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Friday evening saw Good News and Spring Thunder each produce career best wins.
Early in the program on Friday night, Good News produced the best performance of his career to date in the Class 4 Division 1 race over 1100m.
GOOD NEWS
The Alwyn Tan gelding was fairly into stride and was settled fifth early on, a shade wide with cover.
Turning for home, apprentice Reuven Ravindra remained relatively close to the rail and had clear running room on straightening.
From there, Good News went about reeling in early leader Dragon Spirit and got there with 150m remaining. 
The pair drew clear for a clinical success, 2.8 lengths clear of Dragon Spirit with a further 3.5 lengths back to third.
A drop in class combined with Reuven Ravindra’s 2kg claim were each positive factors in favour of Good News.
The gelding produced a career best performance in the event, ten pounds clear of a bold run second up on October 10.
He has thrived since arriving in Alwyn Tan’s stable earlier in the year.
Tan at this stage plans to spell the gelding.
If that does become the case, keep an eye out for Good News next campaign.
SPRING THUNDER
Spring Thunder continues to improve with each run this campaign and third up produced an explosive win in the Kranji Stakes C event on Friday.
The John O’Hara trained gelding built on a battling first up run when finishing fifth at this track on November 9.
He went to another level on Friday night.
After a poor getaway, Spring Thunder settled well off the main field.
The four-year-old was still a long way back on straightening however in the final furlong unleashed an explosive turn of foot.
He swooped over the top of stablemate Flash Gift late for a one length win.
John O’Hara has spaced Spring Thunder’s runs out this campaign and if this remains the trend, we won’t be seeing the gelding again until the New Year.
Usually ridden back and not possessing a great deal of gate speed, at this stage of his campaign connections may look to get Spring Thunder up over more ground.
Having won over distances from 1000m to 1800m, we know longer races would be well within his grasp.
