NESS WE FORGET LAST 7 YEARS AT KRANJI: LOGAN

Kiwi trainer all set to return home as Elliot Ness gives her one of her last wins in S'pore

- Michael Lee

Elliot Ness took Donna Logan one step closer to the 200-win milestone at Kranji on Sept 21.

But the Kiwi trainer is well aware that 188th win could only do just that - get closer, but still too far off to reach it.

With only two meetings left before Singapore horse racing is consigned to history on Oct 5, that win has come up too little too late for the double-century landmark.

To statistics buffs, a dozen wins over 20 races is mathematically possible but, in the real racing world in the current context, Logan's chances are as good as nil.

The 63-year-old trainer has only 13 horses left in her yard, a significant drop from her peak strength of around 40 horses, even during the Covid-19 years. She saddles only three to four runners a week these days.

But to see one of those few left standing winning a race probably gave her an even bigger thrill.

It was no doubt one of the last high points to a roller-coaster ride that will soon come to a stop.

“That was a great win. He was my best chance of the day,” said Logan, who missed the last Kranji meeting to attend her son Robert's wedding in New Zealand.

“I had only three runners and had another good chance with Charminton, but unfortunately, he could only finish fourth.

“We are in the last 200m of the home stretch now. With only a handful of horses left, we haven't had many runners, as you would imagine.