Titan Pegasus stands tall in Tabcorp Trophy

KUALA LUMPUR:  Sep 16 , 2023
 
TITAN PEGASUS romping to victory in Tabcorp Trophy - SLTC photo
 

After two changes of name and moving stables several times, TITAN PEGASUS is finally finding the luck to move up the ranks.

The Australian gelding, who cost A$220,000 an unraced two-year-old and was named Sahabat, had a change of trainer after arriving in Singapore in early 2020 before making his debut later in the year.

The son of Foxwedge scored back-to-back wins the following year but failed to make any headway after that, even with another change of trainer late last year before moving to Malaysia.

He was renamed Ice Out Sixty-One, and shortly after again to his current name TITAN PEGASUS.

He won first-up for trainer Stephen Cook last February. But after one more unplaced run, he came under newly-licensed trainer Mogana Selvan who was former assistant to Cook.

Under Selvan, the six-year-old has made further headway with three wins and two thirds from five starts.

An all-the-way winner over 1200m on this track last month when ridden by Md Khairil Zulkiflee for the first time, TITAN PEGASUS repeated the feat today.

Taking command on settling down, he held on resolutely in the home straight to win by one and a quarter lengths in the Tabcorp Trophy (Class 3 - 1100m).

"TITAN PEGASUS has been working very good this week and I was hoping he will get a good barrier," said Selvan. TITAN PEGASUS drew barrier 2.

"I knew he would win a Cup race someday and he did not today. I am very proud of this and I would like to thank my team for the good work."

"Despite a rise of 4kg in the handicap, he backed it up and won well," said Khairil who went on to score on XANTHOS in the next event.

The double brought his tally to 10 for the season.

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

1

 LOVE MY MALAYSIA STAKES
CLASS 5 - 1700M
2 MIEJ WC Lim AK Lim

1
(7 b.a.g Deep Field - Rosetta Stone by Sadler's Wells)
1 Silent Prince C Leck A Suriya

2
6 Cher NM Selvan Z Khairil

3
7 Soon You Think K Coetzee SN Shiva

4
 

2

 PRINCIPLE OF TOGETHERNESS STAKES
CLASS 5 - 1250M
2 ARROGATE ACHIEVER C Leck A Suriya

1
(12 b.a.g Captain Gerrard - Win Zip by Sir Dapper)
7 Jakama Pegasus SY Lim R Rueven

2
5 Amazing Choice F Maynard A Najib

3
8 Chips K Ananthen KC Tham

4
 

3

 SUSTAINABLE MALAYSIA STAKES
CLASS 5 - 1250M
1 GOLDEN HORSE WC Lim M Lukman

1
(7 ch.a.g Magic Albert - Eve Angelene by Catbird)
9 Unleash The Dragon AB Abaullah KC Tham

2
8 Typhoon S Siva R Rueven

3
6 Caorunn S Hamilton L De Souza

4
 

4

 TRANSFORMATIVE MALAYSIA STAKES
CLASS 5 - 1400M
2 BACK TO THE FUTURE WC Lim M Lukman

1
(7 gr.ir.h Alhebayeb - Lawman's Lady by Lawman)
5 All White C Leck A Suriya

2
8 Mazanze K Coetzee AM Aizat

3
3 Dependable HY Cheng R Nuqman

4
 

5

 MALAYSIA DAY STAKES
CLASS 3 - 1400M
9 ANSU S Dunderdale T Ammar

1
(5 b.a.g Press Statement - Barely Brown by Big Brown)
5 Shang Chi HY Cheng AB Riduan

2
4 Perfect S Siva R Rueven

3
8 Tornado Pegasus NM Selvan Z Khairil

4
 

6

 SKY WORLD RACING
CLASS 4 - 1200M
3 WHIZ FIZZ S Dunderdale T Ammar

1
(6 gr.arg.g Orpen - Wally Nut by Luhuk)
2 Somar NM Selvan Z Khairil

2
4 Fire Away K Coetzee S Ruzaini

3
7 Takreem AB Abdullah KC Tham

4
 

7

 SKY RACING PLUS
CLASS 4 - 1200M
6 MAGIC TURBO R Lines SU Lim

1
(4 ch.a.g Star Turn - Component by High Chaparral)
9 Sacred Tonic S Siva S Ruzaini

2
5 Qiji Acheeva NM Selvan Z Khairil

3
7 Tau Keh Soh F Maynard R Rueven

4
 

8

 TABCORP TROPHY
CLASS 3 - 1100M
1 TITAN PEGASUS NM Selvan Z Khairil

1
(6 b.a.g Foxwedge - Elay Princess by Universal Prince)
4 Wishunponastar MW Teh AB Riduan

2
7 Ronaldo's Dream S Hamilton M Ewe

3
6 Resolute S Siva R Rueven

4
 

9

 PGI - WE KNOW WAGERING
CLASS 5 - 1100M
2 XANTHOS NM Selvan Z Khairil

1
(7 b.a.g Snitzel - Tetsuko by I Am Invincible)
1 Ningaloo WC Lim SU Lim

2
4 Stay The Course R Lines WW Cheah

3
3 Speedy Demon V Sivan AK Lim

4
 

10

 SKY RACING INTERNATIONAL
CLASS 5 - 1100M
4 OLYMPIA S Dunderdale J De Souza

1
(6 b/br.a.g Gingerbread Man - Second Omen by Second Empire)
3 Xiong Fong WC Lim M Lukman

2
6 Barbarian NM Selvan Z Khairil

3
1 Jimmy Zac S Siva L De Souza

4
 

11

 MALAYSIA MANADI STAKES
CLASS 5 - 1100M
9 LEGEND NINETY TWO S Hamilton L De Souza

1
(5 b.nz.g El Roca - Not My Ruby by Generous)
1 Autumn Blitz WC Lim SU Lim

2
4 Kubera's Chief SY Lim AK Lim

3
6 Zazu L Moy M Ewe

4