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Macau apprentice hunts down first win

PENANG: Jul 13, 2013

HUNTER holds on to beat RENDEZVOUS by a nose

It has not taken long for Macau apprentice Wong Chon Fong to land his first winner in Malaysia and what a shock it came to punters.

After managing a second from four rides last week, Wong rode the race of his life to land HUNTER by a nose from RENDEZVOUS in the opening race here today.

HUNTER has finished down the course in 22 starts since recording his only previous win on this course and distance in February last year and not surprisingly he was neglected in the betting and paid RM1,152 for a win.

But one person who wasn't that surprise of the win was trainer Luke Danis. "He just didn't seem to be interested in racing any more and instead of working on the training track, I sent him to jump over hurdles last week.

"He really enjoyed the time jumping around and he seemed more focus on the track this week," said Danis.

Wong was a budding apprentice who won 57 races in Macau. He wanted to broaden his horizon and spent the last three months in New Zealand, riding mainly track work.

With rides hard to come by down-under, Danis invited Wong to come to Penang and the lad hopes to stay as long as possible here.

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

1	CLASS 5 - 1400M
12	HUNTER	Danis	C F Wong	1
	(5 br.a.g Catbird - Donna Rica by Supremo)
13	Rendezvous	Noordin	J Shankar	2
6	Payback Time	M H Wee	C Lindop	3
3	Camero	K K Loh	H K Cheng	4

	OAKWOOD FARM TROPHY
2	CLASS 5 - 1400M
7	GOOD CODE	J Tan	Azhar	1
	(5 b.am.g Good Journey - Relative Shade by Distant Relative)
10	Flying Singa	Brink	M M Firdaus	2
1	Happy Melang	S H Tan	C Lindop	3
11	Emperor Qian Long	Danis	Zairi	4

	PERTH RACING TROPHY
3	CLASS 5 - 1400M
4	DISTANT GLORY	S H Tan	S L Lam	1
	(5 b.nz.g Captain Rio - Monsanto by Kilimanjaro)
11	Glory Betting	D Miller	K Y Yap	2
13	Lee's Fighter	B Ng	S Shafrizal	3
3	Astronaut Man	S B Tan	K T Cheng	4

	MALAYSIA 3YO CHAMPIONSHIP (HEAT)
4	3YO SET WEIGHTS - 1100M
3	HARDEN UP	M H Wee	T Rehaizat	1
	(3 b.a.g Hard Spun - Mother Flame by Zabeel)
2	Speed Flying	J Tan	J Low	2
11	Marini Waltz	Pereira	I Amirul	3
9	Big Ego	Pereira	J De Souza	4

	MALAYSIA 3YO CHAMPIONSHIP (HEAT)
5	3YO SET WEIGHTS - 1200M
2	GHOST STREET	J Tan	J De Souza	1
	(3 br.a.g California Dane - Pomme De Here by Dehere)
1	Rising Empire	M H Wee	T Rehaizat	2
3	Cizen Pure	S H Tan	Salee	3
14	Halo Inspire	P K Leong	J Shankar	4

	ROYAL TURF CLUB OF THAILAND TROPHY
6	CLASS 5 - 1400M
12	COLOURLAND KID	D Miller	Azhar	1
	(6 b.a.g Dubleo - Carnegie Minstrel by Carnegie)
6	Cape D'Or	J Tan	H K Cheng	2
2	Jai Ho	Noordin	J Shankar	3
3	Pagsanjan	S H Tan	W T Chung	4

	NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK TROPHY
7	CLASS 4 - 2000M
4	RAFFLES KNIGHT	Maynard	M Ganeesh	1
	(5 ch.a.g Encosta De Lago - Lady Circles by Ascot Knight)
1	Big Rock	S Edwards	M M Firdaus	2
7	Dalmation	J Tan	Azhar	3
5	Rocket Express	P Lee	I Amirul	4

	SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB TROPHY
8	CLASS 5 - 1400M
2	VIBRANT SPIRIT	K L Chong	C K Tan	1
	(6 blk/br.a.h Citidancer - Star Party by Star Pak)
4	Goldhill Winner	R Lines	J De Souza	2
11	Bukit Fire	W C Lam	H K Cheng	3
5	Kaka	S H Tan	C Lindop	4