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Rocket Man cruises to victory in Garden City

SINGAPORE: Oct 15, 2010

ROCKET MAN cruises to victory in the Garden City Trophy
- SNTC photo

Just three horses were brave enough to take on ROCKET MAN in the inaugural running of the S$200,000 Garden City Trophy over 1200m at Kranji tonight.

But they were all left trailing in his wake as the Singapore champion sprinter cruised to a 4 1/4-length victory in a time of 1 min 8.82 secs which is just over a second off the track record held by SACRED KINGDOM.

With the victory, his 11th in 14 outings, ROCKET MAN (Viscount - Macrosa by Mr McGinty) is now all set to once again to take the top sprinters in the world in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint in November and the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint in December.

ROCKET MAN has thus far been luckless against international company, finishing second in the KrisFlyer International Sprint last year and again this year, and also second in the Golden Shaheen in Dubai last March.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1	GARDEN CITY TROPHY (S'pore G3) - 1200m
1	Rocket Man	P Shaw	B Vorster	1
3	Fantastic Owners	B Dean	V Duric	2
4	Powerful Ruler	B Dean	Saimee	3
5	Bionic Boy	S Burridge	M Gallagher	4

2	CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1400M
8	Chun Doong	C Brown	M Gallagher	1
4	He's Great	M Clements	J Moreira	2
12	Noble Knight	D Koh	R Fradd	3
14	Maha Veeran	D Hill	Sam	4

3	INITIATION - 1600M
10	Listen Up	Baertschiger	B Vorster	1
2	Blue Condor	M Freedman	D Beasley	2
4	Eternal Fly	J Meagher	Soo	3
7	Royal Cantata	B Marcus	Chavez	4

4	CLASS 5 - 2000M
5	Shiny Thunder	H Takaoka	Chavez	1
13	Sixth Cents	B Dean	T H Koh	2
1	Old Faithful	D Kok	R Stewart	3
14	Gift Of Honour	S Gray	Sam	4

5	CLASS 3 - 1600M
4	Jamal Malik	P Shaw	B Vorster	1
9	Happy More	H W Tan	Woodworth	2
7	Martial Art	L Laxon	Saimee	3
1	Phantom Knight	B Dean	J Powell	4

6	CLASS 5, DIV 1 - 1400M
4	Astra Torres	H Takaoka	Chavez	1
5	Zinly	Khoo	Saifudin	2
8	My Papparich	B Dean	Soo	3
12	Dennycrane	M Freedman	D Bealsey	4

7	CLASS 5 - 1200M
1	Dan Noble	Khoo	Y F Leong	1
5	Happy Fortune	Z L Mok	J Moreira	2
3	Senapathy	M Clements	T R Barnabas	3
7	Sacred Asahi	D Hill	L Q Kek	4

8	CLASS 3 - 1200M
10	Catch Me Now	H W Tan	D Beasley	1
3	Dabble	C Brown	Chavez	2
2	Teen Angel	S Burridge	J Moreira	3
1	Ryan James	S Gray	V Duric	4

9	GRADUATION - 1200M
9	Zafonic Star	P Shaw	B Vorster	1
4	Simply The Best	D Koh	Woodworth	2
5	Big River	L Laxon	J Moreira	2
6	Movie Goer	B Dean	Saimee	4
	*Deadheat for 2nd

10	CLASS 4 - 1600M
1	Long Haul	H W Tan	R Stewart	1
4	Just Dashing	C Brown	J Powell	2
5	Zac Detonator	M Freedman	D Beasley	3
10	Hear Me	S Chua	Sam	4