Golden Ace bags Coronation Cup

IPOH,  27 November 2005

For former Singapore galloper GOLDEN ACE, the grass is definitely greener on the other side of the causeway.

Since his relocation to Malaysia to be trained by, and later sold to, Prakhash Pereira in Ipoh, the five-year-old chestnut Australian gelding by Desert Prince out of the Caerleon mare Soyinca has made phenomenal progress.

Although GOLDEN ACE won four races in Singapore, he was nowhere near the top of the pack at Kranji. But in Malaysia, he was placed in three starts before he literally ran away with the RM500,000 Coronation Cup over 1600m here today.

Ridden for the first time in Malaysia by Leong Yoon Fei, who had scored thrice on the gelding in Singapore, GOLDEN ACE made all the running to win the weight-for-age event by seven-and-a-half lengths.

SUPREME HAPPINESS (6 b.nz.g Masterclass - Proms by Centaine) finished second with XTHEREST (8 br.nz.g Kashani - Chantal Marie by Grosvenor) third.

TIGER IN THE WOODS, whose racing preparation was interrupted twice by five months or more since September last year, pushed aside his problems with an all-the-way win in the RM250,000 Astro Wah Lai Toi Charity Cup over 2000m.

It was the eighth win in 38 starts for the brown Australian gelding by Greig out of the Top Post mare Postette. His previous best win was the Otard Cup (1600m) last year.

SPEEDY WONG CHOY (6 b.nz.g Bigstone - Bellota’s Jewel by Gold And Ivory) completed a double for the meeting when he defied topweight to capture the RM70,000 Mitavite Stayers Trophy for Class 2 horses over 1600m.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5, DIV 6 - 1200M

3

 Caldecott Star Osman Salee

1

9

 Tough Power K H Ng S Fauzi

2

11

 Gold King Noordin Chuah

3

10

 Speedway K Coetzee Cavallo

4

2

 CLASS 5, DIV 5 - 1200M

9

 Good Kid Khoo M Leong

1

8

 Copper Beech Y B Lee Saimee

2

13

 Tomahawk Missile P Lee Din Azis

3

1

 Mi Bestz M Breukelen Djulkifli

4

3

 CLASS 5, DIV 8 - 1600M

14

 Midnight Run H S Lim N Selvan

1

9

 Vialli Express Seet Yusri

2

6

 Storm General Nicholls Saifudin

3

15

 Congruence F Nathan Vellaikannu

4

4

 MITAVITE STAYERS TROPHY,  CLASS 2 - 1600M 

1

 Speedy Wong Choy M Breukelen Asogan

1

3

 China Rock Y B Lee Saimee

2

6

 Jeram Energy Maynard Sofhan

3

8

 Stop Listening Tennent S H Lee

4

5

 JAPAN CUP - 2400M (Live simulcast from Tokyo Racecourse)

14

 Alkaased L Cumani L Dettori

1

16

 Heart's Cry K Hashiguchi C Lemaire

2

8

 Zennno Rob Roy K Fujisawa K Desormeaux

3

5

 Lincoln H Otonashi Y Take

4

6

 CLASS 5, DIV 7 - 1600M

1

 Royal Power V Nathan P Braem

1

5

 Danzuround M Breukelen Djulkifli

2

9

 Purple Hakka McGillivray Chuah

3

16

 Silver Express Zafir K M Lai

4

7

 KINTA VALLEY SPECIAL STAKES,  CLASS 2 - 1100M STR  

7

 Flying Wong Choy M Breukelen Saimee

1

5

 Business King McGillivray Y F Leong

2

8

 Bambaazon McGillivray L Ho

3

1

 Spielberg K Coetzee Cavallo

4

8

 ASTRO WAH LAI TOI CHARITY CUP,  CLASS 1 - 2000M

1

 Tiger In The Woods K L Chong K T Cheng

1

2

 Yellow Jambhala Khoo Y F Leong

2

4

 Time To Remember Khoo Cavallo

3

7

 Babe Classic Maynard Saifudin

4

9

 CORONATION CUP - 1600M

7

 Golden Ace Pereira Y F Leong

1

1

 Supreme Happiness Khoo S John

2

11

 Xtherest S Cook Sofhan

3

8

 Simba Commander Khoo Sivan

4

10

 CLASS 5, DIV 6 - 1600M

7

 Don't Playplay Y B Lee Aify

1

12

 Timbertop Brogan Saimee

2

10

 Lagi Alumine K Coetzee Cavallo

3

11

 Strong N Free W Liew Sam

4

11

 CLASS 5, DIV 4 - 1200M

10

 Lucky Fox McGillivray Saifudin

1

5

 High Five M Breukelen Asogan

2

13

 Koromiko H S Lim S H Lee

3

11

 Double Take Noordin L Ho

4