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Debt Collector extends winning streak

SINGAPORE: Oct 30, 2016

DEBT COLLECTOR storms home to win the Raffles Cup for his seventh
consecutive win - SNTC photo

DEBT COLLECTOR came with his customary late surge to win the S$700,000 Raffles Cup (1800m) at Kranji here today to make it seven consecutive wins for the New Zealand four-year-old.

However, after having also won the first leg of the Singapore Triple Crown series, the Panasonic Kranji Mile (1600m), early this month, trainer Cliff Brown ruled out taking on Dexter Singapore Gold Cup (2200m) next month which is a handicap.

Instead, Brown will give his charge a well-deserved rest, no doubt with next year's Four-Year-Old Challenge in mind. The series concludes with the Singapore Derby which is worth $1.15mil.

The Raffles Cup this year attracted a small but select field of seven runners and DEBT COLLECTOR once again stamped his class with a come-from-behind victory, beating the 2014 Singapore Gold Cup winner QUECHUA by half a length.

"This horse is an absolute freak. All week, I was not that confident he would win, but he’s done it again," said Brown. "I genuinely thought he would run third or fourth in the last 200m. It’s only in the last 50m that he found again.To do what he did today was just amazing."

DEBT COLLECTOR has now started 10 times for seven wins, collecting S$1.38 mil in prizemoney.

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

1	STEPITUP 2015 STAKES
1	KRANJI STAKES D, DIV 2 - 1200M
3	ZIPPY GENERAL	S Burridge	K A'Isisuhairi	1
	(5 b.a.g Captain Gerrard - Win Zip by Sir Dapper)
2	Sun Mirage	D Koh	CC Wong	2
8	Southern Hussler	S Baertschiger	J Powell	3
10	White Coffee	HW Tan	Chavez	4

2	WAR AFFAIR 2014 STAKES
2	RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1400M
4	NEO'S CLASSIC	D Kok	M Ewe	1
	(3 b.a.g Pluck - She's Number One by Commands)
5	Could Be Pearls	C Brown	M Rodd	2
1	Muscular Captain	L Dragon	O Placais	3
3	Super G	S Yeoh	B Vorster	4

3	SUPER NINETYSEVEN STAKES
3	NOVICE - 1400M
8	GOLDEN PENINSULA	M Clements	CW Brown	1
	(4 b.nz.g Sakhee's Secret - Zaabi by Zabeel)
9	Cerdan	L Laxon	B Vorster	2
7	Divergent	Khoo	G Boss	3
1	Elite Beast	C Brown	M Rodd	4

4	FLAX 2012 STAKES
4	INITIATION - 1200M
12	REDMAYNE	L Laxon	G Boss	1
	(4 b.a.g Manhattan Rain - Kirovskaya by French Deputy)
10	Jacks Secret	M Walker	R Shafiq	2
5	Bayu	S Gray	V Duric	3
1	Ground Control	M Clements	M Rodd	4

5	ALWAYS CERTAIN 2011 STAKES
5	KRANJI STAKES C - 1600M
1	MR FANTASTIC	P Shaw	MM Firdaus	1
	(5 b.saf.g Jet Master - Jalberry by Jallad)
3	Bring Money Home	HK Tan	D David	2
4	Newlands	S Gray	V Duric	3
5	Winning Cause	P Shaw	N Juglall	4

6	BETTER THAN EVER 2010 STAKES
6	KRANJI STAKES D, DIV 1 - 1200M
3	FAITHFULLY	HW Tan	O Placais	1
	(6 b.a.g Hidden Dragon - Squeel by Zabeel)
2	Ladrone	S Baertschiger	Kellady	2
1	Ahmar	M Walker	Chavez	3
12	Amazon Gold	M Clements	M Nunes	4

7	EL DOARDO CLASSIC
7	SINGAPORE GROUP 3 - 2200M
5	BAHANA	S Gray	V Duric	1
	(5 b.nz.g Elusive City - Khales by Don Eduardo)
10	Guru-Guru	D Koh	Azhar	2
9	Gilt Complex	C Brown	CW Brown	3
6	Squire Osbaldeston	S Gray	A Munro	4

8	CHEYENNE DANCER 2009 STAKES
8	CLASS 4 - 1800M
8	SONG TO THE MOON	P Shaw	N Juglall	1
	(4 b.nz.g Savabeel - White Mouse by French Deputy)
6	Silent Arrow	S Lam	A Da Silva	2
3	City Of Kirkwall	S Gray	D Beasley	3
4	Murdoch	B Marsh	M Rodd	4

9	RAFFLES CUP
9	SINGAPORE GROUP 1 (WFA) - 1800M
7	DEBT COLLECTOR	C Brown	M Rodd	1
	(4 b.nz.g Thorn Park - Prompt Payment by In The Wings)
2	Quechua	P Shaw	B Vorster	2
1	War Affair	B Marsh	D Beasley	3
6	Mr Spielberg	L Laxon	V Duric	4

10	CHEVRON 2008 STAKES
10	CLASS 3 - 1200M
1	HIP HIP HOORAY	D Kok	G Boss	1
	(5 b.nz.g Tavistock - Timpin by Pins)
4	Grand Cross	J Peters	R Shafiq	2
9	Golden Sword	C Brown	V Duric	3
10	Groenewegen	C Brown	N Juglall	4

11	LIM'S OBJECTIVE 2007 STAKES
11	CLASS 4 - 1400M
3	NAZIR	M Walker	R Shafiq	1
	(5 gr.nz.g Mastercraftsman - Visique by Quest For Fame)
6	The Jeuneyman	O'Hara	A Munro	2
2	Be Bold	C Brown	V Duric	3
5	Splice	C Brown	M Rodd	4