Cunha lands first win in Malaysia

PENANG:  July 9, 2011

Brazilian jockey Nelito Lola da Cunha booted home his first winner in Malaysia today, helping local trainer Cecil Robert to saddle a treble for the afternoon.

Cunha, who has been riding in Singapore with success since last year, failed to find success in six rides last weekend but quickly changed that with SMILING MELANG (Dexter - Sweet Mouza by Bao Lack) in the first race.

It was a popular win as the veteran seven-year-old started favourite for his seventh win in 63 starts.

Robert went on to saddle DISTANT GLORY (Captain Rio - Monsanto by Kilimanjaro) and BLACK ARROW (Country Reel - Doughnut by Snipprts) to victory. The former broke through for his maiden win in nine starts while the latter, a two-time winner in Australia, was having his fifth outing in Malaysia.

And with veteran Tommy Noordin also successful with one of his two runners in LUCKY LUCKY (Lomond Bay - Fine Things by Ksar), Penang trainers took half the card of eight races. 

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 PERTH RACING TROPHY
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

8

 Smiling Melang Robert N Cunha

1

4

 Hard To Say J Tan Sani

2

9

 Sassy Bee Bee E Breukelen Woodworth

3

3

 Powerful Match Robert Chavez

4

2

 DARWIN TURF CLUB TROPHY
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

1

 Lucky Lucky Noordin S H Lee

1

8

 Viva La Vida R Lines J Low

2

9

 She's A Darling Robert Salee

3

3

 Screaming Lizard Sukri E G Da Cruz

4

3

 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB TROPHY
  MAIDEN - 1200M      

9

 Distant Glory Robert J De Souza

1

1

 Gold Star Winner R Lines J Low

2

3

 Hunter Danis Chavez

3

4

 Mighty Storm Robert Salee

4

4

 DAWSON STUD TROPHY
  CLASS 4 - 2000M      

8

 Subordinate K Coetzee Azhar

1

9

 Grand Street T Gillespie Wepner

2

7

 Destiny's Day P K Leong Woodworth

3

10

 Century Escort Tiang K Eirwan

4

5

 ROYAL TURF CLUB OF THAILAND TROPHY
  CLASS 5 - 1400M      

10

 Joyful Affair P K Leong Woodworth

1

11

 I Need You So McGillivray K Yazid

2

1

 Golden Times R Lines Aify

3

5

 Kiwi Maestro A Rahim Saifudin

4

7

 NEWHAVEN PARK STUD TROPHY
  CLASS 3 - 1200M      

5

 Promise Me Gold R Lines Wepner

1

8

 Golden Might K Coetzee Samsir

2

2

 Speed Eagle K Coetzee Azhar

3

7

 Sayaprayerforme T Yeoh L L Tai

4

9

 OAKWOOD FARM TROPHY
  CLASS 4 - 1200M      

1

 Black Arrow Robert Salee

1

5

 Cheek To Cheek Seet K T Cheng

2

3

 Here Comes Thunder Wong Teh

3

4

 Rocket Express Danis Samsir

4

10

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

6

 Blue Rancho Danis I Fadzlei

1

3

 My Special McGillivray K Yazid

2

2

 Rumours T Gillespie S Mutaza

3

11

 Amaro Uno Robert Wepner

4