Beating cancer was already like winning the race of his life, but Mr Malek took equine heroics to the next level by bouncing back from the ordeal with a feature race win on Saturday. Truth be told, the Swiss Ace six-year-old was not quite at death’s door when a malignant...
Back a fortnight on in a much easier $110,000 Group 3 Kranji Sprint on Saturday, the cancer survivor stood a realistic chance of adding a second silverware to his Group 2 Stewards’ Cup success from back in July 2021.
“Honestly, he’s really thrived, that’s the only reason I ran him. He thrived so much that I said, well, we’ll take a punt. “He was never going to win bar the line. I trained The August before, so I knew he’d take Silent Is Gold on, it worked out beautifully.The popular lightweight jockey, who was also in the irons at Mr Malek’s Stewards’ Cup win, turned in an inch-perfect ride.
Silent Is Gold , who shot to $6 favouritism by default, following the withdrawals of Sky Eye and King Arthur, looked like he would justify his ultra-short odds when he collared The August at the top of the straight.Instead, it was less fancied stablemate Kharisma who was running on with a flourish.Mr Malek , the only remaining horse sporting Phua’s iconic yellow Oscar Racing colours, poked his head in front right where it mattered, just holding off a back-in-form Kharisma.Clocking 1min 08.
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