Why Be makes amends in Challenge

SINGAPORE,  9 June 2006

WHY BE, whose seven-race winning streak came to an end in the Lion City Cup last month when he was installed an odds-on favourite, made amends for that expensive defeat to win the 1st leg of the Three-Year-Old Challenge over 1200m here tonight.

Equally at ease in whatever the going, the three-year-old bay Australian gelding by Success Express out of the Royal Academy mare Charybdis made every post a winning one to win by four lengths.

WHY BE, trained by Laurie Laxon, has now won ten times and was also second twice in 13 starts.

MAGNUM FORCE (6 ch.nz.g Turbulent Dancer - Otehi Opal by Otehi Bay) returned to form to register his first win of the season in the Open Handicap over 1600m.

Unplaced in two starts in Dubai at the start of the year, he managed just two placings in five runs on his return before recording his tenth win tonight.

MAGNUM FORCE was the third leg of a splendid treble for jockey Saimee Jumaat who earlier scored on PATCHOULI (3 ch.nz.g Mellifont - Alrissa by Sackford) and DIAMOND N ACE (5 b.a.g Torrential - Marcena by Marscay).
RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1400M

3

 Tulsa P Busuttin L Innes

1

5

 Great Augustus D Dragon S John

2

2

 Lim's Charge J Meagher Soo

3

4

 Lim's Esteem B Marsh R Stewart

4

2

 CLASS 5 - 1800M

6

 Pegasus Royal D Koh Soo

1

12

 Nevada Smith Baertschiger Kellady

2

7

 Prosperity Cat M Clements B Vorster

3

9

 Ibero Amaze P Shaw Du Plessis

4

3

 CLASS 4 - 1600M

9

 Patchouli L Laxon Saimee

1

6

 Fort Apache P Shaw Du Plessis

2

12

 Shifting Fortunes H K Tan Sivan

3

13

 Star Spur H Takaoka S John

4

4

 INITIATION PLATE - 1200M

2

 Royal Pride J Meagher A Fiezan

1

4

 Jubilee Park L Lee Saimee

2

9

 Mazenze S Gray Goon

3

8

 Lion's Roar S Gray R Stewart

4

5

 KRANJI STAKES A - 1200M

2

 Tom Higgs S Burridge R Stewart

1

6

 Lim's Season J Meagher T Ong

2

4

 Recast J Meagher A Fiezan

3

5

 Kilat Dharma M Clements B Vorster

4

6

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

8

 Diamond N Ace C Leck Saimee

1

5

 On Ahead Baertschiger J Powell

2

4

 Jackson L Laxon Sam

3

1

 Oedipus Rex L Laxon K Sara

4

7

 THREE-YEAR-OLD CHALLENGE (1ST LEG) - 1200M

1

 Why Be L Laxon Sam

1

6

 Lim's Fighter J Meagher A Spiteri

2

3

 Itmaybeyou T Pinfield Saimee

3

2

 Kelantan S Gray R Stewart

4

8

 MAIDEN - 1800M

6

 Master Of Triumph D Koh K K Ng

1

2

 Saturday Gold B Marsh K Sara

2

13

 Bronzino K C Yeoh W H Lao

3

3

 Southern Day B Marsh L Innes

4

9

 OPEN - 1600M

2

 Magnum Force L Laxon Saimee

1

9

 Trigger Express L Treloar B Vorster

2

10

 Steal A Scene J Meagher A Fiezan

3

11

 Great Arc D Koh K K Loh

4