Owners' long wait not in Vain

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Patience is a virtue in racing, with Mighty Vain’s first salute another case in point on Saturday. In 20 previous starts, the Australian-bred five-year-old son of Safeguard had never found the line. But he did give glimpses of ability with nine placings, mostly...

As it turned out, Gold Ten Sixty-One romped to an easy win in the last race, albeit under driving rain.

Tracking up in an ideal rail-hugging spot among the clump of early leaders, the $27 chance had only the race-leader Lim’s Puncak Jaya to gun down when he was switched into clear galloping room in the home straight.But, under Stewart’s urgings, Mighty Vain slowly but surely gained the ascendancy to win with half a length to spare.The winning time was 1min 23.03sec for the 1,400m on the Short Course A.

Aside from a one-day cameo in 2017, the triple Singapore Gold Cup-winning jockey is at his first long-term Singapore stint in eight years.“I’ve done a fair bit of work on this horse. He won a nice race, he was a deserving winner after he had some issues .The first-season New Zealand-born trainer was ringing up his fourth winner at Kranji, the second consecutive one in Stewart’s able hands, after Charger.“We were hoping he would improve today after he trialled so well last week.

 

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