For a long while there, it looked bleak for Solid Eighty-Three and his connections.
After a sterling 2023 which saw him put together four wins, the tap suddenly went dry.
The current season looked anything but sterling.
Indeed, it was bleak.
Solid Eighty-Three seemed to have lost it – and it was not for a lack of trying.
Ananthen Kuppan, who in June 2024, took over training duties from Richard Lines, knew he had inherited a good horse.
It was just a matter of waking him up from his slumber.
So he raced him and sent him to the trials.
The last of the latter was on Aug 6 where Solid Eighty-Three ran a smack-up second to Royal Flush.
He seemed ready and all dressed up for his seventh career victory.
But it was not to be.
The five race starts following that trial produced a second, two thirds and a fourth.
Not bad. There was money in the kitty.
But where was the win?
Well, it had to come and it did. On Nov 2, in a 1,500m race at Sungai Besi, Solid Eighty-Three turned in – well – a solid show, leading all the way to bring it home for Ananthen and the Sarkar Golden Stable.
Well, it might not end there.
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