Emerald Hill unbeaten in Singapore

SINGAPORE:  June 29, 2012
 
EMERALD HILL seems to fly through the air enroute to his
third consecutive win in Singapore - SNTC Photo

It's three from three for EMERALD HILL in Singapore as trainer John  O'Hara enjoyed one of his best meetings with a treble on the polytrack at Kranji here tonight.

The American gelding, sold for US$23,000 as an unraced two-year-old, finished dead last in his only start in the US early last year but since coming to Singapore has won two trials, followed by two runaway wins in Maiden and Graduation company.

Tackling a Progress event over 1000m on the polytrack tonight, EMERALD HILL (Sharp Humor - You Glitter Girl by Glitterman), ridden for the third start by Saifudin Ismail, had it easy again when he coasted home by one and a half lengths.

Earlier in the evening, O'Hara had back-to-back wins with ABASTOR (Viscount - Give 'm The Flick - by Marauding) and FLASH GIFT (Lawyer Ron - Weekend Star by Confide).

The latter, another American bred who landed unraced, is now unbeaten in two starts after a hard-fought win in the Class 4 - 1000m sprint. The gelding was bought for US$40,000 as a two-year-old.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5, DIV 1 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)

2

 Ang Pao Kereta H K Tan W L Tan

1

3

 Kamar Dancer L Laxon D Beasley

2

4

 Rising Shadow T Kieser A Munro

3

11

 Zac Warrior M Walker I Santana

4

2

 INITIATION - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

1

 Abastor O'Hara Suhaimi

1

5

 Naruto Khoo Saifudin

2

12

 Tomorrows Dreams B Dean A Ng

3

10

 Theology O'Hara G Cheyne

4

3

 CLASS 4 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

8

 Flash Gift O'Hara G Cheyne

1

10

 Soul Commander M Walker B Vorster

2

6

 Anavila D Hill L Q Kek

3

5

 That's Gold M Yusof P Dellorto

4

4

 MAIDEN - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

3

 Be Lucky S Baertschiger J Powell

1

5

 Hearts S Lam Chavez

2

7

 Jeram Rose Wood H W Tan W L Tan

3

6

 Hellolo M Walker B Vorster

4

5

 KRANJI STAKES C - 1700M (POLYTRACK)

5

 Nartincho Cat P Shaw B Vorster

1

8

 Full Toss L Laxon D Beasley

2

4

 Forgiven L Laxon A Munro

3

1

 John Of Arch D Hill G Cheyne

4

6

 CLASS 5, DIV 2 - 1200M (POLYTRACK)

13

 Ninth Avenue S Chua P Dellorto

1

3

 Super Velox Khoo Sivan

2

14

 Coffee Kid H W Tan D Beasley

3

8

 Get It Khoo M Firdaus

4

7

 PROGRESS - 1000M (POLYTRACK)

3

 Emerald Hill O'Hara Saifudin

1

6

 Precisely L Laxon D Beasley

2

7

 Xin Treasure D Koh J Verenzuela

3

9

 BM Win S Chua B Vorster

4

8

 CLASS 5 - 1700M (POLYTRACK)

9

 Triple Goals Z L Mok D Beasley

1

12

 Fleet Foot H W Tan W L Tan

2

8

 Rich Born Khoo J Verenzuela

3

6

 Zac Generation L Dragon A Munro

4

9

 CLASS 4 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)

5

 Our Friendly Diva S Baertschiger S H Low

1

1

 Perwira B Dean Soo

2

10

 Tenuponten O'Hara G Cheyne

3

12

 Affirmation M Walker W L Tan

4