Fast Flying lives up to name in Perak Derby

IPOH,  29 April 2007

FAST FLYING stepped up on several good showings in the big races of late to capture the RM500,000 Perak Derby over 2400m here today.

Ridden by Shahrul Nizam, the Australian five-year-old by Distorted Humor out of the Snippets mare Miss Tatum defeated the 2005 Yang Di Pertua Negeri (Governor) Gold Cup winner LIGHT OF SUCCESS who was racing for the first time since finishing second in the same race last December.

FAST FLYING first came into prominence last November when he won the Astro Charity Cup over 2000m on this track after which he came under the care of South African trainer Kevin Coetzee.

He was then beaten short head-head-short head in the richest Malaysian handicap, the RM1.35m Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup over 2200m the following month.

After a short let-up, FAST FLYING ran an eye-catching fourth in the Selangor Gold Cup earlier this month and he clearly benefited from the outing to win today in a field marked by the absence of several top notch stayers and dominated by horses getting into the handicap under-scaled at bottom weight of 50kg.

Nevertheless, it was fitting reward for Shahrul and Coetzee who have struck up a formidable partnership and leading in their respective tables.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5, DIV 1 - 1100M STR

13

 Kyron Khoo Sani

1

8

 Best Wrestler E Breukelen S H Lee

2

3

 Better Man Pereira H Yang

3

2

 Around The Cape R Lines J Low

4

5

 Lucky City H S Lim H K Lim

4
  *Deadheat for 4th      

2

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN, DIV 2 - 1000M STR

4

 Golden Commander A Rahim L L Tai

1

10

 Kim Sign P K Leong D Chee

2

2

 Many Many E Breukelen S H Lee

3

7

 Super Fast E Breukelen Wan

4

3

 CLASS 5 (INITIATION) - 1600M

2

 Minneri Khoo H Yang

1

1

 After Me H S Lim S Sandana

2

3

 Flash Of Light K Coetzee Wepner

3

4

 Queenardo Khoo M Leong

4

4

 CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1600M

5

 Eastern Fighter E Breukelen S H Lee

1

10

 Lake Of Fire Sukri Salee

2

6

 First Defence Pereira Azhar

3

4

 Reap Without S Liew Yusri

4

5

 CLASS 5, DIV 1 - 1600M

7

 Jeram Mas A Rahim Sofhan

1

4

 Magic Sapphire P Lee C Segeon

2

13

 Force Majeure Pereira Chavez

3

2

 Tycoon Forever E Breukelen S H Lee

4

6

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1400M

7

 Out Of Quandary K L Chong H Yang

1

8

 Kingdom Power K H Ng A Chew

2

5

 Leading League T Yeoh Wepner

3

11

 Pony Express Sukri Yan

4

7

 PERAK DERBY - 2400M

4

 Fast Flying K Coeztee N Shahrul

1

2

 Light Of Success Brogan Azhar

2

6

 Big Crown Hoy Wepner

3

10

 Triple Boom S Liew A Chew

4

8

 CLASS 4 - 1800M

6

 Polar Star S B Tan S Sandana

1

5

 Sea Ace Tennent Wepner

2

2

 Cutting Edge K L Chong A Chew

3

3

 Abalone Khoo H K Lim

4

9

 CLASS 4, PREMIER - 1400M

13

 Savitsky S Liew Sani

1

4

 Fort Apache Tennent S S Vanan

2

9

 Happysolucky E Breukelen S H Lee

3

1

 Imperial Decree K Coetzee J Lim

4

7

 Northern Express J Nikolic Sivan

4
  *Deadheat for 4th      

10

 DA MA CAI STAKES,  CLASS 2 - 1400M

4

 Power For Glory Brogan Sani

1

7

 Melang Express Wong H K Lim

2

8

 Cyberiad Maynard Azhar

3

2

 Sparkling Dragon McGillivray Azman

4