Ewe)
6 Allez (Nunes)
7 Mr Miura (Saifudin)
Margins and time: 3¼, ns, ½, hd, shd, 28½ (1:02.11)
TRIAL 8 (PRACTICE)
1 Super Tycoon * (Beasley)
2 Khudawand * (Duric)
3 War Story * (Kellady)
4 Bourbon Harmony (Nunes)
5 Happy Buffalo (Rodd)
6 Three Lions (Salim)
7 Aureus (CK Ng)
8 Metaphor (S Shafrizal)
Margins and time: ½, 1, nk, ns, ½, 4¾, ¾ (1:02.47)
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