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Simply The Best lives it up in debut

SINGAPORE: Aug 6, 2010

SIMPLY THE BEST on his way to an impressive debut victory
- SNTC photo

Table-toppers Joao Moreira and Steven Burridge continued to pile up the winners in their quests to win the premiership for the first time this season.

Moreira, who is well on course to break Noel Callow's record of 107 winners set in 2007, won the first two races astride DARE TO WIN (Desert Sun - Eliza Park by Scenic) and SIMPLY THE BEST, then completed a treble with GREAT RETURN (Real Jester - It's The Business by Key Business).

SIMPLY THE BEST (Stratum - Career Start by End Sweep) showed just why his connections paid NZ$210,000 for him at the Ready To Run Sale when he cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory.

His win tonight means that his sire has now two runners for two winners in Singapore after the exploits of STRATA STAR (ex Brilliant Crown by Chief's Crown) who also won his debut and went on to finish third in the Juvenile Championship last month.

Stratum, who won just two races, the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes and the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes, in 18 starts, has had a sensational start to his career at stud, winning the First Season Sire premiership in the 2009/10 season in Australia.

His first crop included a Golden Slipper winner in CRYSTAL LILY and he also became the first stallion to have offspring winning more than A$3 million in the first season.

Burridge, bidding to end of the domination of Laurie Laxon in the trainer's premiership, saddled DARE TO WIN and CRISTOFORO (Yachtie - Bride Of Pompeii by Pompeii Court) to victory to bring his tally to 54 for the season, 12 more than Laxon.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1	MAIDEN - 1600M (POLYTRACK)
7	Dare To Win	S Burridge	J Moreira	1
5	Simple Man	H Takaoka	Chavez	2
3	Equience	J Meagher	Soo	3
11	Fairy King Dane	D Koh	Y F Leong	4

2	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
9	Simply The Best	D Koh	J Moreira	1
8	Rotorua	M Clements	M Airy	2
10	Zac Heaven	M Freedman	D Beasley	3
1	A Certain Smile	Baertschiger	B Vorster	4

3	CLASS 4, DIV 3 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
2	Blitz	M Clements	M Gallagher	1
4	Cabrera	S Burridge	J Moreira	2
5	Schmeichel	P Shaw	B Vorster	3
8	Secondtonone	L Treloar	S H Low	4

4	CLASS 4 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
1	Treasure Hunter	D Koh	Soo	1
3	Shining Glory	Baertschiger	J Powell	2
8	Common Interest	B Dean	S John	3
4	Star Halo	M Clements	J Moreira	4

5	CLASS 5 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
9	Great Return	D Hill	J Moreira	1
3	Incognito	Baertschiger	J Powell	2
5	My Prosperity Kat	H Takaoka	Chavez	3
7	Sunduvan	H K Tan	M Ewe	4

6	CLASS 4 - 1800M (POLYTRACK)
4	Cristoforo	S Burridge	R Stewart	1
3	Bowie Knife	H Takaoka	D Beasley	2
7	Formidable Quest	C Brown	M Gallagher	3
6	Double Dose	B Dean	Saimee	4

7	CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
4	Gustoriko	S Chua	Chavez	1
3	Eternal Win	H W Tan	Soo	2
5	Rena Cross	M Clements	V Duric	3
1	Arapuni	L Laxon	J Moreira	4

8	CLASS 5 - 1700M (POLYTRACK)
4	My Way	B Marsh	R Fradd	1
2	Eighth Avenue	D Kok	M Ewe	2
5	Who Els	T Kieser	J Moreira	3
1	Kipadi	S Gray	V Duric	4

9	CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
2	South Star	H Takaoka	Chavez	1
5	Lockdown	P Shaw	B Vorster	2
4	Magic Moxie	H W Tan	Soo	3
6	Rock You	C Brown	J Powell	4