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Brazilian horse GLORIA DE
CAMPEAO, whose name means "Glorious Champion" in Portuguese, lived up to his
name to win the Group 1 S$3m Singapore Airlines International Cup over
2,000m at Kranji tonight over a luckless PRESVIS.
Stepping up on his superb
second to WELL ARMED in the Dubai World Cup last March, the Pascal Bary
trained entire covered the distance in a new course record time of 1 min.
59.2 secs., bettering the previous mark of 2 min. 0.8secs. set by ENDLESS
HALL in winning this race in 2001.
Ridden by Tiago Josue
Pereira, GLORIA DE CAMPEAO (Impression - Audacity by Clackson) tracked last
year's winner JAY PEG who took command on settling down. He ranged alongside
the South African horse in the back straight and found himself alone in the
lead when JAY PEG compounded quickly halfway out.
PRESVIS, winner of the
Group 1 Audemars Piguet QE Cup at Sha Tin three weeks ago, as usual trailed
the field in the early running. When the field turned for home, jockey Ryan
Moore had to bid his time to switch out for a run.
When he finally got clear,
PRESVIS (Sakhee - Forest Fire by Never So Bold) flashed home and just failed
to catch GLORIA DE CAMPEAO by a head. "What
can I say? I was blocked. There were a lot of horses coming back at me and I
couldn’t get out when I needed to," said Moore.
Pereira, however, was
elated with the win. "This
win will be seen to have more impact than my win in the Sao Paulo Grand
Prix. I’ve always had faith in this horse and ever since I was invited to
come here to ride him I’ve felt confident in his ability. This is my first
trip to Asia and it’s my biggest career win." GLORIA DE CAMPEAO was only
recently tranferred from Brazil to France.
BANKABLE (Medicean - Dance
To The Top by Sadler's Wells), from the Mick de Kock stable, finished third,
ahead of Australian entry POMPEII RULER (Genuine - West With Night by
Pompeii Court).
JAY PEG trailed home a long
last. Trainer Herman Brown said: "Anton
(Marcus) pulled him up as he felt the horse was wobbling. He’s had problems
with fluid loss, but he’s off to stud now anyway."
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