The 2016 Singapore Racing Awards, held at Fullerton Hotel on Tuesday
night, featured an outstanding haul for Karaka graduates including five awards
for the superstar Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park).
The Cliff Brown-trained Debt Collector won Champion Three-Year-Old, Champion
Miler, Most Improved Horse, Social Media Horse of the Year and the most coveted
award of all, Horse of the Year.
Purchased at the 2014 Select Sale for $30,000 and the Ready to Run Sale for
$120,000, Debt Collector has won seven of his 10 starts and more than S$1.5
million in stakes. His victories in 2016 included scintillating performances in
the Sgp-1 Singapore Guineas, Kranji Mile and Raffles Cup.
A half-sister to Debt Collector, by Shamexpress, will be sold as Lot
356 at the 2017 Premier Sale.
While Debt Collector was the headline act, he was far from the only Karaka
graduate honoured on Tuesday night.
Well Done (NZ) (Falkirk) was voted Champion Four-Year-Old. The David Kok-trained runner,
who was passed in at the 2013 Select Sale and sold for $90,000 at the Ready to
Run Sale, triumphed in the Singapore Derby. He also ran second to Debt
Collector in the Kranji Mile.
Lim's Racer (NZ) (Red Giant), who was passed in at the 2015 Festival Sale, took the award
for Champion Two-Year-Old. Trained by Stephen Burridge, the filly won two races
in 2016 including the Sgp-2 Golden Horseshoe.
Lot
798 in the 2017 Select Sale, a filly by Reliable Man, is a half-sister to
Lim's Racer.
The Stephen Gray-trained Bahana (NZ)
(Elusive City) was named Champion Stayer after winning the Sgp-1 Singapore Gold
Cup and the Sgp-3 El Dorado Classic. Bahana was sold for $80,000 at the 2013
Select Sale and $100,000 at the Ready to Run Sale, and his half-brother by
Showcasing will be sold as Lot
779 at the 2017 Select Sale.
Rounding out the massive nine out of eleven possible racehorse award haul was
New Zealand-bredSpalato (NZ)
(Elusive City)who was crowned Champion Polytrack horse.