On the morning of Oct 22 when nine trials were run off at the Selangor Turf Club - three of which were over the sprint trip of 400m it was an eight-year-old who came away looking the best of the lot.
Opening proceedings in trial No. 1, Gamestonks proved just too good for the pack.
Ridden by former Kranji-based apprentice jockey Clyde Leck and trained by his cousin Joseph Leck, the son of Showcasing cleared the chute without any problems and quickly settled off the back of his stablemate, Mainstream.
There he stayed until straightening up for the run home.
Urged on by Leck, Gamestonks took the lead and racing down the middle of the grass track cleared away to beat the fast-finishing Mega Gems by 32 lengths.
Mainstream stayed on for third.
If that was not good enough, Gamestonks broke the minutemark, clocking 59.79sec for the 1,000m trip.
An honest-to-goodness sort of runner, Gamestonks has already brought home 10 wins for his owners - the Fated To Win Stable - last tasting success in a Supreme A race over 1,300m on Aug 24 when he inflicted the immensely talented Antipodean his only defeat.
On the strength of that win at this most recent trial, there could be more of the sort in the offing.
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