Danis steals thunder with three winners

PENANG:  Feb 4, 2012

Luke Danis, who enjoyed his best season yet last year when he saddled 28 winners to finish seventh in the table, has carried that form to the new season.

The former top jockey saddled three winners here today to bring his tally to six for the season, moving up to fourth in the table.

The success he is enjoying nowadays is a far cry from that in 2007 and 2008 when he saddled just one winner in each of the two years.

Danis was off to a fine start today when his first two runners, ALL NICE and ROCKET EXPRESS, both found the mark.

ALL NICE (Moon Rocket - Victike by Straight Strike), whose last win came in November 2010, was racing under Danis for the second time today after a long layoff.

ROCKET EXPRESS (King of Danes - Ile De France by Volksraad), who found one to beat last two starts, made no mistake this time to record his second win in 22 starts.

Danis wound up the afternoon with the Malaysian bred MONEY NOT ENOUGH (Dolphin Street - Imperial Girl by Stylish Century) winning for the second time in open company and the gelding's fourth win overall.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

5

 All Nice Danis Sani

1

2

 Money Talks Seet K T Cheng

2

8

 Colourland Kid S H Tan A Nawawi

3

9

 Eastern Win K Coetzee J Shankar

4

3

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

4

 Will Power Wong Aify

1

7

 Golden Plan N Azman Saifudin

2

12

 See Me Fly S H Tan J De Souza

3

2

 Lady Killer K Coetzee B N Kumar

4

5

 CLASS 4 - 1400M

9

 Rocket Express Danis B Tai

1

6

 Cizen Bank S H Tan S Sandana

2

14

 Night Shadow K Coetzee J Shankar

3

15

 Pagsanjan S H Tan Wepner

4

7

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

8

 Cape D'Or J Tan K Eirwan

1

6

 Flying Kiss K Coetzee J Shankar

2

2

 Our Faith J Tan Goon

3

13

 No Uncertainty S H Tan J De Souza

4

9

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

5

 Happy Realm Robert Salee

1

6

 Wiener K Coetzee J Shankar

2

10

 Easy Speed K Coetzee B Tai

3

2

 Here Comes Thunder Wong L Ho

4

11

 CLASS 3 - 1200M

11

 Unwind N Azman L Ho

1

3

 Yours Truly M H Wee R Burnett

2

8

 Bashaash A Selvaratnam J De Souza

3

9

 Speedy Tiger K Coetzee J Shankar

4

12

 CLASS 5 - 1100M

7

 Meteor One S H Tan Wepner

1

9

 Cash Man Danis L L Tai

2

4

 Flapjack Robert S Sandana

3

5

 Mr Showpiece K Coetzee J Shankar

4

13

 CLASS 5 - 1100M

5

 Money Not Enough Danis K Eirwan

1

6

 Golden Ball N Azman K Yazid

2

9

 Thara Noordin S Mutaza

3

8

 Made In Heaven S H Tan G Hind

4