Yastrzemski on target in Penang Gold Cup

PENANG:  Dec 28, 2014

Cross-border racing at Penang may have ended this year due to the dramatic drop in prizemoney but it was a former Singapore galloper who triumphed in the RM350,000 Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup over 2000m here today.

YASTRZEMSKI, who only resumed racing two months ago after being out of action for more than 15 months, easily defeated eight other runners in this end-of-year classic.

Ridden by Sofhan Latif, the New Zealand six-year-old won by two lengths from MONEY MACHINE.

YASTRZEMSKI cost NZ$145,000 as a yearling and won three of 16 starts in Singapore. His last appearance at Kranji was in June last year.

Now trained by Frank Maynard, the six-year-old beat one home in his Malaysian debut in October but quickly stepped it up to win at Sungei Besi the next start.

YASTRZEMSKI then finished second to SISTER IN LAW in the Chairman's Guineas Trophy at Sungei Besi two weeks ago and stepped it up once again today.

It was the second success in the Gold Cup for Maynard who saddled NEW KUALA DIPANG to victory in 2007.

For Sofhan, it was his third win in the Gold Cup, having scored on CONFIDENCE V in 1996 and LOUIS THIRTEEN in 2003.

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

1

 BENCHMARK 73 - 1400M

5

 LEMON LAW J Tan HS Gill

1
  (3 ch.am.c Limehouse - Hot Line by Capote)  

3

 Halo Inspire PK Leong Salee

2

4

 Snow Mountain T Gillespie Aify

3

6

 Wind Of Success SH Tan CC Wong

4
 

2

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

4

 GOOD CODE J Tan HS Gill

1
  (6 b.am.g Good Journey - Relative Shade by Distant Relative)  

8

 Providence HS Lim J Shankar

2

1

 El Comandante KL Chong KK Chin

3

3

 Propitions Gold Wong Yan

4
 

 

 LORENZO JEWELLERY TROPHY

3

 CLASS 4 - 1300M

1

 BABY POLO B Ng K Eirwan

1
  (5 b.nz.g Danske - Film by Fuji Kiseki)  

3

 Dawn Prospect Seet KT Cheng

2

2

 Cool And Manly BT Lim HS Gill

3

7

 Black Viscount SH Tan CC Wong

4
 

4

 CLASS 4 - 1300M

2

 FASTNET STAR A Scott J De Souza

1
  (5 b.a.g Fastnet Rock - Dinkum Star by Happy Giggle)  

4

 Evertrust SH Tan CC Wong

2

8

 Undoubtedly Clever N Azman KT Cheng

3

10

 Canadian Lad Pereira HS Gill

4
 

 

 WILLIAM INGLIS & SON TROPHY

5

 OPEN (SW) - 1700M

3

 ILUMINADO A Scott R Burnett

1
  (7 b.arg.g Body Glove - Brillosa by Cleante)  

2

 Balotelli HS Lim Salee

2

10

 Luxurious Choice Seet K Eirwan

3

1

 Black And White Wong J Shankar

4
 

 

 YANG DI PERTUA NEGERI GOLD CUP

6

 OPEN (SW) - 2000M

7

 YASTRZEMSKI Maynard Sofhan

1
  (6 b.nz.g Keeper - Passive Rose by Zabeel)  

2

 Money Machine S Edwards J Shankar

2

8

 Stormy Bruce S Cook Woodworth

3

3

 Littlebitofjoy E Goh M Hanif

4
 

7

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

1

 MR LUCKY SH Tan CC Wong

1
  (6 gr.a.g Bradbury's Luck - Stately Rose by Cossack Warrior)  

9

 High Peak HS Lim J Shankar

2

6

 Prince Islander PK Leong KL Lee

3

4

 D'Ultimate Keeper Danis CT Lee

4
 

8

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

9

 KINGSHIP ADMIRAL R Lines SU Lim

1
  (7 b.a.g Rock Of Gibraltar - Ferrari Bo by Perugino)  

1

 Oil Town Captain SH Tan CC Wong

2

3

 Ninetyfive Rocket Seet KT Cheng

3

2

 Astroheat J Tan AM Aizat

4