Emirates
Park Victoria stallion Artie Schiller (USA) has one of the rising stars of
Singapore racing currently representing him in the form of Twickenham, a
determined winner on Sunday's card at Kranji.
A
4-year-old gelding already with four wins over 1200-1400m to his credit before
his latest engagement, Twickenham tackled 1800 metres for the first time in his
promising career and came through the assignment delivering the best possible
outcome.
In
what was regarded by connections as a trial for the upcoming S$1,150,000
Singapore Derby (2000m), Twickenham was able to accelerate off a muddling pace
before slugging out a hard fought finish to win by a short-head. The victory
virtually guaranteed the promising son of Artie Schiller a start in the Kranji
feature to be run on July 12.
Winning
rider Corey Brown claimed after his victory aboard Twickenham: "I pushed the
button at the 300m mark and he really got going. But he started to fade after
taking the lead and when [the runner-up] OM snuck a head in front from the
outside, he started fighting back."
Brown
added: "He has won both ways before, from the back as well as from a leading
position, but he's better with a target to run at."
Twickenham's
11 starts in Singapore have returned five wins and three placings for
prizemoney close enough to S$300,000.
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