Beggy lands first win in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR:  Jan 27, 2013

Irish jockey Padraig Beggy, who made several visits last year but failed to land a winner in 24 rides, finally booted home his first winner in Malaysia when he piloted VIVA AMOUR to victory in a Class 5 - 1300m sprint at Sungei Besi here today.

The New Zealand eight-year-old scored a comeback win last August, his sixth win, and returned with a cut to his near-hind when he finished down the field last Sunday.

With a switch of rider to Peggy, VIVA AMOUR found better fortunes when he coasted home by two lengths. Beggy has a win and two seconds in 12 rides this far this season.

Meanwhile, Noel Callow repeated his double strike yesterday with wins on SPIN CITI and LANDING NORTH, the latter setting a new course record for the 1100m with a time of 1min 4.33sec.

It was a case of two-for-two for Callow on LANDING NORTH as the Aussie has also scored on the Australian gelding last September.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

1

 CLASS 5 - 1800M

4

 SPIN CITI T Gillespie N Callow

1
  (Danzero - Twinciti by Citidancer)  

6

 Jaliette Maynard Sofhan

2

5

 Ghost Valley B T Lim J De Souza

3

7

 City Star Brogan S Mutaza

4

2

 MAIDEN - 1400M

1

 CASSANDRA SHADOW Maynard J Shankar

1
  (O'Reilly - Anne Of Tudor by Twig Moss)  

5

 Big Sur R Lines J Low

2

11

 Where Else P Fell M Hanif

3

6

 Flying Colours T Gillespie Woodworth

4

3

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M

8

 STORM THROUGH B T Lim Azhar

1
  (Antonius Pius - Wedding Gift by Made Of Gold)  

1

 Coconut S H Tan K Y Yap

2

13

 Nuwa T Gillespie Woodworth

3

6

 Jean Francois Maynard S S Vanan

4

4

 CLASS 4 - 1100M

2

 LANDING NORTH R Lines N Callow

1
  (Conatus - Dasanction by Sanction)  

11

 Chive Blossom Brogan M Gallagher

2

5

 Big Lightning K Coetzee J Shankar

3

10

 JP Paris T Yeoh Sofhan

4

5

 CLASS 5 - 1300M

7

 BORDER EXPRESS B T Lim C F Chan

1
  (Storm Boot - Justakiss by Mt Livermore)  

5

 Kingship Admiral R Lines M Helmy

2

2

 Bukit Bintang Brogan M Gallagher

3

9

 Power Blast K K Loh Bukhari

4

6

 CLASS 5 - 1300M

1

 VIVA AMOUR Thwaites P Beggy

1
  (D'Cash - Corporate Leah by Omnicorp)  

9

 Brilliant Tycoon B T Lim H S Gill

2

3

 Jeram Faithful W C Lim L L Tai

3

6

 Bukit Tinggi Brogan S Mutaza

4

7

 CLASS 5 - 1300M

2

 FOX TREASURE B T Lim S U Lim

1
  (Bel Esprit - Westernport Bay by Western Symphony)  

10

 Lotus Princess S Cook Woodworth

2

3

 David Dynasty K Coetzee J Shankar

3

4

 Yargu Brogan S Mutaza

4

8

 CLASS 4 - 1600M

11

 BLACK SUPREME S H Tan J De Souza

1
  (Danzero - Gy Hayley Go by Centaine)  

4

 Mersing S Cook J Shankar

2

1

 Jeram Delight Brogan R Rueven

3

5

 America Seal B T Lim H S Gill

4