Malcolm Thwaites makes winning comeback

IPOH,  28 April 2007

Trainer Malcolm Thwaites, making a comeback to local racing after a sojourn in Macau, has saddled his first winner here today.

Thwaites took over HISTORIAN last month after the Australian three-year-old by Bletchley Park out of the Ron Bon mare Palace Talk had raced thrice for a second last year.

After a third early this month, HISTORIAN, ridden by Oscar Chavez, stepped up on that effort to score by three-quarter of a length over the 1000m on the straight course.

Thwaites, now based in Sungei Besi, prevented a clean sweep of the nine races by Ipoh based trainers with John McGillivray saddling three winners.

McGillivray's treble included the main event of the day, the Class 1 - 1400m handicap with BAMBAAZON (5 b.a.g Flying Spur - Treasury Gardens by Bellotto).

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5 (NOVICE) - 1100M STR

1

 Enchanted River McGillivray L Ho

1

5

 Atlantis Brogan Azhar

2

3

 Imperial Fire McGillivray Saifudin

3

2

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN, DIV 1 - 1000M STR

1

 Historian Thwaites Chavez

1

9

 Miss Posh P Roslan Salee

2

2

 Aishiteru E Breukelen S H Lee

3

3

 Free Seed S B Tan Anandan

4

3

 CLASS 5, DIV 4 - 1600M

12

 Lim's Galaxy S Cook Wepner

1

9

 Copper Beech R Lines N Shahrul

2

1

 Fortuda K Coetzee J Lim

3

14

 Red Pegasus Noordin Aify

4

4

 CLASS 5, DIV 3 - 1600M

1

 Run Baby Run E Breukelen S H Lee

1

4

 Sky Supreme K Coeztee J Lim

2

7

 Consequential K Coeztee Wepner

3

8

 Kings Tower J Nikolic Saifudin

4

5

 CLASS 4, DIV 3 - 1400M

7

 Pandai-Pandai Pereira Azhar

1

10

 Baluna Park J Nikolic Yusri

2

5

 Successful Dream K Coetzee N Shahrul

3

8

 Try The Best McGillivray x

4

6

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1200M

13

 Success Knight K Coetzee N Shahrul

1

2

 Dipang Ranger Maynard Sofhan

2

4

 Rising E Breukelen Wan

3

9

 Key Express V Nathan J Nizam

4

7

 CLASS 4 , PREMIER - 1200M

3

 Titanium McGillivray Anandan

1

4

 Touch By Angel G Breukelen Sivan

2

10

 Sky Chemist K Coeztee L Ho

3

2

 Evil General Seet Din Azis

4

8

 CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1100M STR

7

 No Kidding P K Leong D Chee

1

3

 Brilliance Age P Lee C Segeon

2

11

 Lim's Wonder McGillivray L Ho

3

4

 Tiger Heart E Breukelen Chavez

4

9

 CLASS 1 - 1400M

9

 Bambaazon McGillivray Chuah

1

12

 Druids Lodge Tennent Saifudin

2

3

 Liang Xin E Breukelen S H Lee

3

10

 Supreme Happiness Khoo S John

4