Bright Life shines in Penang Gold Cup

PENANG:  Dec 27, 2015
Leading jockeys 2015:  
Jose De Souza 50
Wong Kam Chong 44
Harmeet Singh Gill 34
Wong Chin Chuen 24
Lim Shung Uai 21
   
Leading trainers 2015:  
Richard Lines 59
Frank Maynard 43
Johnny Lim 35
Jerome Tan 29
Stephen Cook 25

Consistent and much improved galloper BRIGHT LIFE deservingly captured the final feature race of the season, the RM350,000 Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup here today, the final day of the 2015 racing season in Malaysia.

The win provided a fitting end to the season for leading jockey Jose De Souza and trainer Richard Lines.

After his unplaced debut in August last year, the Australian gelding has been out of the money only once in 12 starts, and that was when he finished fourth to LITTLEBITOFJOY in the Perak Derby last April.

Given a spell after that first attempt at a big race, BRIGHT LIFE came back stronger than ever, winning his both his two runs last month before tackling the Gold Cup today.

De Souza had the five-year-old a handy third early but took the gelding to the front passing the 800m in a race run in driving rain.

BRIGHT LIFE led into the straight chased by Malaysian bred BEAUTIFUL CHOICE on his outside and the pair drew away from the rest in the run home with BRIGHT LIFE winning by 1 3/4 lengths.

Two-time Perak Derby winner LITTLEBITOFJOY was six lengths away third.

BRIGHT LIFE has now six wins, five seconds and a third from 14 starts for Tivic Stable and Lines. 

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

1

 CLASS 5 - 1100M
4 CIZEN BROTHER Robert KC Wong

1
  (5 br.a.g Due Sasso - Grey Sea by Zedrich)

5

 Marco Polo B Ng I Amirul

2
1 Ruby Dane S Hamilton Z Khairil

3
3 Mr Dreyfuss HS Lim J Daniel

4
 

2

 CLASS 5 - 1700M
1 COCONUT Robert S Shafrizal

1
  (6 br.a.g Blackfriars - Contiki Miss by Scenic)
7 Alex Five O B Ng Zairi

2
2 Beauty Admire A Scott I Amirul

3
9 True Heritage Maynard J Low

4
 

3

 CLASS 4 - 1400M
5 GET THE LOTSKI S Cook P Mogun

1
  (5 b.a.g Bernardini - Seismic Lady by Distant View)
4 Black Rain B Ng I Amirul

2
1 Blue Hills HS Lim CT Lee

3
3 Hello Sayang KL Chong KC Wong

4
 

 

 MITAVITE CUP

4

 SET WEIGHTS - 1200M
4 WORLD HARMONY Robert Z Khairil

1
  (5 b/br.nz.g Fast 'N' Famous - Abracadabra by O'Reilly)
2 Black And White Wong M Hanif

2
11 Polo Star B Ng AK Lim

3
8 Equally Optimistic Robert KC Wong

4
 

 

 WILLIAM INGLIS & SON TROPHY

5

 SET WEIGHTS - 1700M
3 MR ARMSTRONG Maynard J Shankar

1
  (6 b.a.g Dylan Thomas - Miss Mahal by Canny Lad)
8 Mogan's Pride HS Lim SU Lim

2
6 Flight Ofthe Saker Maybard CC Wong

3
7 Miracle Pray Pereira J De Souza

4
 

 

 YANG DE PERTUA NEGERI GOLD CUP

6

 SET WEIGHTS - 2000M
8 BRIGHT LIFE R Lines J De Souza

1
  (5 br.a.g Southern Image - Tudor Etoile by Zabeel)
1 Beautiful Choice Wong WT Chung

2
2 Littlebitofjoy I Ismadi I Amirul

3
10 Star Quality KL Chong KC Wong

4
 

 

 LORENZO JEWELLERY TROPHY

7

 CLASS 4 - 1200M
2 SPEED FLYING J Tan S Shafrizal

1
  (6 b.a.g Any Given Saturday - Route Sixty Six by Redoute's Choice)
3 Cizen Gift Robert WT Chung

2
7 Bazinga S Hamilton Salee

3
10 Beyond Wealth KL Chong J Daniel

4
 

8

 CLASS 5 - 1300M
6 ROCKET EXPRESS I Ismadi I Amirul

1
  (8 b.nz.g King Of Danes - Ile De France by Volksraad)
10 Zenidin T Asogan J Daniel

2
4 Cutting Torch A Scott S Thai Yang

3
13 French Express Robert F Yap

4