Jolie's Shinju outclasses rivals in Derby

SINGAPORE,  12 Jul 2009
 
JOLIE'SHINJU goes to the line on a tight hold by jockey
Ronnie Stewart - SNTC photo

JOLIE'S SHINJU is Cox Plate bound after completing a clean sweep of the Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge with a runaway victory in the S$1m Emirates Singapore Derby over 2000m at Kranji today.

It was effectively a one-horse race as the Japanese mare was out in front in a flash and led her male rivals on a merry chase, coasting home by five lengths in a time of  2 min. 0.2 sec, which was just 1.1 second off GLORIA DE CAMPEAO's course record set in the Singapore Airlines International Cup two months ago.

BIG MAVERICK (O'Reilly - Ajfan by Woodman), ridden by Brett Prebble, finished second, ahead of MARCO KID (Keltrice - Tristram Power by Sir Tristram).

"I hope she can now go for the Cox Plate,” said her owner Dr Tan Kai Chah after the race. "I think she can measure up in Australia."

Even before the Derby, Dr Tan had been toying with the idea of running JOLIE'S SHUNJI in the Cox Plate. With the Derby victory, the Australian trip is very much on the card now.

Her victory today came on the heels of her success in the Patrons' Bowl (1400m) and Derby Trial (1600m), earning her a bonus of S$100,000 for completing the treble - the first since BOCELLI in 2001 to achieve the feat.

Trainer Hideyuki Takaoka, who won last year's Singapore Gold Cup with another Japanese bred EL DORARO, said JOLIE'S SHINJU is the best horse he has trained. "I was confident she could run 2000m and she didn’t let me down."

"I thought she might have gone a little bit too fast at one stage, but when I saw Ronnie still had plenty underneath him, I knew she would be hard to catch."

"Cox Plate? Yes, yes, I think she will go for it", said Takaoka.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 EMIRATES NEW YORK STAKES
  MAIDEN - 1200M      

5

 Silver Lining S Gray V Duric

1

8

 Trigger Synergy S Burridge Kellady

2

11

 Maha Veeran D Hill T R Barnabas

3

2

 Monday Nite B Marsh A Feiruz

4

2

 EMIRATES SAO PAULO STAKES
  RESTRICTED MAIDEN, DIV 2 - 1200M  

4

 Day Of Empire M Freedman V Duric

1

11

 Ramjet P Shaw B Vorster

2

3

 Bel's Ringer J Meagher B Prebble

3

1

 El Grey C Brown D Beasley

4

3

 EMIRATES PARIS STAKES 
  CLASS 4, DIV 3 - 1400M      

8

 Look At Me K C Yeoh Kellady

1

2

 Ace Amadeus L Laxon R Fradd

2

13

 Astra Torres H Takaoka R Stewart

3

4

 Recycle King S Gray D Beasley

4

4

 EMIRATES VIENNA STAKES
  RESTRICTED MAIDEN, DIV 1 - 1200M  

6

 Supreme Risk Baertschiger J Powell

1

7

 Natalia M Clements B Vorster

2

3

 Drunken Hero Khoo J Moreira

3

2

 Common Interest M Freedman V Duric

4

5

 EMIRATES LONDON STAKES
  CLASS 3 - 2000M      

5

 Saddlers Creek B Marsh B Prebble

1

6

 Streep L Laxon Saimee

2

9

 Demhillsofgold B Marsh J Moreira

3

4

 Risky Business S Burridge E Legrix

4

6

 SINGAPORE FOUR-YEAR-OLD SPRINT - 1200M

5

 Ntini M Freedman V Duric

1

1

 British Navy P Shaw B Vorster

2

3

 Oneninetyfive B Dean J Moreira

3

7

 Be A Man Baertschiger J Powell

4

7

 EMIRATES MOSCOW STAKES
  INITIATION - 1400M      

5

 Secretive P Shaw B Vorster

1

2

 Unbeatable S Nigishi Chavez

2

1

 Fortune Hunter B Marsh Saimee

3

10

 Pina Colarda Khoo J Moreira

4

8

 EMIRATES DUBAI STAKES
  CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1400M      

6

 Ryan James S Gray V Duric

1

8

 Ace Amante L Laxon Saimee

2

3

 Zinly Khoo J Moreira

3

13

 Chevy H Takaoka Chavez

4

9

 EMIRATES MELBOURNE STAKES
  CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1400M      

12

 Dream Key J Meagher Chavez

1

4

 Hopkins L Laxon Saimee

2

8

 Samurai Kid C Brown B Tai

3

7

 Zac Velocity D Dragon J Moreira

4

10

 EMIRATES TORONTO STAKES
  KRANJI STAKES B - 1600M  

3

 Ace Amigo L Laxon Saimee

1

6

 Seven Warrior C Brown B Tai

2

1

 Teskara M Freedman J Moreira

3

5

 Twice Regal P Shaw B Vorster

4

11

 EMIRATES SINGAPORE DERBY
  4YO, SINGAPORE GROUP 1 - 2000M  

16

 Jolie's Shinju H Takaoka R Stewart

1

3

 Big Maverick L Laxon B Prebble

2

17

 Marco Kid B Dean M Gallagher

3

2

 Jabal Tarik M Freedman V Duric

4

12

 EMIRATES MILAN STAKES
  CLASS 3 - 1200M      

5

 Ace Aliado L Laxon Saimee

1

14

 Count Zerpour J Meagher M Gallagher

2

1

 Waipapa L Laxon B Prebble

3

4

 Perfect Sky D Koh K K Ng

4