Newitt lands treble in first Malaysian visit

KUALA LUMPUR:  Jun 7, 2014
Points table after two races:
Craig Newitt 12
Imran Chisty 12
Noel Callow 11
Ryuji Wada 4
Johnathan Parkes 1
Jose De Souza 1

Australian jockey Craig Newitt took Malaysian racing by storm when he booted home a treble, including one leg of the International Jockeys Challenge at Sungei Besi here today.

Newitt, 29, who has ridden 26 Group 1 winners in his career, made three guest appearances in Singapore without success: the International Cup in 2009 and the Gold Cup in the past two years.

But his first visit to Malaysia was a resounding success.

In the first challenge race, he brought RUSHEY GREEN from the rear to win the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy.

Riding the second favourite in the race, the Aussie found himself second last on the rails till the home turn. He eased his mount out slowly at the top of the straight, then challenged for the lead 200m out.

There was a line of four horses vying for the lead at one stage but RUSHEY GREEN did best in the rune home to win by one and a quarter lengths.

Newitt also won the Royal Turf Club of Thailand Trophy on LITTLE MAN and the Royal Sabah Turf Club Trophy on CHARLY B.

Indian rider Imran Chisty shared the first day lead with Newitt after winning the other challenge race, the Perak Turf Club Trophy on outsider BRING MORE MONEY.

Settling in third spot on the rails, he waited and waited and found an opening between the two leaders ZAFONIC and LONGMA at the 250m and darted through, then held off the favourite TRAVETINE to win by one length.

Chisty rode for some time in Malaysia in 2008, winning two races. But this time he has matched the haul in just one day. He went on to win the New Zealand Bloodstock Trophy on CERIUM.

Three more challenge races will be run tomorrow. The winning rider receives 12 points, while seven points, four points and one point are alloted to the second, third and fourth placed riders.

At the end of the five-race series, the winning jockey will receive RM20,000 cash prize and a trophy. The runner-up and third-placed jockey will receive RM5,000 and RM2,000 respectively.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE:   Tote No / Horse / Trainer / Jockey / Position
 

 

 PENANG TURF CLUB TROPHY

1

 MAIDEN - 1300M

3

 STORMY BRUCE S Cook J Shankar

1
  (5 b.a.g My lad - April In May by Bellotto)  

8

 Sea World R Lines J De Souza

2

6

 Royal Green PK Leong J Parkes

3

7

 Mystic Warrior BT Lim G Cheyne

4
 

 

 ROYAL BANGKOK SPORTS CLUB TROPHY

2

 CLASS 5 - 1200M

5

 RAINBOW FUTURE WC Lim AK Lim

1
  (3 b.nz.g Rusty Spur - Susan Charmain by Kingdom Bay)  

1

 Sayaprayerforme L Moy Sofhan

2

2

 Billy Boy R Lines R Rueven

3

4

 Fingers Crossed PK Leong J De Souza

4
 

 

 ROYAL TURF CLUB OF THAILAND TROPHY

3

 CLASS 5 - 1700M

12

 LITTLE MAN SB Tan C Newitt

1
  (5 ch.a.g Hussonet - Northern Sophia by Northern Taste)  

7

 Chief Secretary D Murphy D Bonilla

2

8

 Haha Babe Maynard Azhar

3

10

 Costamialot R Lines J De Souza

4
 

 

 HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TROPHY
(International Jockey Challenge Race)

4

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

3

 RUSHEY GREEN Maynard C Newitt

1
  (4 ch.a.g Host - Wild Flood by Tirol)  

8

 Taramis SB Tan B Doyle

2

2

 The Sentinel BT Lim N Callow

3

1

 Belfledged R Lines J Parkes

4
 

 

 PERAK TURF CLUB TROPHY
(International Jockey Challenge Race)

5

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

9

 BRING MORE MONEY S Edwards I Chisty

1
  (5 b.a.g Saxon - Eulalie by Strategic)  

1

 Travertine Brogan N Callow

2

2

 Zafonic Star T Gillespie R Wada

3

6

 Bukit Bintang Maynard J De Souza

4
 

 

 NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK TROPHY

6

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

9

 CERIUM Maynard I Chisty

1
  (4 ch.a.g Hussonet - Marshow by Marscay)  

2

 Teen Angel R Lines L Ho

2

7

 Big Gallant WC Lim AK Lim

3

3

 Chino Diablo S Edwards J Shankar

4
 

 

 KENILWORTH CUP

7

 OPEN (SW, RTG 71+) - 1200M

6

 TERADA P Fell Sofhan

1
  (7 br.a.g Blackfriars - Framlingham by Bletchley Park)  

8

 Shaolin Soldier CC Ooi J De Souza

2

10

 Configure R Lines Zaidi

3

1

 Mystic Power BT Lim Azhar

4
 

 

 ROYAL SABAH TURF CLUB TROPHY

8

 CLASS 4 - 1200M

5

 CHARLY B T Gillespie C Newitt

1
  (6 b.arg.g Lucky Roberto - Ucki Champ by Ski Champ)  

6

 Masquerain PS Kumaran L Ho

2

4

 Aces High T Gillespie G Cheyne

3

3

 Ba Li Dancer S Cook J Shankar

4
 

9

 RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M

1

 REAL MEAN R Lines J De Souza

1
  (3 b.a.g Real Saga - Mawaared by Danzero)  

2

 Royal Show P Fell M Hanif

2

6

 Miss Thousand BT Lim HS Gill

3

4

 Lucostar L Moy Sofhan

4