Punters were left licking their wounds after all but two favourites bit the dust at Kranji on Saturday. Aside from Free And Happy ($6), rightly seen by most as the nap of the day, in Race 2, and Knight’s Gambit ($22) in the last of the 12-race programme, the other winners...
Halfway through the race, his odds would have even lengthened further.
But after lurking away from the cut and thrust, The Shadow was the one who sprang as the fresh horse on the scene at the 400m. “I thought that over 1,400m, he would run better than today. But after that run, it seems he needs more pace like today’s 1,200m. Clements’ assistant trainer Michael White admitted that those tests beyond 1,200m have only served to drive the message home that The Shadow might be more effective over shorter trips.
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