Fairway's Turf Online

Better Be The One on the double

SINGAPORE: Dec 19, 2010

BETTER BE THE ONE goes to the line on a tight hold by Vlad
Duric - SNTC photo

Although BETTER BE THE ONE won five races when racing as COMMON INTEREST in Australia including the listed Festival of Racing Stakes at Flemington for Lee Freedman, the gelding did not quite live up to his price tag of A$485,000 as a yearling.

But BETTER BE THE ONE (More Than Ready - Common Smytzer by Snippets) could realize his potential in Singapore where he has now won twice from two starts after his runaway win in the Benchmark 97 - 1200m sprint at Kranji today.

Now trained by brother Michael, the four-year-old cruised to a 3 1/4-length win, the win coming on the heels his three-length win on the polytrack early this month.

"When he was with Lee, he was pretty aggressive, but after he was gelded, he was able to relax better, and he should be able to see out longer trips," said Michael Freedman.

BETTER BE THE ONE was the third leg of a treble for Vlad Duric who earlier on scored on newcomer ERNIE HARRIS (Castledale - Bobby Harris by Bletchencore) and SCIPIO (Caesour - Darishka by Darhsaan).

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1	CLASS 4, DIV 4 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
2	Juwel	P Shaw	B Vorster	1
9	Darwin	C Brown	Y Y Oon	2
1	Shining Glory	Baertschiger	S H Low	3
5	Village	J Meagher	Soo	4

2	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1100M (POLYTRACK)
5	Ernie Harris	S Gray	V Duric	1
4	Big Gallant	M Walker	Saimee	2
1	Speedy Dwarf	Z L Mok	O Placais	3
6	Naturalbornfighter	M Clements	B Vorster	4

3	CLASS 4, DIV 3 - 1600M (POLYTRACK)
6	Joyluck	B Marsh	B Vorster	1
2	Prinzio	P Shaw	R Fradd	2
9	Make A Return	H Takaoka	J See	3
3	Cruise Home	H K Tan	Saifudin	4

4	CLASS 5 - 1800M (POLYTRACK)
5	Honest	Z L Mok	K K Ng	1
12	Gold Pool	K C Yeoh	B Vorster	2
6	Fortune Eight	S Chua	N Cunha	3
7	Sun Dazzle	K C Yeoh	S H Low	4

5	CLASS 4, DIV 3 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
2	Lion City Tycoon	H W Tan	N Cunha	1
3	Lockdown	P Shaw	B Vorster	2
6	My Lead	L Laxon	V Duric	3
5	Thrilla In Manila	C Brown	J Powell	4

6	CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1600M (POLYTRACK)
2	Scipio	B Marcus	V Duric	1
4	French Irish	P Shaw	R Fradd	2
12	Oblivion	J Meagher	M Firdaus	3
8	Rocket Singh	O'Hara	M Gallagher	4

7	CLASS 5 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
1	Boyle	L laxon	T H Koh	1
8	Verano	Z L Mok	H K Cheng	2
9	Zero Limit	B Dean	Aslam	3
4	Three Kings	K C Yeoh	Kellady	4

8	KRANJI STAKES C - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
1	Squall Line	C Brown	M Gallagher	1
4	Treasure Hunter	D Koh	Soo	2
7	Williams	L Laxon	O Placais	3
5	Mamma's Love	M Clements	Zaki	4

9	CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
11	Our Brightia	H Takaoka	Anandan	1
10	A Nader	S Gray	I Andy	2
5	Gut Feel	D Koh	Soo	3
4	Classic Key	J Meagher	O Placais	4

10	BENCHMARK 97 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
5	Better Be The One	M Freedman	V Duric	1
1	Tuxedo Moon	Baertschiger	S H Low	2
8	Kotipelto	J Meagher	R Fradd	3
6	Mr Raffles	S Burridge	Saimee	4

11	CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1600M (POLYTRACK)
2	Super Rich	S Chua	N Cunha	1
5	Holtmail	P Shaw	R Fradd	2
9	Astra Torres	H Takaoka	Anandan	3
4	His My Idol	Z L Mok	Saimee	4

12	CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)
2	Flying Fulton	M Walker	O Placais	1
5	Doremi la	M Yusof	Saifudin	2
4	Captain Scarlet	S Gray	V Duric	3
8	Daring Journey	C Brown	B Vorster	4