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Ipoh trainers have waited two months
to return to action since they last raced two months ago on Aug 23, but
their day of activity on home soil was cut short after just four races
today.
The first home-based meeting here since the outbreak of equine influenza was
put in doubt by the worsening haze situation in the past week which forced
yesterday evening's races in Singapore to be cancelled.
But rain yesterday afternoon and evening improved the situation. The racing
stewards met in the morning and deemed that the API reading was within
acceptable range suitable for the meeting to proceed.
But heavy rain during the running of Race 4 forced proceedings to be
curtailed. After the race, a representation of jockeys lodged a protest
against the state of the track and visibility due to the adverse weather
condition. After hearing the submissions from the jockeys, trainers and the
track manager, the racing stewards after deliberation, acceded to their
request and abandoned the remainder of races as they deemed the track to be
unsafe.
FIRE GENERAL, who is in his ninth
season of campaigning, showed that he can still measure up to his younger
rivals with a fighting win in a Class 5 - 1400m handicap. It was the 14th
win by the Australian gelding in 105 starts.
Trainer Prakhash Pereira and jockey Martin Wepner combined to win two of the
four races that were held.
Both horses arrived from the United States in mid-2012. STREET TEASE, who
cost US$30,000 as a yearling, has now won four races in 25 starts while TEN
SENSE WIN, a US$17,000 yearling, has seven wins from 25.
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