Mexican Rose blooms in Championship

SINGAPORE,  24 Jul 2009
 
MEXICAN ROSE staves off the challenge of ALWAYS CERTAIN - SNTC phto

MEXICAN ROSE followed up on her debut win early this month to capture the S$200,000 Magic Millions Juvenile Championship over 1200m at Kranji here tonight.

Partnered by Saimee Jumaat, the Laurie Laxon trained filly overcame an erratic start to hit the front at the top of the straight, then held off a late challenge by ALWAYS CERTAIN to win by half a length.

Saimee said afterwards MEXICAN ROSE (Volksraad - Down View by Gone West) still had a lot to learn about racing and is improving all the time.

MEXICAN ROSE also won her first two races in New Zealand, then ran a creditable sixth in the NZ$1m Karaka Million at Ellerslie before coming over to Singapore.

She is a half-sister to GUY OF WARWICK, a winner of five of eight starts in Singapore but has not races for nearly two years now because of injury.

Earlier in the evening, sprint sensation ROCKET MAN's half-brother RAMJET (More Than Ready - Macrosa by Mr McGinty) notched his first win in three starts when he took the Initiation - 1400m event.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 MAIDEN - 1400M

9

 Shuttle Express S Gray J Moreira

1

8

 Left Click L Lee Au

2

5

 Riffs Of Joy D Koh Woodworth

3

4

 Double Fianchetto K C Yeoh V Duric

4

2

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M

8

 Doremi La M Yusof J Moreira

1

5

 Stanzout B Marsh Saimee

2

9

 Gut Feel D Koh J L Li

3

14

 Mary' Success M Clements T R Barnabas

4

3

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1400M

7

 Sonic S Burridge R McMahon

1

8

 King Fury L Laxon Saimee

2

2

 Race Ahead B Marsh Saifudin

3

3

 Ace Amadeus L Laxon R Fradd

4

4

 INITIATION - 1400M

13

 Ramjet P Shaw B Vorster

1

7

 Mr Merciful Baertschiger J Powell

2

4

 Excellent Luck S Burridge Soo

3

2

 Fortune Hunter B Marsh Saimee

4

5

 KRANJI STAKES A - 2000M

5

 Ribeiro M Freedman D Beasley

1

6

 Win In P Shaw R Fradd

2

2

 Recast L Laxon J Powell

3

1

 Top Spin L Laxon R McMahon

4

6

 CLASS 2 - 1400M

8

 Good Feel L Laxon B Vorster

1

5

 Teskara M Freedman V Duric

2

7

 Anchor Ice P Shaw R Fradd

3

9

 Happy Everybody S Burridge T R Barnabas

4

7

 MAGIC MILLIONS JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIP - 1200M

11

 Mexican Rose L Laxon Saimee

1

8

 Always Certain M Freedman D Beasley

2

3

 Fuku Kitaru M Yusof R McMahon

3

6

 Eternal Win S Gray Soo

4

8

 CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1400M

3

 Royal Danske H Takaoka E Legrix

1

9

 Kingtrap D Hill D Beasley

2

4

 Mission Impossible S Gray V Duric

3

6

 Cash Hunter H K Tan M Ewe

4

9

 CLASS 3 - 1400M

12

 Soloist B Marsh A Feiruz

1

6

 D'Original M Freedman D Beasley

2

14

 Lucky Ninety-Nine D Hill T R Barnabas

3

5

 Best Knight B Dean M Gallagher

4