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The training ranks in
Singapore will be strengthened by South African trainer Basil Marcus come
December 2009.
Marcus began training in 2003 after a highly successful career as a jockey
during which he rode in excess of 3,000 winners and was seven-time champion
jockey in Hong Kong.
Marcus is currently training in Cape Town, South Africa, where he prepares
more than 120 horses.
His major successes as a trainer include winning the Group 1 Cape Guineas
and the Group 1 Cape Derby with JAY PEG – who went on to win the 2008
Singapore Airlines International Cup and the 2008 Dubai Duty Free.
Other notable horses Marcus has trained include DESERT LINKS (who has been
imported into Singapore) who won the Group 1 Canon Gold Cup, MAJESTIC SUN
who captured the Group 3 Matchem Stakes and Countess Corlia, winner of the
Group 3 Champagne Stakes.
He has consistently been among the leading trainers in Cape Town in the last
three years.
Marcus will start off with about 40 South African horses which will arrive
in Singapore between December 2009 and February 2010.  |
