Valentine Baby defies age for comeback win

KUALA LUMPUR:  Jan 17, 2015

Nine-year-old VALENTINE BABY showed that there is plenty of fight left in him when he defeated the hot favourite CONFRERE in a Class 5 - 1400m handicap at Sungei Besi here today.

Apprentice Deneskumar Paskaran had the New Zealand gelding tucked on the rails racing in midfield on settling down, then received a dream run on the inside of the pacemaker KIM DIVA making the home bend.

VALENTINE BABY tackled KIM DIVA at the 300m and soon after CONFRERE joined in the fight but the former was going too well in the closing stages, winning by one and a quarter lengths.

It was the seventh win in 63 for VALENTINE BABY but his first since August 2013.

Deneskumar and his mater Lawson Moy then combined again to win with JET COSMO in a Class 5 - 1700m event, giving the pair their first winners of the 2015 season.

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

1

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

4

 PURE KEMISTRY S Edwards J Low

1
  (5 b.a.m Kempinsky - Alicia Rose by Last Tycoon)  

1

 Don'tcallme Uncle R Lines S Zulfikri

2

10

 I Told You P Fell I Fadzlei

3

3

 Good Vibrations R Lines Goon

4
 

2

 CLASS 5 - 1400M

1

 VALENTINE BABY L Moy P Denes

1
  (9 ch.nz.g Shinko King - Madame Mac by Lanfranco)  

4

 Confrere R Lines Sofhan

2

3

 Kobe Top Gun PS Kumaran S Mutaza

3

9

 Kim Diva Sukri K Eirwan

4
 

3

 MAIDEN - 1100M

5

 PERFECT PREDATOR D Miller M Hanif

1
  (4 b.a.g Monashee Mountain - Simply Flawless by Pricelessly)  

2

 Heart's Choice Maynard R Burnett

2

7

 Miss Thousand BT Lim HS Gill

3

6

 Civil Union A Scott I Fadzlei

4
 

4

 CLASS 5 - 1700M

4

 JET COSMO L Moy P Denes

1
  (4 b.a.g Golden Snake - More Than A Woman by Puissance)  

6

 King Of Seal BT Lim I Fadzlei

2

7

 Chief Secretary WC Lim AK Lim

3

5

 Liberation Spirit A Selvaratnam SU Lim

4
 

5

 CLASS 5 - 1700M

1

 ALACARTE R Lines SU Lim

1
  (8 b.a.g Umatilla - Euchre by Final Card)  

3

 Haha Babe Maynard Sofhan

2

2

 Spin Citi T Gillespie K O'Neill

3

8

 Perfect Fixer D Murphy E Lopes

4
 

6

 METRO D - 2000M

4

 BIG SURPRISE BT Lim HS Gill

1
  (4 b.a.g Lucky Unicorn - Bunyah by Distant View)  

1

 Do Me A Favour Maynard Bukhari

2

7

 Rajah Brook S Edwards K O'Neill

3

3

 Kim Warrior Sukri K Eirwan

4
 

7

 METRO C - 1400M

8

 TOMORROWS DREAMS R Jensen E Lopes

1
  (5 ch.a.g Snippetson - Relativity by Geiger Counter)  

6

 Cool And Manly BT Lim HS Gill

2

3

 Street Of London L Moy S Mutaza

3

9

 Thundering Angel PS Kumaran K Eirwan

4
 

8

 METRO C - 1400M

6

 PITSTOP R Jensen K O'Neill

1
  (5 ch.a.g Zizou - Pottinger by Al Hareb)  

2

 Ocean Fantasy SB Tan LL Tai

2

1

 Tears To Diamonds R Lines Goon

3

5

 Straleta S Edwards Woodworth

4