Triple Happy lands Tunku Gold Cup

KUALA LUMPUR,  17 February 2008

TRIPLE HAPPY, who went down by a short head to GOLDEN ACE in the Tunku Gold Cup last year, was engaged in another thrilling tussle in the 1200m sprint classic at Sungei Besi here today.

But this time, the partnership of TRIPLE HAPPY (Bletchley Park - Red Marya by Red Anchor) and jockey M Djulkifli came out tops, defeating CHEYENNE DANCER who came into the race on the back of three consecutive wins, the last of which was in the Malaysia 2007 Magic Millions Classic.

TRIPLE LUCK finished third to give trainer Simon Liew a superb 1-3 in the first classic of the 2008 season.

After starting twice for a win and third in 2005, TRIPLE HAPPY won six races and had two placings in eight starts the following year, including winning the RM1m Penang Sprint Trophy and the Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup.

After his narrow defeat in the Tunku Gold Cup last year, he failed to impress in four runs after that, until he bounced back to form today.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 MAIDEN, DIV 1 - 1400M

6

 Glory Kingdom McGillivray L Ho

1

9

 Aishiteru K Coetzee Cavallo

2

2

 Lucky Beauty Thwaites Woodworth

3

1

 The Special One Thwaites Goon

4

2

 CLASS 5, DIV 1 - 1400M

9

 Lim's Review McGillivray Sani

1

7

 Conspire R Lines Aslam

2

3

 Joker Dewan B T Lim Samsir

3

6

 Magic Sapphire P K Leong Djulkifli

4

3

 CLASS 4, DIV 5 - 1600M

1

 Jeram Galaxy Maynard Sofhan

1

2

 Flair For Music Osman P Braem

2

10

 Kyron S Liew Zaidi

3

3

 Fire And Desire Tennent Salee

4

4

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1600M

4

 Fighter Jet P Lee Aslam

1

12

 Olympic Sun Tennent Salee

2

6

 Colonial Hero S B Tan J Low

3

1

 Erke Seet Saimee

4

5

 CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1600M

8

 Hot Wheels Robert J Low

1

13

 Sky Missile K H Ng K L Lee

2

14

 After Me H S Lim K Eirwan

3

10

 Master Jiangmen P K Leong Woodworth

4

6

 CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1400M

8

 Jubilee Park Tennent Suhaimi

1

2

 Royal Currency Sukri Sofhan

2

1

 Caldecott Vision A Rahim Djulkifli

3

12

 Easy Going S B Tan J Nizam

4

7

 CLASSES 1 & 2 - 1200M

2

 Kelantan Thwaites Woodworth

1

1

 Labu Labu S Liew C K Tan

2

3

 Stronger McGillivray L Ho

3

6

 Jeram Maynard Sofhan

4

8

 TUNKU GOLD CUP,  OPEN - 1200M

6

 Triple Happy S Liew Djulkifli

1

13

 Cheyenne Dancer Maynard Saimee

2

12

 Triple Luck S Liew Woodworth

3

16

 Magical Cigar B T Lim Sivan

4

9

 CLASS 3, DIV 2 - 1600M

11

 Surreal Tennent D Chong

1

2

 Thundershock McGillivray L Ho

2

7

 Big Zoom H S Lim L L Tai

3

1

 Amazing Gift Thwaites Goon

4

10

 CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1800M

13

 Prince Greg P Roslan Woodworth

1

7

 Din Kim Ma Maynard Y F Leong

2

5

 Maca T Yeoh Suhaimi

3

3

 Mega Best R Rogers Wepner

4