Good Nature upsets Sanjuan in Gold Cup

KUALA LUMPUR,  April 11, 2010

SANJUAN's unbeaten record in Malaysia came to an end when he went down to a gutsy GOOD NATURE in the RM600,000 Selangor Gold Cup over 1600m at Sungei Besi here today.

SANJUAN, winner of six races in Australia, for going for his fourth consecutive win after capturing the Tunku Gold Cup over 1200m last February.

But GOOD NATURE, who won the Perak Derby over 2400m last August, ran him down in the shadows of the winning post to snatch victory, his eighth in 23 starts for Golden Knight Stable and trainer Kevin Coetzee.

For apprentice Jacky Lim, it was his biggest success to date.

Many thought the distance would be a trifle too short for GOOD NATURE but the five-year-old has shown that he can match with the best sprinters around when finishing second in the Sprint Trophy (1400m) last August. And he has started twice over 1600m for a second and a third.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 4 (BANDED 39-49) - 1200M

1

 D'Mighty One J Tan Sani

1

4

 Shadow King R Lines N Callow

2

7

 Smart Venture McGillivray Cooksley

3

8

 Colourland Classic E Breukelen Woodworth

4

2

 CLASS 5 (BANDED 38 & BELOW) - 1600M

3

 Eleventh Avenue Brink J Low

1

5

 Road To Glory Brogan Cooksley

2

8

 Jeram Fire A Rahim L L Tai

3

1

 Pincay Thwaites J De Souza

4

3

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1400M

4

 Night Shadow K Coetzee B Pengelly

1

5

 Amazing Surprise S H Ta S Sandana

2

10

 Well Beyond Seet Yan

3

9

 Excellent Goal Brink S Ruzaini

4

4

CLASS 5 (BANDED 38 & BELOW) - 1600M

1

 Uptheante Brogan S Mutaza

1

5

 Rook S Cook S Ruzaini

2

3

 Jun Shui T Yeoh J Shankar

3

7

 Mayo's Dancer S B Tan Chavez

4

6

 DATO RONALD KHOO TENG SWEE TROPHY
  TABLE 1 RACE - 1600M      

2

 Worth The Wait B T Lim N Callow

1

5

 Generous Tycoon B T Lim H S Gill

2

7

 Boots And Spurs S B Tan Chavez

3

3

 Joker Treasure B T Lim Sofhan

4

7

 DA MA CAI STAKES,  CLASS 4 (BANDED 39-49) - 1800M

5

 Gutsy Power S Liew K Yazid

1

7

 Lafuar Osman Yan

2

8

 True Paradise F Nathan Chavez

3

2

 Lim's Ocean Brogan S Ruzaini

4

8

 SELANGOR GOLD CUP (SET WEIGHTS) - 1600M

8

 Good Nature K Coetzee J Lim

1

7

 Sanjuan B T Lim N Callow

2

3

 Professional Man K Coetzee B Pengelly

3

6

 Fighter Jet Danis R Stewart

4

9

 INITIATION - 1200M

12

 Chase The Dream P S Kumaran Teh

1

8

 Red Wings S B Tan J Shankar

2

7

 Fire Bird Thwaites C F Chan

3

11

 Kim Honour Sukri Goon

4

10

 CLASS 4 (BANDED 39-49) - 1200M

4

 Grand Army R Lines N Callow

1

3

 Best Of Time Sukri Chavez

2

6

 Legendary K Coetzee B Pengelly

3

1

 Didyouknow McGillivray K Yazid

4