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DARK MATTER, who started
second favourite and finished a smack-up sixth in the first leg over 1200m
last month, came into his own to win the second leg of the Carlsberg Cup
series over 1400m at Sungei Besi here today.
Ridden by Jose De Souza,
the talented Australian gelding who has suffered several setbacks in the
career beat the favourite REBEL FURY, who had finished third in the first
leg, by one and a quarter lengths.
The former Singapore
galloper resurfaced in Malaysia last month after nearly one year of the
action and won first-up over 1100m for new trainer Frank Maynard.
But his his first leg
failure proved to be only a temporary setback in his most recent comeback.
DARK MATTER won four of
eight starts in Singapore in 2011 and then had successful in Dubai in early
2012 where he win two of four starts.
The gelding, bought for
A$140,000 as a yearling, was sidelined for one and a half years before
making a comeback in August last year, winning first-up in Kuala Lumpur.
He promptly returned to
Singapore and had three unplaced starts before making another comeback in
Malaysia.
The final leg of the
Carlsberg Cup will be run over 1600m on Nov 1.
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