Lim's Cruiser wins EW Barker Trophy

SINGAPORE:  Nov 18, 2016
 
Karis Teetan partners LIM'S CRUISER to win the EW Barker Trophy
- SNTC photo
 

In his very first visit to Singapore, Mauritian jockey Karis Teetan landed the plumb of the night when he piloted LIM'S CRUISER to win the S$350,000 EW Barker Trophy at Kranji tonight.

Tetan and Joao Moreira were special envoys of the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the Hong Kong-themed programme which also featured the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy.

Both also picked up rides in the Group 2 EW Barker Trophy with Moreira, who has cult following at Kranji before moving to Hong Kong, engaged on the favourite ALIBI and Teetan riding second-elect LIM'S CRUISER.

While ALIBI was given every chance by Moreira and could only finish a very close fifth, LIM'S CRUISER came from midfield to beat the front-running outsider JAY EFF EXPRESS by 1 1/4 lengths.

"I had a lot of confidence in this horse. He’s such a nice horse," said Teetan. "He gave me a good feeling in the run, but I was three or four metres off the rail in the back, and he was a bit keen. But luckily, he then dropped his head and came back underneath me."

LIM'S CRUISER, who cost only A$17,000 as a yearling, raced just once on New Zealand for a third in a Maiden event at Avondale but has shown potential in Singapore with four wins from seven starts.

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

1

 VICTORIA HARBOUR STAKES
OPEN MAIDEN - 1600M
4 GOOD DEAL D Meagher T See

1
(5 b.a.g Redoute's Dancer - She's Foxy Right by Right Wing)
6 Super Buffalo C Brown M Rodd

2
13 Speedy Warrior HW Tan M Nunes

3
5 El Don S Gray J Powell

4
 

2

 LANTAU ISLAND STAKES
RESTRICTED MAIDEN - 1200M
3 ACE KING T Kiser A Da Silva

1
(3 b.nz.g Swiss Ace - Atomic Dancer by Danehill Dancer)
1 Sir Isaac C Brown M Rodd

2
2 One Kinabalu S Baertschiger J Powell

3
4 Dayflirt D Meagher D Beasley

4
 

3

 VICTORIA PEAK STAKES
CLASS 4, DIV 2 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
9 LOUEY VELOCE S Gray J Moreira

1
(6 b.nz.g No Excuse Needed - Kathy O'Reilly by O'Reilly)
1 Lim's Sincere S Burridge Y Salim

2
2 Lucky Giant ZL Mok Woodworth

3
8 Prechagorda O'Hara K Teetan

4
 

4

 LAN KWAI FONG STAKES
NOVICE - 1200M
10 SKYWALK J Peters CW Brown

1
(3 ch.nz.g Battle Paint - Daystar by Danasinga)
14 Nova Missile HW Tan M Nunes

2
4 Sun Mirage D Koh CC Wong

3
5 Knight Chen Bay M Clements K Teetan

4
 

5

 HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TROPHY
BENCHMARK 83 - 1400M
1 INFANTRY HW Tan M Nunes

1
(4 b.nz.g Tavistock - The Nightingale by Stravinsky)
8 Big Brother P Shaw N Juglall

2
12 Murrayfield S Gray K Teetan

3
5 Ode To Joy P Shaw D David

4
 

6

 HAPPY VALLEY STAKES
CLASS 4 - 1800M
12 GLORIOUS PROSPECT L Laxon B Vorster

1
(5 b.nz.g Alamosa - Akris by Zabeel)
4 Lim's Elusive S Burridge D Beasley

2
8 Higher Soul H Takaoka D David

3
11 Insofar M Clements S Shafrizal

4
 

7

 EW BARKER TROPHY
SINGAPORE GROUP 2 - 1400M
16 LIM'S CRUISER S Gray K Teetan

1
(4 b.a.g Casino Prince - Hope Downs by Goldkeeper)
8 Jay Eff Express S Burridge G Boss

2
13 Magnum J Peters CW Brown

3
11 Storm Troops P Shaw N Juglall

4
 

8

 SHA TIN STAKES
CLASS 4, DIV 1 - 1000M (POLYTRACK)
5 SHADOW OF WAR HW Tan M Nunes

1
(3 ch.a.g Sebring - Regal Chamber by Archregent)
1 Red Dawn S BaertschIger Kellady

2
11 Stock Broker M Clements J Moreira

3
4 Lim's Shine M Walker D Beasley

4
 

9

 TSIM SHA TSUI STAKES
BENCHMARK 67 - 1100M (POLYTRACK)
4 LIGHTNING FAST D Koh CC Wong

1
(4 ch.a.g Hard Spun - Bahamian Star by Bahamian Bounty)
1 Himalaya Dragon S Yeoh I Amirul

2
5 Mystic Master HW Tan J Moreira

3
10 Host The Nation ZL Mok Saifudin

4