NZB Speedsters Stun in Singapore

Gifted sprinters Break Free and Mamma's Love took out the feature races on Singapore's Friday night race card, a week before the Turf Club's International Meeting to be staged on May 17.

The duo was amongst a total of five winning Kiwi-breds on Singapore's nine-race card, and both were successful over 1000m. The S$75,000 Kranji Stakes carried the richest purse and Laurie Laxon combined with Robbie Fradd to win the race with Karaka Select Yearling Sale graduate Break Free (Fasliyev - Tehama, by Centaine).

The three year old son of Fasliyev won the race by three and a half lengths in a time of 59.90, 0.30 seconds off his time of 59.60 when scoring over the same course and distance just a week earlier. Now the winner of five, the last three on the polytrack, Break Free has the exceptional ability of sitting handy to the pace and quickening off it in fine style, often leaving his opposition in his wake with his average winning distance being one and a quarter lengths.

Bred and sold by Pencarrow Stud to Bruce Wallace for $27,500, Break Free has now amassed S$222,452 (approx NZ$255,000) in prizemoney for owner Perfectum Stable.

Similarly priced Mamma's Love (Occidental Tourist - Aim to Please, by Famous Star), a $20,000 2007 South Island Sale graduate, took her earnings to S$75,903 (approx NZ$ 87,000) when she too scored back to back victories on Singapore's polytrack.

Trained by Michael Clements and ridden by Barend Vorster, the lightly raced three year old filly raced much in the same style as Break Free, sitting close to the speed and accelerating at the top of the straight to score by one and a quarter lengths in a time of 1.00.10.

K Stable's filly was purchased by Esker Lodge's Tom Murtagh from the South Island draft of Kingsdown Racing Stables, and she is a half sister to Six Aces (Felix the Cat), a winner of thirteen races including the Listed Macau Summer Trophy.

NZB recently announced the establishment of New Zealand Bloodstock Asia which will be based in Singapore and headed by the highly respected Michael Kneebone. The office will be well-situated to serve the company's Asian-based clients. For more information contact michael.kneebone@nzb.co.nz.