Te Akau Singapore Friday Preview

Singapore's Champion Trainer of 2015 and 2017, Te Akau's Mark Walker lies third on the Trainers' Premiership this season with 12 wins.


Friday 16 March

12.20 a.m. (Saturday) R2 4 LIMS RHYTHM - Ryan Curatolo; two runners in the second race of the evening for Mark Walker in this Restricted Maiden 2&3YO WFA 1200m on the turf short course A. This 3YO draws gate five and has 56kgs assigned. He been bit disappointing and the blinkers are applied - place chance.

12.20 a.m. (Saturday) R2 9 VENUS DE MILO - Ismail Azhar; the second for the stable in this S$85,000 event jumps from barrier seven in the field of 13 and has 55.5kgs to carry. A 3YO daughter of Burgundy, raced by Fortuna Syndicators, she went an improved race for third last start but does need further - place chance.

1.20 a.m. (Saturday) R4 3 KASHAN - Vlad Duric; this 6YO draws the outside (11 of 11) for the Class 5 1700m on the polytrack. With 56.5kgs, and the champion rider aboard, he been in good form but has a tricky to contend with - place chance.

2.20 a.m. (Saturday) R6 6 LIM'S REFORM - App R Zawari (a1); two stable runners in this Class 3 1400m on the turf short course A for the stable. With the apprentice aboard, there is a weight drop to 54kgs for the first stable rep. however he still has a wide draw (9) to navigate. He raced well for third when last presented but did have a minor setback - place chance.

2.20 a.m. (Saturday) R6 10 NORTHERN KNIGHT - App Mohamad Firdaus (a1); the second runner for Mark Walker draws better (5 of 14) and drops to 52kgs with the apprentice up. He has been racing solidly including two runner up placings from his last five starts but he does look to need more distance.

2.50 a.m. (Saturday) R7 8 ELITE GENERAL - Vlad Duric; in this Class 4 1100m on the polytrack, this son of Exceed and Excel draws well (4 of 11) and carries 55.5kgs. The first of two for the stable in this S$60,000 event, this 5YO been dis appointing and his future racing career looks to be in Malaysia.

2.50 a.m. (Saturday) R7 11 THE COSMOS - Craig Grylls; the final runner for the evening is this 6YO who takes on his stablemate in the 1100m affair - jumping from gate nine with 55kgs and the Kiwi rider up for Kiwi connections. This son of Darci Brahma has been a great performer in Singapore, with almost $220,000 in stakes' earnings and he is beginning to return to form - place chance.