Arenti bags Three Rings Trophy

SINGAPORE,  19 February 2006

Hot favourite ARENTI made it six wins in seven starts when he captured the S$125,000 Three Rings Trophy over 1400m at Kranji here today.

The Singapore Group 3 race for three and four-year-olds was orginally scheduled for Jan 13 but the race meeting was cancelled due to a badly soaked track after days of rain.

Partnered by regular rider Soo Khoon Beng, the four-year-old bay New Zealand gelding by O’Reilly out of the Centaine mare Gio made all the running and gamely staved off the challenge of WORLD DELIGHT denying the latter a hat-trick.

ARENTI’s dam, a winner over 1150m, is a full-sister to STARMAN II, winner of seven races in the MRA circuit including the Selangor Gold Cup in 1996.

ARENTI the second winner of the afternoon for Soo who had earlier scored on NEW GENERATION (4 b.a.g King Of Kings - I Do Hula by Hula Chief).

Saimee Jumaat, fresh from his breakthrough win on BEST WEAPON yesterday, followed it up with a double on LANGSTON (4 ch.a.g Langfuhr - Touch And Glow by Vain) and CHIN-HO (5 ch.nz.g Quality Gold - Harbour Strike by Harbor Prince) today.

Trainer Patrick Shaw and jockey Mark du Plessis, who combined to win three races yesterday, added another to their tally today with IZANAGI TIGER (4 b/br.nz.g Shinko King - River Cat by Sir Godfrey).

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 BENCHMARK 40 - 1200M

3

 Dream Dancer B Dean Chavez

1

11

 Popular P Busuttin Du Plessis

2

4

 Mountain King M Yusof S Sandana

3

2

 Tomb Raider C Leck R Burnett

4

2

 MAIDEN - 1200M

6

 Leo J Meagher A Spiteri

1

2

 Istidado M Clements B Vorster

2

8

 Sandstorm S Gray R Stewart

3

7

 Copperfield P Shaw Dy Plessis

4

3

 PROGRESS - 1400M

9

 Langston T Pinfield Saimee

1

11

 Talent L Laxon Sam

2

8

 Royal City B Marsh J Winks

3

10

 Lim's Zeperb  J Meagher Chavez

4

4

 INITIATION PLATE - 1600M

5

 New Generation B Dean Soo

1

3

 On My Marque Baertschiger J Powell

2

8

 Double Happiness P Busuttin Saimee

3

4

 World Ambitions S Burridge R Lim

4

5

 CLASS 5 - 2000M

3

 Always Natural S Gray J Winks

1

9

 Super Swordsman H Takaoka Hairin

2

8

 Kiwi Rebel D Murphy B Vorster

3

4

 Pegasus Royal D Koh K K Loh

4

6

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

4

 Chin-Ho L Laxon Saimee

1

7

 Zambucca J Meagher Soo

2

11

 Prosperity Cat M Clements B Vorster

3

9

 On Ahead Baertschiger J Powell

4

7

 KRANJI STAKES B - 1400M

1

 Tom Higgs S Burridge K K Ng

1

9

 Pacific Gold P Shaw Du Plessis

2

4

 Lion City Hero D Murphy W H Lao

3

14

 Winning Expert M Clements B Vorster

4

8

 THREE RINGS TROPHY (3 & 4YO) - 1400M

2

 Arenti J Meagher Soo

1

8

 World Delight S Burridge K K Ng

2

7

 Kelantan S Gray R Stewart

3

1

 Fairy Tale  M Clements B Vorster

4

9

 BENCHMARK 74 - 1600M

2

 Straight Flash S Gray Din Azis

1

11

 El Santos P Shaw R Stewart

2

7

 Yaaken L Laxon Sam

3

8

 Trust 'N' Reward Baertschiger Kellady

4

10

 BENCHMARK 53 - 1200M

6

 Izanagi Tiger P Shaw Du Plessis

1

8

 Silver Dawn T Pinfield Sam

2

2

 My Darlin Angel Baertschiger J Powell

3

11

 Oedipus Rex L Laxon Saimee

4