Ahtims Klis battles to hattrick

KUALA LUMPUR:  Mar 13, 2022
 

AHTIMS KLIS seems unstoppable in the new season. The Australian mare completed a hattrick with a fighting win in the Metro A set-weight event over 1600m at Sungei Besi here today.

Trained by Lim Hoon Seng, she started 2022 with an easy win at her home base in Penang by easily taking out a Banded 51-74 event over 1400m in January.

AHTIMS KLIS then took it up a notch when pitted against some established gallopers like RELAU STAR and LAUS DEO in a an Enrich Stakes A event, also over 1400m, in Ipoh last month.

The six-year-old again prevailed, but only after battling it out with D'GREAT LIGHT, winning by a head.

Today's contest over 1600m was another stern test for the mare who came to Malaysia after winning two of three starts as a four-year-old in Australia, having not raced at two and three.

Again, AHTIMS KLIS showed his fighting quality to win in a three-way photo against six-time winners SKYDANCE ECLIPSE and the odds-on favourite STREETS OF FIRE, who had two recent wins.

AHTIMS KLIS, ridden by Lim Aun Kean, won by a short head for her fourth win in nine starts. She was known as STRIP IT DOWN when she won once in three starts for trainer Frank Maynard before being sold, renamed and transferred to Lim.

"I was riding the horse for the first time, so I rode her to instructions, that is to jump well and take up a handy position. She is only a small horse but with a big heart," said jockey Lim.

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

1 

 CLASS 5 - 1800M
3 SMART RACER C Leck Clyde Leck

1
  (9 b.a.g Canford Cliffs - La Strada by Redoute's Choice)  
10 Golden Craftsman HY Cheng J Low

2
9 Golden Empire E Breukelen L De Souza

3
1 D'Great Swift R Lines CK Khaw

4
 

2

 CLASS 5 - 1400M
5 SMART INVESTMENT C Leck J Shankar

1
  (9 b.a.g Bon Hoffa - Devotee by Encosta de Lago)  
8 Cru Courgeois R Lines WW Cheah

2
10 Orion R Lines L De Souza

3
2 Rise Of The Legend HY Cheng KC Wong

4
 

3

 CLASS 4 - 1800M
9 VALUE OF JUSTICE WC Lim SU Lim

1
  (9 b.a.g Daliapour - Amatila by Redoute's Choice)  
5 Isfahan AB Abdullah Y Aify

2
7 Ordos Legend K Coetzee HS Gill

3
3 Ragnar CC Ooi J Shankar

4
 

4

 CLASS 4 - 1500M
10 ZA'EEM AB Abdullah Y Aify

1
  (8 ch.nz.g Sakhee's Secret - Red Horizon by Spartacus)  
3 Kanthaka HY Cheng HK Cheng

2
2 Leopard Eclipse F Maynard J Low

3
8 Acrobat R Lines WW Cheah

4
 

5

 CLASS 3 - 1400M
2 EMPEROR TAIZONG KC Tiang KC Wong

1
  (5 b.a.g Arlington - Tidy Package by Honours List)  
5 Selangor Star BT Lim AR Raiyan

2
10 Chonky Potato C Leck Clyde Leck

3
9 Aguero Jr T Asogan HS Gill

4
 

6

 METRO A (SW) - 1600M
8 AHTIMS KLIS HS Lim AK Lim

1
  (6 b.a.m Playing God - Miss Mahal by Canny Lad)  
3 Skydance Eclipse F Maynard L De Souza

2
7 Streets Of Fire KC Tiang J Low

3
9 Black Thorn SY Lim J Shankar

4
 

7

 OPEN MAIDEN (WFA) - 1100M
11 BERRY BLISS C Leck Clyde Leck

1
  (3 b.nz.g Charm Spirit - Star Class Eagle by Domesday)  
5 Takreem AB Abdullah AK Lim

2
6 The Saint S Dunderdale J Daniel

3
3 Talented HY Cheng HK Cheng

4
 

8

 CLASS 3 - 1100M
2 CHINESE TEA MW Teh J Shankar

1
  (6 b.a.g Magnus - Forewarning by Magic Albert)  
7 Gold Sky Billion K Ananthen MM Firdaus

2
1 Metier Star R Lines WW Cheah

3
9 Hello Boss L Moy I Fikri

4
 

9

 CLASS 4 - 1200M
11 OTTAWA F Maynard Y Aify

1
  (8 blk/br.a.g Doxwedge - Marie Soleil by Louis Quatorze)  
1 Estijaab AB Abdullah AK Lim

2
10 Copacabana S Shanmugam CK Khaw 2
3 Trinity General SY Lim SU Lim

4
  **Deadheat for 2nd      
 

10

 CLASS 4 - 1200M
9 BLOOD ROYAL R Lines L De Souza

1
  (10 b.nz.g Non Du Jeu - Hampsta by Charge Forward)  
6 Skyfall AB Abdullah Y Aify

2
14 Flash One KC Tiang MM Firdaus

3
5 Redoubt HY Cheng J Low

4
 

11

 CLASS 5 - 1250M
7 WHSIUPONASTAR BT Lim HS Gill

1
  (5 ch.a.g Zoustar - Ravenous Lass by Stratum)  
10 Boom Almighty R Lines L De Souza

2
5 The Iceman C Leck Clyde Leck

3
4 Bitcoin King KC Tiang KC Wong

4
 

12

 CLASS 5 - 1250M
9 TIGRESS R Lines WW Cheah

1
  (6 b/br.a.m Uncle Mo - Fly Me Home by Flying Spur)  
6 Gratus S Dunderdale J Low

2
2 D'Great Duchess S Siva J Shankar

3
7 Confide AB Abdullah AK Lim

4