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Singapore Racing Tips
Find below the links for all the information on two Singapore meetings on Friday and Sunday.
Full Singapore Tips – Friday 11 July
Click here for ALL YOUR FRIDAY SINGAPORE FORM
Full Singapore Tips – Sunday 13 July
Click here for ALL YOUR SUNDAY SINGAPORE FORM
SINGAPORE REVIEWS
There were a number of key performances over the weekend in Singapore with handy stayer City Lad proceeding to steal the show on Friday night.
While unable to salute the judge at his past 17 starts the son of Elusive City appeared extremely well placed in the Group 3 Yew Tee Classic Stakes and duly saluted.
A notable Group 1 placing in both the 2013 Patron's Bowl and 2013 Kranji Mile, City Lad had surprisingly been out of the winner's list for close to two years despite his continued consistent form at the top level.
Having been simply outclassed behind Dan Excel in the Group 1 SIA Cup two back his form either side of that mark had proven quite solid and on raw handicap ratings he sat 22 points above his nearest rival Blue Lion which in essence would require him to carry 11kg more under regular handicap conditions.
Allotted just two kilograms more than the latter on Friday night really emphasised just how well he was placed and he proceeded to live up to his very short quote.
Tracking the speed nicely in third, Manoel Nunes waited until entering the straight before peeling him out to make his run with the rising five-year-old quickly hitting the front.
Though quite wayward in the straight, he was never in doubt and easily disposed of his less proven rivals.
Saluting by just over three lengths, City Lad wasn't required to run up to anywhere near his career peak with his victory rated two pounds below his previous performance behind Goodman.
With that long overdue victory now under his belt, City Lad is expected to again measure up in the tougher company with his trainer Desmond Koh indicating he will target both the Kranji Mile (1600m) and Raffles Cup (1800m) in October.
Confidence is never to be underestimated in horse racing and given City Lad still has a fair bit of improvement up his sleeve on best form if placed in similar company another victory could not be far away.
