YESTERDAY'S IPOH RESULTS IT'S 5 WINS FOR THE 'EMPEROR' AND EMPRESS 4-D

Sun 23/02/14

FIRST SECOND THIRD

2320 2517 8262

STARTERS

1008 1625 3793

4768 5209 6048

6391 7432 7643

8975

CONSOLATIONS

0354 1671 1934

2348 3050 3311

4213 4881 9519

9821

brian@sph.com.sg

EMPEROR MAX stamped himself as one of the horses to watch in 2014 when he won his fifth race in a row and, in the process, remained undefeated at Kranji.

It was also a great occasion for New Zealand jockey Lisa Allpress. The Kiwi lass has been in the stirrups in all of the Emperor's wins - going back to that debut in October last year.

It was suggested in many quarters that Emperor Max would be severely tested by WAR AFFAIR, who was making a comeback a four-month break.

NO-CONTEST

Alas, it was a no-contest. Emperor Max won fair and square - much to the delight of trainer Stephen Gray and Allpress' mother, who made a special trip from the Land Of The Long White Cloud to watch her daughter and the horse who, in Lisa's own words, was now "part of the family".

"I'm really, really pleased," she gushed after the weigh-in. "I really love this horse. He's like a family member. Everybody loves him. The stable staff, the syces - everybody.

"My mum is here. So this is even more special. I'm happy she saw me win on Emperor Max."

Gray, who has turned out Emperor Max looking like a million bucks in all his five races, confessd to being "really excited" when his charge dashed to the line to beat War Affair.

"I knew he had some advantage and we knew we had a chance. But we still had to go out there and win it. That, we did. I'm happy for Lisa."

In yesterday's race - a Kranji Stakes A event worth $125,000 and run over the 1,200m on the long course - Emperor Max jumped well but was shuffled back and, after 250m, Allpress had him sitting in a lonely fourth position as Mr Big dictated things. War Affair, who came in for inspired betting late on, was fifth.

When they angled out for the run to the post, Allpress made her move on Emperor Max. Taking a run three wide, she went after the leaders.

When asked for an effort, the "Emperor", his ears pricked, knew what he had to do and he had the lead with 150m to travel.

That was when War Affair threw down his challenge but Allpress, riding hell for leather, drove her mount to win a truly exciting race.

Sent off as top fancy, Emperor Max paid $11 for the win.

 Race 2 C5 (SC) 1800m

7 LOVE ME 52.5 c 53 (16-7) G Joorawon (3) 8 4 1 (497) -

9 SPACE INVADER 52.5 (40-13) J Shankar (13) 13 8 2 (465) 4

12 I WISH 51.5 c 49 (56-17) CK Tan* (8) 3 1 3 (471) 1.25

16 BANCHORY 50 c 51 (73-20) D Bonilla (15) 6 5 4 (502) 1.25

Winning stable: Hudson. Trainer: P Pereira. Time: 1min 49.70sec (Going: good). Forecast: $47. Tierce: $399. Quartet: $857. P Forecast: $13 (7-9), $23 (9-12), $13 (7-12). Trio: $99. Quadro: $112. Course scratching: 17:Glory Betting 

 Race 4 C5 (SC) 1800m

9 GLORY AGE 50 (54-16) M Wepner (2) 4 3 1 (431) -

10 LITTLE MAN 50 c 51.5 (15-5.10) J Shankar (6) 7 6 2 (458) 1.5

3 IMPROBABLE 54.5 c 52.5 (19-8) H Barnabas (4) 2 2 3 (452) Nk

8 EMPEROR QIAN LONG 50 c 51.5 (27-9) Lou Ho (5) 8 4 4 (479) 1.25

Winning owner: HK Wong. Trainer: Peter Lee. Time: 1min 52.80sec (good). Forecast: $42. Tierce: $477. Quartet: $862. P Forecast: $13 (9-10), $8 (10-3), $16 (9-3). Trio: $59. Quadro: $48. Course scratching: 1:Flying Kiss 

