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Success for Leal in second ride

SINGAPORE: Nov 1, 2013

Vereran galloper PACINO gives Wagner Leal a winning ride in
his debut meeting - SNTC photo

Brazilian jockey Vagner Leal took just one warm-up ride before landing his first win in Singapore on PACINO at Kranji here tonight.

Leal took the nine-year-old to the front and the pair did not surrender the lead, winning by three quarters of a length in the Class 4 - 1200m handicap. It was the gelding's eighth win in 95 starts.

I’m just so happy,” said a beaming Leal as he returns to scale. “I never expected to win so quickly and it’s a fantastic feeling."

Leal, 31, has ridden more than 1,000 winners in a 13-year career that has seen him race in Argentina, Uruguay, Dubai and his native Brazil. Among his noteworthy victories were aboard L'AMICO STEVE in the Group 1 Grande Premio Brasil in 2007, his country’s most prestigious race and in September this year he clinched Uruguay’s famous Group 1 Clasico Gran Premio Polla De Potrillos.

Champion jockey in Sao Paulo in 2011, Leal has finished in the top five in the premiership in each of the past seven years. He was second on the table when he arrived in Singapore last month.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE: Tote No / Horse / Trainer / Jockey / Position

1	CLASS 5 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)
12	SUPER CAPTAIN	Khoo	Chavez	1
	(4 br.a.g Flying Pegasus (AUS) - She's A Dish by Snappy Landing)
10	Sweet Beauty	C Brown	R Shafiq	2
4	Sarong	O'Hara	T K Barnabas	3
1	Fuku's Pet	H K Tan	T H Koh	4

2	MAIDEN - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
1	BIG SEQUALO	L Laxon	C Brown	1
	(5 b.a.g Sequalo - I'm Rapt by Vain)
6	Zac Gallant	M Walker	K A'Isisuhairi	2
2	Good Score	S Chua	M Nunes	3
10	Anchieta	Z L Mok	W L Tan	4

3	CLASS 4 - 1200M
2	PACINO	L Laxon	V Leal	1
	(9 b.nz.g Shinko King - Bittersweet by Grosvenor)
5	Lucky Dapper	P Shaw	C Brown	2
7	Danny Ricardo	O'Hara	S John	3
8	Arapuni	L Laxon	L Allpress	4

4	KRANJI STAKES D - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
1	GOOD LOOUKEN	L Dragon	J Powell	1
	(6 br.arg.g Easing Along - La Mistonga by Tempranero)
2	Providence	M Walker	M Nunes	2
4	Sir Fleetwood	L Laxon	K A'Isisuhairi	3
10	Wonder General	D Kok	V Leal	4

5	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M
8	MY BOY JACK	S Baertschiger	Z Zuriman	1
	(3 b.a.g Statue Of Liberty - Viva Dubai by Dubai Destination)
12	Mister Candy	P Shaw	B Vorster	2
11	Origin Fast	H Takaoka	A Munro	3
1	Luminescence	B Dean	Suhaimi	4

6	GRADUATION - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
3	PEACE NO WAR	M Freedman	M Nunes	1
	(3 b.a.g War Pass - Rivers Secret by Flying Spur)
5	Bordeaux	L Laxon	B Vorster	2
6	Balestra	B Dean	Suhaimi	3
1	Captain McCaw	L Laxon	C Brown	4

	LUZERNE CUP
7	OPEN - 1200M
4	RAPIDO STAR	L Dragon	A Munro	1
	(5 ch.am.h Safe In The USA - Yen by Lure)
7	Let's See Action	P Shaw	K A'Isisuhairi	2
3	Cavallo	S Chua	S John	3
1	Davide	P Shaw	B Vorster	4

8	CLASS 5 - 1700M (POLYTRACK)
0	x	x	x	1
	()
0	x	x	x	2
0	x	x	x	3
0	x	x	x	4

9	CLASS
0	x	x	x	1
	()
0	x	x	x	2
0	x	x	x	3
0	x	x	x	4