Turf Spec bags NSF Silver Tiara

IPOH,  May 23, 2010

TURF SPEC reasserted her superiority among her sex when she triumphed in the RM70,000 National Stud Farm Silver Tiara over 1200m here today.

At the end of last season, the four-year-old captured the RM150,000 NSF Queen Of The Turf run over 1400m in Penang.

Racing for the first time since, TURF SPEC (Magic Of Money - Bonhomie Gal by Bletchley Park) was beaten a neck by NIPPON GENERAL in the RM125,000 Tunku Abdul Rahman Anniversary Cup for Malaysian breds early the month.

Benefiting from the outing, TURF SPEC, ridden by Azhar Ismail, made amends to win the fillies and mares contest today for her third win in 13 starts.

Apart from this victory, Azhar had a disappointing afternoon when he failed to win either one of the Malaysia 3YO Championship heats on odds-on favourites GOOD SIGHT (Lonhro - Bonne Famille by Anabaa) and HOT BUTTERFLY (Fastnet Rock - Laguna Lake by Odyle).

GOOD SIGHT, placed three of four starts in Australia, was a well-beaten third behind FOUR ACES (Kempinsky - No Can Boo by Canny Lad), trained by John McGillivray.

HOT BUTTERFLY went down by half a length to GUANGZHOU STAR (Dane Shadow - Magma by Jade Hunter) who is trained by Ng Kok Hoong.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 4 (BANDED 48-58) - 1200M

8

 Isnottheprice B T Lim H S Gill

1

4

 Bintang Harapan Osman Aslam

2

7

 Flying Kiss K Coetzee Azhar

3

11

 Grand Street T Gillespie Woodworth

4

2

 CLASS 5 (BANDED 28 & BELOW) - 1600M

1

 Duty Free Spirit K Coetzee N Callow

1

9

 Dragon Strong Sukri J De Souza

2

13

 Marblehead P K Leong K Yazid

3

2

 Grand Peak E Breukelen Y S Lim

4

3

 CLASS 4 (BANDED 48-58) - 1600M

3

 My Darlin Angel Hoy Yan

1

1

 Flirting Prince McGillivray S Ruzaini

2

10

 Always Audrey Danis Saifudin

3

5

 Blesswithtalent B T Lim L L Tai

4

5

 MALAYSIA 3YO CHAMPIONSHIP (HEAT) - 1200M

2

 Four Aces McGillivray K Yazid

1

1

 Crystal Hoy Yan

2

4

 Good Sight K Coetzee Azhar

3

7

 Sun Supreme K H Ng Saifudin

4

6

 MALAYSIA 3YO CHAMPIONSHIP (HEAT) - 1200M

1

 Guangzhou Star K H Ng A Austin

1

7

 Hot Butterfly K Coetzee Azhar

2

4

 Didyouknow McGillivray K Yazid

3

5

 Vibrant Spirit K L Chong K T Cheng

4

7

 DA MA CAI STAKES,  CLASS 4 (BANDED 48-58) - 1600M

5

 Durian King J H Tan Woodworth

1

4

 Wu Jin S Liew C K Tan

2

11

 Fiery Gambade McGillivray K Yazid

3

14

 New Money Seet K T Cheng

4

8

 NATIONAL STUD FARM SILVER TIARA - 1200M

2

 Turf Spec S H Tan Azhar

1

4

 Fast Girl E Breukelen Goon

2

1

 Wonderful Gift Sukri S Ruzaini

3

10

 Christie T Yeoh A Austin

4

9

 CLASS 4 (BANDED 48-58) - 1200M

1

 Venetian Thwaites J De Souza

1

2

 Kim Diva Sukri R Burnett

2

12

 Better Times Sukri Djulkifli

3

5

 Universal Hero S H Tan S Ruzaini

4