 Race 6 RM (SC) 1200m

4 BRAVE MALALA 53.5 c 50.5 (16-8) CK Tan* (1) 1 1 1 (471) -

3 SPANISH GARDEN 55 (13-7) J Shankar (4) 5 2 2 (472) 2.25

1 COMBINED POWER 55 c 54 (12-6) S Sani (3) 3 3 3 (474) 0.75

2 LIGHTNING ROD 55 (51-19) G Joorawon (6) 4 4 4 (445) 1.75

Winning stable: Lucky Nine. Trainer: KL Chong. Time: 1min 10.80sec (good). Forecast: $7. Tierce: $53. Quartet: $87. Trio: $6. Quadro: $3. Course scratching: 7:Indian Rock 

 Race 8 MS (SC) 1200m

9 CANDY CRUSH 50 (17-7) TM Wan (3) 4 2 1 (476) -

2 ROYAL GREEN 54.5 c 52 (25-7) M Ganeesh* (5) 6 6 2 (496) 0.5

11 JIEFANGBEI 50 c 49.5 (352-53) KK Chin* (9) 3 4 3 (523) Nk

10 HONESTLY SPEAKING 50 (28-7) I Amirul* (8) 1 1 4 (446) Nk

Winning owner: YY Chen. Trainer: N Azman. Time: 1min 12.90sec (good). Forecast: $14. Tierce: $933. Quartet: No winner ($1944 jackpot carried forward to next race). P Forecast: $5 (9-2), $126 (2-11), $67 (9-11). Trio: $322. Quadro: $398. Course scratching: 8:Cizen Brother 

 Race 10 ENRICH STAKES A (SC) 1200m

JRA Goodwill Cup

1 CIZEN WORLD 57 (107-19) Jose De Souza (9) 1 1 1 (500) -

3 FEISTY LEO 54 (11-6) L Sofhan (6) 9 10 2 (504) 1.25

5 SHAOLIN SOLDIER 53 (48-8) Y Aify (8) 4 5 3 (510) Shd

2 AVE THE SNIP 54 (17-7) J Shankar (10) 3 2 4 (490) 1.25

Winning stable: Paint Emperor. Trainer: SH Tan. Time: 1min 09.70sec (good). Forecast: $24. Tierce: $873. Quartet: No winner ($7368 jackpot carried forward to next race). P Forecast: $14 (1-3), $8 (3-5), $25 (1-5). Trio: $92. Quadro: $49.

 Race 12 C4 (SC) 1000m

8 WHITE PILLOW 53 (12-6) Jose De Souza (2) 2 1 1 (477) -

12 PADDY'S PARK 50 c 51.5 (21-10) J Shankar (4) 5 4 2 (476) 1.25

10 WYNN FOR ROSE 51 (502-83) M Razali* (1) 1 3 3 (509) 3.25

1 GOOD RECOMMEND 57 c 56 (181-33) M Djulkifli (11) 7 7 4 (504) 1.5

Winning owner and trainer: SH Tan. Time: 57.50sec (good). Forecast: $17. Tierce: $824. Quartet: No winner ($12984 jackpot carried forward to next race). P Forecast: $4 (8-12), $74 (12-10), $79 (8-10). Trio: $356. Quadro: $1130.

 Race 14 C4 (SC) 1000m

11 NO MONEY NO TALK 50 c 51.5 (26-11) J Shankar (11) 1 1 1 (510) -

2 WIN MILLION 57 c 53 (61-14) AK Lim* (1) 2 2 2 (527) 2.75

3 TRIPLE ONE D'BEST 54.5 (11-5.10) Jose De Souza (3) 5 5 3 (488) Shd

5 CONTENTED 53 c 52.5 (267-50) Lou Ho (6) 7 7 4 (480) 3.75

Winning owner and trainer: S Cook. Time: 57.50sec (good). Forecast: $94. Tierce: $206. Quartet: $22588. P Forecast: $22 (11-2), $12 (2-3), $9 (11-3). Trio: $47. Quadro: $239.