Bigbird flies to debut victory in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR:  Jul 31, 2010

After failing to live up to his enormous price tag in two countries, BIGBIRD is trying his luck in Malaysia. And he could not have asked for a better start when he created a mild upset winning his Malaysian debut in the Class 3 - 1200m sprint at Sungei Besi here today.

Ridden by Rio Burnett, BIGBIRD (Dehere - Innovation Girl by Rubiton) won by one length and indications are that he should have better fortunes in the country.

Purchased for $700,000 as a yearling, the gelding raced as The Original in Australia, notching up one win at three and two wins at four. He was also placed third in the Group 3 SAJC Sires' Produce Stakes but was nowhere near the top class.

Sent to Singapore and renamed D'Original, he managed just one win in 11 starts at Kranji. After finishing dead last in his last two starts, he was on the move again, this time to trainer Mohd Sukri in Kuala Lumpur.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

11

 Word Of Honour Sukri R Burnett

1

1

 Arkin E Breukelen S Ruzaini

2

6

 Shadow Wind K Coetzee Azhar

3

15

 Overweenng T Yeoh Woodworth

4

2

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

13

 Still Water F Nathan J De Souza

1

7

 Man With Honour Tiang Woodworth

2

9

 Fond Memory P S Kumaran J Low

3

6

 Apache Eagle Sukri Aify

4

3

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

10

 Kim Hung P K Leong N Callow

1

9

 Royal Sprint Osman J De Souza

2

13

 Uptheante Brogan K T Cheng

3

3

 Better Times Sukri R Burnett

4

4

 DA MA CAI STAKES,  CLASS 4 - 1600M

7

 Laugh Heartily K Coetzee Azhar

1

9

 It's Terrific S B Tan Chavez

2

8

 Sinfive B T Lim Sofhan

3

4

 Sinar Kembali Osman Aslam

4

5

 CLASS 5 - 1600M

12

 Speedy Hero Brogan S Mutaza

1

3

 Eastern Fighter P S Kumaran Teh

2

8

 You're My Sunshine Sukri Anandan

3

11

 City Of Hope Noordin J Lim

4

6

 CLASS 3 - 1200M

1

 Bigbird Sukri R Burnett

1

5

 Special Surprise Wong N Shahrul

2

9

 Winchester Wonder T Gillespie Sivan

3

6

 Aussie Invader McGillivray Saifudin

4

7

 CLASS 3 - 1200M

2

 Bintang Terang Osman Aslam

1

3

 Dream Emperor A Rahim S H Lee

2

10

 Footbridge F Nathan J Low

3

6

 Unified Spirit Hoy Yan

4

9

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

2

 Cizen Bank Robert N Callow

1

14

 Lee's Fighter B T Lim H S Gill

2

1

 Bintang Harapan Osman Saifudin

3

8

 Joker Cheers Noordin K Eirwan

4