KUALA LUMPUR - Grey marvel Cheval Blanc bounced back to his brilliant best when he came with a sustained effort in the final 200m to snatch victory in the RM250,000 (S$75,300) Group 1 Piala Emas Sultan Selangor (2,000m) at Sungai Besi on Dec 1.
The race ran into the hands of the $46 shot when Good Fight (Uzair Sharudin) set a scorching pace in the yielding going, and the rest of the field trailed like a mail train with some 40 lengths covering the field at the midway mark.
Good Fight started to come back to the field turning into the straight with a length to spare from Berry Bliss (Clyde Leck), who was closing in swiftly on the outside of Family Delight. Cheval Blanc (Lim Shung Uai) was then looking for a run just behind the pair.
Berry Bliss raced past Good Fight near the 200m to hit the front. Family Delight was beaten, but Golden Pegasus (Nuqman Rozi) was making ground on the rails while Cheval Blanc was asked for an effort on the outside.
Cheval Blanc and Golden Pegasus charged at the leader in the final 50m and it was the Irish-bred Red Jazz nine-year-old who went best to snatch victory by 1/2 length. Berry Bliss held on for second, just a head in front of Golden Pegasus.
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