A nice hit-out for Fortune Bowl duo The August and Sacred Gift was the minimum trainer Jerome Tan had been hoping for in the $85,000 Class 2 race over 1,000m on Feb 3.
The Raffles Racing Stable pair over-delivered, with the win not the only bonus. The August and Sacred Gift finished the best and in that order for the stable quinella.
Tan admitted he had not been oozing with a lot of pre-race confidence a sentiment shared by punters if The August's and Sacred Gift's respective quotes of $81 and $40 were anything to go by.
Renzo, Bransom, Major King and General Command were the main market players, but, in the end, none made up the trifecta. It was another roughie, Illustrious ($124), who completed the podium finish for a juicy tierce payout of $1,581.
The slick timing of 58.25sec 0.07sec outside Pennywise's class record did not surprise many given the sizzling early sectionals set by Bransom (Jamil Sarwi), who was flanked by General Command (Manoel Nunes) and Illustrious (Jerlyn Seow) three abreast for most of the way.
Softened up by their cut-throat battle in the lead, Bransom and General Command quickly showed the white flag upon straightening, but not Illustrious.
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