My Royal Captain takes Patrons' Bowl

SINGAPORE,  1 June 2007
 
MY ROYAL CAPTAIN (inside) staves off the challenge of ECHAGUE
- SNTC photo

Two years ago, Dragon Stable's hopes of winning the Singapore four-year-old series with ROYAL CAPTAIN ended on a tragic note when their stable pride broke down in the Singapore Derby after having won the first two legs: the Patrons' Bowl and the Derby Trial.

Just months later, Dragon Stable thought they had just a talented horse as their ill-fated star and named him MY ROYAL CAPTAIN.

Well, their new star has taken the first step in his bid to win the "triple crown" with a hard-fought victory in the S$500,000 Patrons' Bowl over 1400m at Kranji tonight.

The Laurie Laxon-trained MY ROYAL CAPTAIN (4 b.nz.g Zabeel - Kiwi Magic by Vice Regal), ridden by the leading jockey Noel Callow, got home just a head in front of ECHAGUE with CHEVRON third.

MY ROYAL CAPTAIN, who cost NZ$120,000 as a yearling, is a half-brother to 1994 Champion Australian mare FLITTER, winner of nine races including the Group 1 Winfield Classic Stakes and Group 1 Doomben Ten Thousand.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 MAIDEN - 1600M

2

 Lim's Ocean S Burridge M Gallagher

1

7

 Lightning One B Dean Din Azis

2

12

 Rook K C Yeoh H K Lim

3

8

 D'Mighty General L Lee D Chee

4

2

 OUB KAYHIAN STAKES
  INITIATION - 1200M      

13

 Blueberry Power Baertschiger N Callow

1

14

 Carry On Smile L Laxon A Ng

2

1

 Dumar B Dean Kellady

3

2

 Triple Seven D Murphy M Gallagher

4

3

 NESTLE STAKES,  CLASS 4 - 2000M

3

 Zoid P Shaw B Vorster

1

2

 River Marju J Meagher Soo

2

7

 Equator D Koh K K Ng

3

5

 Delbury L Laxon N Callow

4

4

 HEWLET-PACKARD STAKES
  KRANJI STAKES B - 1200M    

6

 Lim's Fighter J Meagher B Vorster

1

2

 Scenic Sea J Meagher M Ewe

2

4

 Superb Challenge D Koh Soo

3

13

 Otomodachi S Chua Hairin

4

5

 MEDIACORP STAKES,  CLASS 3 - 1400M

8

 Music Master S Chua S John

1

3

 Lim's Zerperb J Meagher Soo

2

5

 All Win D Dragon Din Azis

3

4

 Lucky Sun C Leck Sivan

4

6

 HSBC STAKES,   CLASS 4 - 1400M

14

 Landau L Laxon B Vorster

1

5

 Smart Conqueror D Koh A Ng

2

2

 J Meagher B Marsh A Calder

3

7

 It's My Magic D Dragon M Ewe

4

7

 PATRONS' BOWL (4YO, SW, Singapore Group 1) - 1400M

5

 My Royal Captain L Laxon N Callow

1

10

 Echague P Shaw B Vorster

2

6

 Chevron C Leck R Stewart

3

3

 Zinly S Chua Suhaimi

4

8

 SMART STAKES,  CLASS 5 - 1200M

5

 Star Spur S Chua Hairin

1

10

 The Pilot D Koh Anandan

2

11

 D'Mighty Kingdom L Lee D Chee

3

3

 Sledgehammer T Pinfield Saifudin

4

9

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

7

 East Coast Express B Marsh Chavez

1

2

 Red Auspice D Koh Soo

2

11

 Sky Saviour L Lee D Chee

3

3

 New Leader P Shaw B Vorster

4