Gutsy win by ten-year-old Wise King

PENANG:  Oct 9, 2011

WISE KING (Marju - Tinikadua by Centaine) showed that there is still life at the age of ten when he put his younger rivals to shame with a gutsy win in the Class 4 - 1700m handicap here today.

The New Zealand gelding was last on settling down and still a long way from the leader in the back straight. He then closed the gap on the leaders making the turn at the 600m and was within striking distance at the top of the straight.

There was till plenty to do in the home stretch and horses were stretched across the track. Eventually, four horses drew away to fight out the finish. WISE KING, ridden by LL Tai, went best next to the outside rails in the heavy going to win by a neck.

WISE KING won once in 13 starts in New Zealand when racing as O'Leary. He picked up four more wins in Singapore during the 2006 and 2007 season when racing as MEXBOROUGH LADD.

He then showed that there is plenty of racing left in him when he picked up two wins in Malaysia last year.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

8

 Speed Happy J Tan J Low

1

6

 Best Journey B Ng S H Lee

2

7

 Red Cliff R Lines M Ganeesh

3

9

 Madam Jade J Tan Woodworth

4

2

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

1

 Blazing Warrior McGillivray Saifudin

1

7

 Jeram Lioncity A Rahim S H Lee

2

4

 Flash Step Robert J De Souza

3

5

 Stone Crab Sukri Aify

4

3

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

1

 Black Magic Woman J Tan H S Gill

1

11

 King Pharaoh S H Tan J De Souza

2

2

 Twoeighto A Rahim Djulkifli

3

5

 Space Invader K Coetzee J Shankar

4

4

 CLASS 4 - 1700M

6

 Wise King S Liew L L Tai

1

7

 Flamingo Kid Wong L Ho

2

1

 Georgie Boy S Liew K Eirwan

3

5

 No Comment J H Tan K M Lai

4

5

 MITAVITE SPRINT CHALLENGE (2ND LEG)
  CLASS 4 (4YO) - 1200M      

3

 Three Thoughts S Liew K K Khoo

1

2

 Wind Of Success S H Tan J De Souza

2

1

 Kawan Street McGillivray L Ho

3

5

 Heart By Heart S Cook Wan

4

6

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

3

 Hatahualpa Thwaites B Tai

1

7

 Jor Czarina T Gillespie J Low

2

1

 North To Alaska P K Leong H K Cheng

3

4

 Cizen Bank Robert Woodworth

4

7

 MAIDEN - 1200M

7

 Wonderful Ocean A Rahim L L Tai

1

6

 Flying Sword K Coetzee Azhar

2

4

 Paradox Of Justice K L Chong J Shankar

3

5

 Read The Sign K L Chong K M Lai

4

8

 CLASS 3 - 1400M

7

 Eternal Traveller R Lines J Low

1

9

 Inzaghi Robert A Nawari

2

3

 Break Free E Breukelen Yusri

3

1

 Aranda K Coetzee Sofhan

4