Big, Happy, Time for Brazilian EG Cruz

KUALA LUMPUR:  June 12, 2011

Brazilian jockey Emerson Da Cruz (EG Cruz) had his best ever day in Malaysia since he began riding in the country last year when he booted home four winners at Sungei Besi here today.

His quadruple include the main feature of the afternoon, the RM200,000 Dewar's 12 Double Aged Sprint for three-year-olds over 1200m on HAPPY THOUGHTS (Greenwood Lake - Hip Hop Anonymous).

The Dr Tan Swee Hock-trained gelding, with two wins from his initial five starts, proved a shade too good for GOOD BABY after a thrilling tussle to win by a head. The pair finished five lengths ahead of the rest of the field.

Dr Tan had brought HAPPY THOUGHTS for just A$24,000 at the Horses In Training Sale and the gelding has now picked up RM180,000 in prizemoney.

Cruz, the best performing visiting jockey thus far this season, struck early in the afternoon on PAYBACK TIME (Jeune - Burning Landscape by Scenic). It was the first win for the gelding since December 2009.

Cruz ended the afternoon with back-to-back wins on BIG RED (Red Ransom - Farasha by Jeune) and MATTS FUHRER (Pins - Mercury Island by O'Reilly) to bring his tally for the season to 18 and moves to fourth in the table.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 SUNGEI BESI STAKES
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

6

 Lim's Ocean Brogan S Mutaza

1

2

 Colourland Classic E Breukelen A Chew

2

1

 Mr OK Sukri E G Cruz

3

4

 Cool Of Fire McGillivray L Ho

4

2

 KRANJI STAKES
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

11

 Payback Time Sukri E G Cruz

1

6

 The Swordsman T Yeoh Wan

2

5

 Glory Star R Lines J Low

3

9

 The Turtle Brogan Sani

4

3

 DEWAR'S 18 MILE 
  CLASS 4 - 1600M      

2

 Jeram Everybody T Yeoh L L Tai

1

3

 Power Of Khan B T Lim H S Gill

2

5

 Fantastic Gift Sukri E G Cruz

3

6

 Subordinate K Coetzee Sofhan

4

4

 TAMBUN STAKES
  CLASS 4 - 1600M      

3

 Lee's Fighter B T Lim I Fadzlei

1

2

 Good Flying K Coetzee Azhar

2

8

 Sir Tiki P S Kumaran M Marques

3

6

 Star Ruler E Breukelen Sofhan

4

5

 DEWAR'S WHITE LABEL HANDICAP
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

7

 Road To Glory Brogan S Mutaza

1

9

 Joyful Affair P K Leong J Low

2

3

 Oneniteinbangkok B T Lim H S Gill

3

2

 Natural Performer B Ng Salee

4

6

 DEWAR'S SIGNATURE STAKES
  RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M  

9

 Paper Weight K Coetzee Azhar

1

8

 La Nieves B T Lim J De Souza

2

12

 Go Gaia E Breukelen K Eirwan

3

6

 Being Classic R Lines Chavez

4

7

 DEWAR'S 12 DOUBLE AGED SPRINT (3YO) - 1200M

3

 Happy Thoughts S H Tan E G Cruz

1

2

 Good Baby K Coetzee Azhar

2

11

 Always D'Best P K Leong J De Souza

3

6

 Rocket Express Danis Samsir

4

8

 ABERFELDY 12 SPRINT
  CLASS 4 - 1200M      

1

 Arcanine R Lines J Low

1

16

 Jazzmint Delight P S Kumaran M Marques

2

7

 East Camp A Rahim L L Tai

3

6

 Silence Touch J Tan Aify

4

9

 TAIPA STAKES
  CLASS 3 - 1200M      

13

 Big Red Sukri E G Cruz

1

5

 Colourlandprestige Robert Woodworth

2

1

 The Bank B T Lim J De Souza

3

3

 Graduate Boy Sukri Zaidi

4

10

 SEOUL STAKES
  CLASSES 1 & 2 - 1600M      

3

 Good Feel B T Lim G Hind

1

7

 Stealth Brink J Low

2

1

 Free Spirit K L Chong J Shankar

3

8

 Be An Angel B T Lim I Fadzlei

4

11

 ABERFELDY 21 CHALLENGE
  CLASS 4 - 1200M      

2

 Matts Fuhrer Brink E G Cruz

1

7

 Good Meaning K Coetzee Azhar

2

3

 Best Sargen R Lines J Low

3

4

 My Diamond McGillivray Woodworth

4