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Three winners smash 1100m course record

PENANG: May 7, 2011

On the third racing day after its reopening, the Penang track yielded its first course record when not one but three winners bettered the previous record over the 1100m.

RUSH HOUR (Manner Hill - Amber Lunch by Lunchtime), whose only previous win came 14 months ago, covered the distance in 1 min 3.8 secs., slicing 1.2 second off the previous record set by NEW TARGET in 2009.

RUSH HOUR returned RM1,232 on the win tote, the highest payout since the unit bet for win and place was raised from RM5 to RM10 in March.

Two subsequent winners, however, failed to match his time.

FULL POWER (My Halo - Zingla by Danasinga) returned 1 min 4.2 secs while BLAZING POWER (Clang - Angel of Harlem by Switch In Time) clocked 1 min 4.1 secs.

It is a matter of time that the other course records which have stood for years will fall in the coming days and weeks.

TURF SPEC (Magic Of Money - Bonhomie Gal by Bletchley Park), who romped to an easy win in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Anniversary Cup, returned a time of 1 min 22.6 secs which was just 0.9 second outside of the course record set by JERAM NEW VILLAGE in 2005.

MUDHISH (Redoute's Choice - Alzahra by Sir Cat), who chalked up his second win in six starts in Malaysia in the Class 3 - 1200m sprint, went within 0.2 second of the course record shared jointly by KING'S SEAL (1993) and I'M DEWAN (1999) when he clocked 1 min 9.5 secs.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1	CLASS 5 - 1400M
12	Stone Crab	Sukri	Aify	1
10	Golden Treasure	R Lines	J Low	2
3	Dressed To Impress	Robert	Salee	3
9	Texas	T Gillespie	Mohammad	4

2	CLASS 4 - 1700M
1	Fight To Live	R Lines	Wepner	1
4	Big Red Point	Tiang	H S Gill	2
8	Lion City Hero	T Gillespie	H K Cheng	3
11	Amazing Surprise	J Tan	Sani	4

3	CLASS 4 - 1100M
13	Rush Hour	Brogan	K T Cheng	1
1	Black Arrow	Robert	Salee	2
7	Money Trap	K L Chong	J Shankar	3
2	Best Sargen	R Lines	Z Zuriman	4

4	CLASS 4 - 1100M
7	Full Power	K Coetzee	Azhar	1
4	Meteor One	S H Tan	K Eirwan	2
2	New Power	Wong	M Marques	3
10	Speed Leopard	H S Lim	H K Cheng	4

5	CLASS 4 - 1100M
1	Blazing Power	Sukri	P Praem	1
9	Black Genius	Robert	K Eirwan	2
2	Olympic Flame	T Gillespie	Salee	3
4	Red Warrior	R Lines	Aify	4

6	TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN ANNIVERSARY CUP - 1400M
2	Turf Spec	S H Tan	K Eirwan	1
4	Beautiful Choice	McGillivray	Woodworth	2
6	Super Cop	Brogan	KN T Cheng	3
1	Lightningofmalaya	Tiang	Sofhan	4

7	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M
13	Last Owner	Tiang	H S Gill	1
8	Paper Weight	K Coetzee	Azhar	2
7	Mischief	S Cook	R Joorawon	3
1	Distant Glory	J Tan	Woodworth	4

8	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M
6	Free Gift	K Coetzee	Azhar	1
12	Show Biz	Thwaites	M Marques	2
8	Honest Beng	T Gillespie	Woodworth	3
7	Good Recommend	K Coetzee	B N Kumar	4

9	CLASS 3 - 1200M
8	Mudhish	A Selvaratnam	J Low	1
5	Cizen World	Robert	Woodworth	2
4	Jeram Delight	T Yeoh	L L Tai	3
3	Fire Kingdom	McGillivray	L Ho	4