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RUSH is very much in a
hurry and making up for some lost time and was rewarded with a big win in
the RM300,000 Anniversary Cup over 1200m here today.
The Penang Turf Club is
celebrating its 150th anniversary this year by bringing back the Anniversary
Cup which was first run 20 years ago to celebrate its 130th anniversary. It
will be run again for the next two years.
RUSH (late Ace Amici) began
his career in Singapore with a 'bang', winning three of his first five
starts and was second in the Group 3 Magic Millions Juvenile Championship in
2011. The Australian gelding managed just one win the following year.
Early last year, RUSH moved
across the causeway and managed to get back to the winner's circle in his
fourth start here. But this season, the five-year-old has taken his form to
another level.
Ridden by champion jockey
Jai Shankar, RUSH was last in the early running but quickly moved up to the
leaders as the field made the turn at the 600m.
HARRYS PAL and JOE CZARINA
shared the lead at the top of the straight with GOOD BABY poised to pounce.
RUSH was closing in. GOOD BABY hit the front at the 250m but RUSH ran him
down in the final 100m to win by one length to complete a hat-trick. It was
also his fourth win of the season.
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