'Powerful' start for trainer Alvin Tan

SINGAPORE,  22 Jan 2010
 
POWERFUL TREE (next to rails) staves off the challenge of
SIR BRILLIANT and ZESTFULGO (No. 10) - SNTC photo

Just a week after making his debut, trainer Alvin Tan saddled his first winner when POWERFUL TREE scored in a thrilling finish in the Class 4, Div 1 - 1100m sprint on the polytrack at Kranji here tonight. It was his seventh runner in three race days.

POWERFUL TREE (St Petersburg - Centenaire by Centaine) picked up two wins and two placings from five starts last season when trained by Sam Chua.

Tan, a former assistant to Chua, took over POWERFUL TREE in the new season and it was the gelding's first start since mid-November when successful over the same course and distance.

“I’m just so excited,” said Tan. “It is such a surprise to get a winner so early in my career.”

“I thought in the last 50m that he (POWERFUL TREE) would get run over, but thankfully he held on,” added Tan who has 16 horses under his care currently.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 MAIDEN - 1700M (POLYTRACK)

8

 Lucky Ocean L Treloar Saifudin

1

3

 Vanquish S Gray V Duric

2

2

 Flyboy D Dragon J Moreira

3

9

 Patrician D Kok B Vorster

4

2

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

9

 Torpedo J Meagher Soo

1

2

 Benji's Glory S Burridge D Beasley

2

6

 Rising Expectation B Dean Chavez

3

10

 Volkov D Dragon Y F Leong

4

3

 CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

4

 Anavila D Hill J Moreira

1

1

 Shing Yi S Chua V Duric

2

13

 Magician L Laxon B Vorster

3

7

 Incredible Son Z L Mok T Affandi

4

4

 INITIATION - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

6

 Maple Star C Brown J Powell

1

8

 Twin Ace L Laxon J Moreira

2

7

 That'stheone B Dean Aslam

3

9

 Westside Club M Freedman D Beasley

4

5

 CLASS 2 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

6

 The Big Gee S Burridge V Duric

1

7

 Pacino L Laxon O Placais

2

4

 New Target O'Hara Woodworth

3

3

 Mooring M Freedman D Beasley

4

6

 CLASS 1 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

5

 Beau Brummell D Hill B Vorster

1

3

 Capablanca Baertschiger J Powell

2

4

 Ntini M Freedman D Beasley

3

6

 Handsome Jazz Baertschiger S John

4

7

 CHLORIDE CUP,   CLASS 3 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

3

 My Son P Shaw B Vorster

1

5

 I Tawt I Taw M Freedman D Beasley

2

8

 Mamma's Love M Clements J Moreira

3

6

 Jasper H K Tan J See

4

8

 CLASS 4 - 1600M (POLYTRACK)

4

 French Irish P Shaw R Fradd

1

7

 Vitalico J Meagher A Fiezan

2

5

 Music Master S Chua V Duric

3

1

 Finstock Road P Shaw B Vorster

4

9

 CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

4

 Powerful Tree H W Tan Chavez

1

5

 Sir Brilliant C Brown J Powell

2

10

 Zestfulgo M Yusof J Moreira

3

9

 Jewel Princess K C Yeoh S Ruzaini

4