LECK SERVES NOTICE OF STABLE FORM AT TRIALS

Cinnamon Blaze and Smart One romp home by massive margins

- Brian Miller

Trainer Charles Leck's runners were in flowing form at the barrier trials held at the Selangor Turf Club on Dec 3.

He took two of the six that were contested.

And the horses did it in fine style, winning their hit-outs by eight lengths and five lengths respectively.

First off in the third trial on that Tuesday morning, Leck sent out Cinnamon Blaze.

His other runaway winner came in quick succession when Smart One blitzed his rivals to take the cheers in the next trial.

While both runners did not break the minute-mark over the Sungai Besi 1,000m journey, their wins were brutal to their rivals, that is.

Jumping from gate No. 6 in that field of eight, Cinnamon Blaze never gave the opposition a peek in.

He was off like a bullet from a barrel of a gun and, from then on, it was "game over".

Up in the saddle, Ruzaini Supien was being given a sedan-chair ride.

Cinnamon Blaze was two lengths clear when the field made the first turn on the far side and he held that lead on straightening.

Three hundred metres out and Rocket Horse tried to make inroads into his lead but Leck's runner would have none of it.

Instead, and under no urging, he went into overdrive and at the finish, he had cleared away to put daylight between himself and the rest.