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Mr Fantastic battles to ninth win

SINGAPORE: Jul 6, 2018

MR FANTASTIC staves off his challengers to win tonight - SNTC photo

It's win number nine for South African bred MR FANTASTIC when he made all the running to win the Kranji Stakes A event over 1200m at Kranji here tonight.

Ridden by Barend Vorster was hard pressed to keep the six-year-old in front when challenged by ARAMCO and the odds-on favourite SUPER FORTUNE.

In the end, MR FANTASTIC won by a neck from SUPER FORTUNE for his ninth win in 39 starts. He paid a handsome $51 in the eight-horse field.

MR FANTASTIC also won a similar event back in January and has been tackling group races since without success.

"He’s as tough as they come,” said trainer Ricardo Le Grange.

Vorster has now partnered MR FANTASTIC to eight of his nine wins. "It was a real solid win. He was nice and fit for that race,” said the South African jockey.

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

1	CLASS 5 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)
7	WITHOUT PREJUDICE	ZL Mok	D Moor	1
	(4 grnz.g Guillotine - Treasured Choice by Redoute's Choice)
6	Kubera's Chief	Khoo	R Curatolo	2
8	Yellow Jade Horse	D Meagher	CS Chin	3
10	Secondwave	D Hill	B Vorster	4

2	RESTRICTED MAIDEN (WFA) - 1100M (POLYTRACK)
2	KISS YOUR SONG	S Baertschiger	J Powell	1
	(3 br.a.g Your Song - Bring Kisses by Sebring)
1	Conatus G	KS Tan	CC Wong	2
3	Reign	O'Hara	WH Kok	3
10	Legendary Era	ZL Mok	B Vorster	4

3	CLASS 3 - 1700M
1	ARHAT	M Clements	M Rodd	1
	(6 br.nz.g Iffraaj - Snaabelle by Snaadee)
8	O'What A Feeling	S Baertschiger	Kellady	2
3	Supernova	B Marsh	N Zyrul	3
7	Panache	DL Freedman	WH Kok	4

4	CLASS 4 - 1200M
2	BEN GUNN	M Walker	V Duric	1
	(4 b.ir.g Tagula - Henrietta Mews by Compton Place)
11	Amistad	M Clements	N Juglall	2
3	Host The Nation	ZL Mok	Zaki	3
12	Success Come True	M Walker	A Collett	4

5	CLASS 5 - 1600M
2	SPIRIT SEVEN	S Burridge	S Noh	1
	(5 ch.a.g Hala Bek - Secretive Lady by Zeditave)
7	Good Warrior	Khoo	B Vorster	2
6	Perfect Girl	S Burridge	AK Lim	3
10	Haphaestus	D Kok	Saifudin	4

6	KRANJI STAKES A (SW) - 1200M
5	MR FANTASTIC	R Le Grange	B Vorster	1
	(6 b.saf.g Jet Master - Jalberry by Jallad)
6	Super Fortune	HW Tan	O Placais	2
2	Aramco	S Baertschiger	J Powell	3
4	Lincoln Road	S Baertschiger	V Duric	4

7	CLASS 4 - 1800M
8	MAGNIFICENT GOLD	C Brown	M Rodd	1
	(4 b.a.g High Chaparral - Kurylenko by Exceed And Excel)
7	Lim's Ripple	S Burridge	R Curatolo	2
6	Humdinger	B Marsh	D Moor	3
5	Dusseldorf	KS Tan	CC Wong	4

8	CLASS 4 (PREMIER) - 1200M
10	GOLD STRIKE	C Brown	B Vorster	1
	(3 b.ir.g Iffraaj - Burren Rose by Storm Cat)
5	Wonderful Knight	D Meagher	CS Chin	2
7	Chariots Of Fire	B Marsh	M Khalid	3
3	Eastiger	DL Freedman	WH Kok	4