Skip to main content
Home The New Paper
  • Home
  • News
    • Singapore
    • World
    • Business
    • Views
    • Backstage
    • Others
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Singapore Football
    • Team Singapore
    • School Sports
    • Athletics
    • Basketball
    • Cricket
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Others
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV
    • Star Style
    • School of Frock
  • Lifestyle
    • Makan
    • Hed Chef
    • Weets Eats
    • Health
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
    • Biker Boy
    • Celeb Chow
    • Others
  • Racing
  • Your Tip-Offs
  • Read E-Paper
  • Contests
  • Coupon
  • Team

Popular

  • COURT & CRIME
  • Food & Drink
Racing

Ablest Ascend in good order on training track

Ablest Ascend in good order on training track
Ablest Ascend (No. 3) giving trainer Michael Clements the first leg of his treble on Oct 3. TNP PHOTOS: SALWA SUANDI

Golden Horseshoe candidates work with gusto on the training track

Brian Miller
Dec 02, 2020 06:00 am
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • E-mail this article
  • 0 Engagements

When Ablest Ascend won on Oct 3, his name went into numerous notebooks as a horse to follow.

There were good reasons for that. He had won with plenty of clout and his time of 1min 10.83sec for 1,200m was not bad for a youngster still finding his feet.

Well, he meets a field of precocious two and three-year-olds in Saturday's Golden Horseshoe race and there is every likelihood he could jump as the punters' top fancy.

Indeed, his claim to fame was given a solid boost yesterday morning when he was sent out for a spot of fast work on the training track.

With Louis-Philippe Beuzelin doing the steering, he covered the 600m in 38.8sec.

It was a fine piece of work from a youngster who is surely going places at Kranji.

Top-form River Roca can land hat-trick
Racing

Top-form River Roca can land hat-trick

Jan 22, 2021

Related Stories

Trainer Cliff Brown leaving Kranji in March for Australia

Quadcopter ready for the big league

He could Surpass expectations

Back to that win in early October, Beuzelin was in the saddle and they stole the early lead, only to surrender it when the field was midway down the home stretch.

But, like a good horse, he came on again, found the front and cruised to a half-length win over Lim's Dreamwalker.

His doggedness did not go unnoticed. Punters sent him off as the $23 second pick in his second start on Oct 31. They got burnt as Ablest Ascend was narrowly beaten by Kiwi Kid.

From Michael Clements' yard, Ablest Ascend is a work in progress.

Owned by Tivic Stable, he is going to win more races and a bold showing in the $125,000 Golden Horseshoe could be his launch pad into the big time.

Rocket Ryane is another who deserves utmost respect in Saturday's feature.

He had Vlad Duric in the saddle yesterday when running 600m in 37.1sec.

He has improved since his debut when sixth to Lim's Straight.

To many, it was a letdown of sorts, as Rocket Ryane had looked good in his trials leading into that race.

Backed down to $16 - although some of the money plonked on him could have been the "Duric factor" - the "Rocket" sputtered.

Indeed, he was never in it.

A $125,000 purchase at the sales, the three-year-old from Ricardo Le Grange's yard is better than that and it would not surprise to see him run a big race on Saturday.

Same too, Relentless. Until Golden One went on to win on Saturday, he was trainer Tim Fitzsimmons' third winner for the season.

Relentless had Marc Lerner in the plate for his workout and he would have found some admirers when he ran 600m in 37.7sec.

If you disregard his last start, when he finished eighth in that race won by Sure Will Do, you have to agree he did pretty well when winning in October.

That day, he lolled about near the rear - as if in a coma - until roused up with 200m to travel.

Putting on wings, he flew home to beat The Archer by a good margin.

That race was on the Polytrack. The question is, can he handle the turf?

Get The New Paper on your phone with the free TNP app. Download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store now

HORSE RACING

Brian Miller

Read articles by Brian Miller
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • E-mail this article
  • Newslink -  Purchase this article for republication

Top Stories this Month

Singapore

Mum killed in crash on way home to celebrate with son

Jan 19, 2021
After one year of Covid in Singapore: Case 38
Singapore

A year on, recovered virus patient still can't taste or smell

Jan 22, 2021
ICA officers find contraband cigarettes in God of Fortune figurines
Singapore

Thousands of duty unpaid cigarettes found in CNY figurines on lorry: ICA

Jan 18, 2021
Home
  • Contests
  • Coupon
  • Team
  • Home
  • News
    • Singapore
    • World
    • Business
    • Views
    • Backstage
    • Others
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Singapore Football
    • Team Singapore
    • School Sports
    • Athletics
    • Basketball
    • Cricket
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Others
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV
    • Star Style
    • School of Frock
  • Lifestyle
    • Makan
    • Hed Chef
    • Weets Eats
    • Health
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
    • Biker Boy
    • Celeb Chow
    • Others
  • Racing
  • Your Tip-Offs
  • Read E-Paper
  • Contact TNP
  • About SPH
  • Privacy Statement
  • Data Protection Policy
  • Member Terms & Conditions
  • Website Terms & Conditions
SPH Digital News Copyright © 2021 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Regn No. 198402868E