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Joyful Heart Man showed plenty of fighting spirit to edge past Iro Otoko by a short head in the $55,000 Open Benchmark 61 race over 1900m on Polytrack on Friday.
After being trapped four wide coming off the backstraight, the son of Hawkeye, who was at his fourth Kranji start, drew on level terms with Iro Otoko at the 300m before staging a ding-dong battle that only saw Joyful Heart Man gain a slender advantage on the line.
Third some distance back was The Kathumpa who finished just under three lengths behind the duelling pair. The winning time was 1min 59.26secs.
Joyful Heart Man (outside) gives jockey Soo Khoon Beng a double as he edges
past Iro Otoko (Barend Vorster).
The win was quite a training feat by local handler Tan Hor Khoon considering Joyful Heart Man ($44) was facing a steep rise in distance, having last raced over 1100m when he ran ninth to Caiyaya, but Tan knew all along what his charge had under the bonnet.
“When he first trialled, I thought he was a speedy sort and I first tried him over short sprints,” said Tan.
“I soon realised he needed more distance and stepped him up to 1600m. Being by Hawkeye, I knew he would be better over more ground.
“He however had a small shadow on his off-side foreleg and had to be operated on. Nothing too serious but he had to be spelled for a while.
“He’s been coming along nicely. At his last barrier trial, Joao (Moreira) rode him and jumped off saying we should fit him with blinkers instead of pacifiers.
“Thanks to Joao for the tip. We asked him to ride the horse tonight but he pulled the wrong rein and went for The Kathumpa instead.
“KB gave the horse a very good ride. Too bad for Joao.”
Soo proved the beneficiary of the leading Brazilian hoop’s good counsel, incidentally booting home a double, having earlier scored aboard Hard Stuff for trainer Alvin Tan.
Joyful Heart Man cost NZ$27,500 as a two-year-old and is raced by the Soon & Lim Stable.
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Joyful Heart Man showed plenty of fighting spirit to edge past Iro Otoko by a short head in the $55,000 Open Benchmark 61 race over 1900m on Polytrack on Friday.
After being trapped four wide coming off the backstraight, the son of Hawkeye, who was at his fourth Kranji start, drew on level terms with Iro Otoko at the 300m before staging a ding-dong battle that only saw Joyful Heart Man gain a slender advantage on the line.
Third some distance back was The Kathumpa who finished just under three lengths behind the duelling pair. The winning time was 1min 59.26secs.
Joyful Heart Man (outside) gives jockey Soo Khoon Beng a double as he edges
past Iro Otoko (Barend Vorster).
The win was quite a training feat by local handler Tan Hor Khoon considering Joyful Heart Man ($44) was facing a steep rise in distance, having last raced over 1100m when he ran ninth to Caiyaya, but Tan knew all along what his charge had under the bonnet.
“When he first trialled, I thought he was a speedy sort and I first tried him over short sprints,” said Tan.
“I soon realised he needed more distance and stepped him up to 1600m. Being by Hawkeye, I knew he would be better over more ground.
“He however had a small shadow on his off-side foreleg and had to be operated on. Nothing too serious but he had to be spelled for a while.
“He’s been coming along nicely. At his last barrier trial, Joao (Moreira) rode him and jumped off saying we should fit him with blinkers instead of pacifiers.
“Thanks to Joao for the tip. We asked him to ride the horse tonight but he pulled the wrong rein and went for The Kathumpa instead.
“KB gave the horse a very good ride. Too bad for Joao.”
Soo proved the beneficiary of the leading Brazilian hoop’s good counsel, incidentally booting home a double, having earlier scored aboard Hard Stuff for trainer Alvin Tan.
Joyful Heart Man cost NZ$27,500 as a two-year-old and is raced by the Soon & Lim Stable.
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