DANCING LIGHT DOES SLOW WALTZ

Lim’s Bighorn takes it easy while Il-year-old Green Star still shows a spring in his step

- Brian Miller

On the morning of Aug 22, when the trials turned out to be more like some good stretch-outs, Dancing Light caught the eye when leading from pillar to post.

Like the two other winners on that bright and sunny morning, this six-year-old did not break any land speed records, clocking Imin 01.99sec for the 1,000m.

But his trainer, Tim Fitzsimmons, would not have any complaints.

Aside from being a tad slow, his charge did everything right.

With French jockey Ryan Curatolo having made sure his mount remained alert in the gates, Dancing Light bounded out like a good horse and quickly put a couple of lengths on the chasing pack of Nimbus Star, Pacific Padrino and January.

Into the home stretch and it became a two-horse affair when Dancing Light and Nimbus Star dropped off the other two runners.

In what was a good run to the line, Dancing Light took the trial by half-a-length.

Dancing Light has already punched home six victories in a career which began with a debut win on Jan 8, 2022.