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The James Peters trained Siam Warrior won well in his Singapore debut and is a runner worth following.
Formerly trained by James Cummings, [Old Name: Siam], the son of Exceed And Excel displayed decent ability, winning two of his 11 starts.
Siam Warrior also placed on four occasions and left Aussie shores rated 92 by Timeform.
His narrow defeat behind stablemate Savatiano at Scone was a career highlight and off an official rating of 65 he was given every chance by the handicapper.
Lining up over 1100m on Friday night, Siam Warrior had trialled very well in the lead up and lived up to his solid market support ($3.30).
Ridden by Ben Thompson, Siam Warrior jumped away well on the outside and gradually pressed on to settle second.
Under a good hold entering the straight, Siam Warrior ambled up to the lead before cut loose inside the 300m.
Although wanting to lay in, he gave a good kick and proved too strong late, to score by half a length.
Having not raced left-handed since his two-year-old season, he will derive plenty of benefit from that raceday experience and he looks to have good prospects for his new connections.
It's never easy with these imports, some acclimatise while others don't, the fact he won in his Singapore debut is as good a push as any.
Rated 76 by Timeform he has a fair bit of room to move on best form and should be better placed over further.
Now officially rated 70, he is still very well placed and if able to continue his progression, he certainly has more wins in store.
On Sunday the Lee Freedman Circuit Mission brought up his second win in Singapore and appears on track to reach his early promise shown in the UK [Old name: Curiosity].
Rated 105 by Timeform, he is one of the better horses to be transferred to Singapore and he looks to be a bit of a learning curve for Freedman.
"Circuit Mission is a work in progress, he is not the finished goods yet, but he still showed a lot of fight against the heavily-backed horse (Wolf Warrior)," Freedman said post-race.
“He idled when he got to the front. He’s done this before, but he will keep improving.”
Rated 82 on Sunday, he still has plenty of improvement to come and can't wait to see him beyond a mile.
When finishing second at Royal Ascot in the Britannia Stakes [1609m], he clearly relished the strong tempo, something he is yet to see in Singapore.
It would be interesting to see if they let him rip out in front, as opposed to be ridden for a turn of foot.
His past form suggests he would really appreciate it and in turn would probably break his rivals' hearts.
Who knows what could happen in the future, but if they did, even more confident he would be winning many more races.
