Ace Armada calls the shot in Guineas

SINGAPORE, 10 March 2007

ACE ARMADA overcame a wide barrier draw and a new rider to maintain his unbeaten record by claiming the S$200,000 Singapore Guineas over 1600m at Kranji today.

The three-year-old New Zealand gelding was teaming up for the first time in the Singapore Group 3 even after regular rider Aaron Spiteri cut short his stint in Singapore this week.

Spiteri's loss is Benny Woodworth's gain. The Ipoh lad kept ACE ARMADA well off the pace early but steadily gained ground on the leader at the bend to score by half-a-length from the fast-finishing ROYAL STAR.

BIG HONOUR and WHITE MAGIC, both winners of their last two starts, finished third and fourth respectively.

ACE ARMADA, trained by Laurie Laxon, has now a perfect record of four wins from four starts.

Noel Callow signalled his quick return to Kranji with a win on MR FIBS (5 b.nz.g Casual Lies - Past The Stars by Star Way). The Australian was also placed in all his other four rides for the day. This win moved him up to second in the table with 13 wins, one behind K B Soo.

Callow returned to Melbourne after a two-month stint which ended on Feb 28 but was recalled to Singapore this week to start a six-month stay.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 MAIDEN - 1400M

4

 Golden Tiger B Dean J Farook

1

13

 Super Express H K Tan Saifudin

2

5

 Sledgehammer T Pinfield N Callow

3

7

 Istidado M Clements S Cheam

4

2

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M

2

 Empire Crown L Laxon B Vorster

1

3

 Lim's Paradise J Meagher Soo

2

8

 Dancing Queen H K Tan Kway

3

4

 Packet Express L Treloar M Pumpa

4

3

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1200M

4

 Tricky Master L Treloar A Calder

1

1

 Faithful Falcon C Leck S Cheam

2

13

 Lucky Lucky D Hill S H Lee

3

5

 Izanagi Tiger P Shaw B Vorster

4

4

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

12

 Venus Fly Trap L Laxon Woodworth

1

4

 Leader Of The Pack S Gray J Farook

2

13

 Shanghai Sam C Leck A Ng

3

1

 Imperial Treasure Baertschiger Kellady

4

5

 CLASS 3 - 1400M

1

 Jaywin D Dragon Din Azis

1

2

 Lim's Zerperb J Meagher Soo

2

10

 Fat Boy H K Tan Sam

3

5

 Royal Force B Dean Woodworth

4

6

 CLASS 5 - 1600M

2

 Mr Fibs Baertschiger N Callow

1

6

 Prosperity Cat M Clements M Gallagher

2

9

 Colourland Star D Murphy B Vorster

3

5

 Master Of Triumph D Koh Soo

4

7

 CLASS 4 - 1800M

6

 Huckleberry Finn M Clements M Airy

1

13

 Kismet Baertschiger Kellady

2

14

 Valerian L Laxon Saifudin

3

3

 Our Frederik S Gray A Calder

4

8

 OPEN - 1800M

7

 Wind Chaser S Gray R Stewart

1

4

 Rail L Laxon F Tan

2

3

 Royal Admiral L Laxon N Callow

3

6

 Destiny's Day D Koh Woodworth

4

9

 SINGAPORE GUINEAS - 1600M

2

 Ace Armada L Laxon Woodworth

1

1

 Royal Star B Marsh N Callow

2

4

 Big Honour L Laxon B Vorster

3

7

 White Magic D Koh Soo

4

10

 CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1200M

5

 Common's Gold P Shaw B Vorster

1

1

 Blue Angel Baertschiger N Callow

2

7

 Haveaniceday B Dean Sam

3

4

 Dominic H Takaoka Woodworth

4