Why Be!

[my miss storm cat]

Why Be / Crusoe and Lim's Fighter, either order / one of the World boys to fill out the super.

Come home safe.


RACE 9: KRANJI STAKES A - 1200M COURSE C (SC) TIME: 18:00 PRIZE MONEY: S$125000


Colour Horse No Last 5 Runs Horse Name EA Gear Jockey Trainer Barrier Rating Wt Desc Sire Dam Owner Rating +/-
1 21321 WHY BE J SAIMEE L LAXON 9 130 59.5 5yo B AUS G SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) CHARYBDIS (AUS) PERFECTUM STABLE -
2 51074 WORLD AIRLINES APP K K NG B DEAN 2 107 59.5 7yo B AUS G UMATILLA (NZ) EUCHRE (AUS) TOP CHAMP STABLE -
3 82832 CRUSOE N CALLOW L LAXON 10 103 58.0 5yo B NZ G VOLKSRAAD (GB) CASERIO (NZ) ROBERT ALLYN EMERY -
4 11211 LIM'S FIGHTER B DIN AZIS J MEAGHER 1 99 56.5 5yo B AUS G FLYING SPUR (AUS) SKY WATCH (AUS) LIM'S STABLE 5
5 7724* WORLD DELIGHT APP T AFFANDI S BURRIDGE 3 95 56.5 5yo CH NZ G MELLIFONT (USA) LADY ANNE (NZ) TOP CHAMP STABLE -
6 08938 BAMBAAZON B V SIVAN S CHUA 6 92 55.0 6yo B AUS G FLYING SPUR (AUS) TREASURY GARDENS (AUS) JIKULIN NOINTIN @ ANASTASIUS -1
7 *4910 FOREST GOLD B VORSTER B DEAN 8 91 55.0 6yo B AUS G CHARNWOOD FOREST (IRE) EXPORT GOLD (AUS) PERFECTUM STABLE -
8 95755 MUSHROOM B YF LEONG D KOH 5 84 52.0 6yo BR AUS G COMMANDS (AUS) PARODY (AUS) SALOME NO 3 STABLE -
9 68215 FUTURE BABY B APP A FIEZAN S CHUA 4 83 52.0 4yo B AUS G BIANCONI (USA) BROWN LIMESTONE (AUS) THE ONE STABLE -
10 17477 SAFETY OUTLET B R WOODWORTH D KOH 7 77 50.5 4yo B AUS H FAVORITE TRICK (USA) SAFETY VALVE (AUS) HYDROCARBON STABLE -


EA: Emergency Acceptors

Gears:
BB - Blinkers for the first time
PP - Pacifiers for the first time
B - Blinkers
P - Pacifiers
BP - Blinkers and Pacifiers
BP1 - Blinkers and Pacifiers for the first time

Bar: Barrier Position
Rtg: Rating
Wt: Weight (* denotes minimum weight has been allotted)
Last 5 Runs: * denotes scratched

[my miss storm cat]

Another win.

http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/si...cing/?id=33682

[my miss storm cat]

Why Be / Recast / Lim


RACE 8: OPEN - 1200M COURSE A (SC) TIME: 17:20 PRIZE MONEY: S$125000



Colour Horse No Last 5 Runs Horse Name EA Gear Jockey Trainer Barrier Rating Wt Desc Sire Dam Owner Rating +/-
1 32121 WHY BE APP SH LOW L LAXON 2 125 59.0 5yo B AUS G SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) CHARYBDIS (AUS) PERFECTUM STABLE -
2 0411* RECAST P APP JACKSON LOW L LAXON 7 113 53.0 7yo CH AUS R THUNDER GULCH (USA) ABONNEMENT (AUS) KINGS STABLE 5
3 6 ACE AND ACES BB J SAIMEE L LAXON 5 107 50.0 4yo B NZ G HOWBADDOUWANTIT (USA) SKY MIST (NZ) ACE & NEVILLE-WHITE STABLE -
4 10719 LIM'S OBJECTIVE P A FIEZAN J MEAGHER 3 101 50.0* 4yo B AUS G O'REILLY (NZ) HASTY BIRD (AUS) LIM'S STABLE -
5 26605 DIAMOND DUST S SAM H TAKAOKA 1 94 50.0* 7yo B JPN G LIVELY ONE (USA) SHINKO GRACE (JPN) TAKA RACING NO 2 STABLE -
6 46571 KING AND INFINITE A NG D KOH 9 89 50.0* 6yo B AUS G ORPEN (USA) MISS EDELWEISS (AUS) JUMBO STABLE 3
7 8046 SAGITTARIUS APP S CHEAM S BURRIDGE 4 88 50.0* 6yo B NZ G O'REILLY (NZ) ENTHRAL (NZ) STARCAP NO 3 STABLE -1
8 89495 BAMBAAZON B DIN AZIS S CHUA 6 87 50.0* 6yo B AUS G FLYING SPUR (AUS) TREASURY GARDENS (AUS) JIKULIN NOINTIN @ ANASTASIUS -1
9 05 TOM TOM CAT APP HK CHENG RB MARSH 8 85 50.0* 5yo B AUS G CATBIRD (AUS) SEENA BALEENA (AUS) TUDOR LODGE RACING STABLE -
10 23672 AMADEUS MOZART B B VORSTER P SHAW 13 83 50.0* 5yo B IRE G MOZART (IRE) LINDESBERG (GB) EMMA STABLE -
11 54646 KILAT DHARMA APP M AIRY M CLEMENTS 10 83 50.0* 8yo CH AUS G MADE OF GOLD (USA) GREINEE PET (AUS) TWO TWO EIGHT STABLE -2
12 50744 ZINLY B R STEWART S CHUA 11 79 50.0* 5yo B NZ G DANASINGA (AUS) LA CENT (NZ) OUR NO 2 STABLE -
13 58942 HELIUM S JOHN J MEAGHER 12 77 50.0* 5yo B/BR AUS G JOHAN CRUYFF (GB) COLLEGE CHICK (NZ) WUNDERBAR STABLE 1

[my miss storm cat]

Bled and eased out of the race... hope he's alright.

If anyone hears he was retired please post it.

Nice, nice horse.

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Bittersweet changing of the guard for Laxon 12 Dec 2009

Michael Lee (Singapore Turf Club)

Trainer Laurie Laxon got a huge thrill from saddling the quinella in the $125,000 Kranji Stakes A race over 1000m on Friday, but one suspects it was former stable star sprinter Why Be’s brave second who gave the Kiwi conditioner a slightly bigger kick than Noble Manor’s resounding win.



Why Be, who scored the last of his amazing haul of 21 victories back in February 2008, is clearly in the twilight of his career, but the seven-year-old could not be faulted for racing with the same zest that has seen him reach superstardom status at Kranji.



And the old fire was evidently still in the belly when Irish jockey Fran Berry steered him to the front at the 200m after stalking the speed set by the leader Super Gold (Soo Khoon Beng).



For a fleeting second, it looked like the Perfectum Stable warrior could revive old memories with one more hurrah, but it wasn’t to be when stablemate Noble Manor ($13) came with a wet sail on the outside under the guidance of Joao Moreira to score going away by 1 ½ lengths, in the process equalling Lago Bay's course record of 59 seconds.




Why Be hung on for second by a head from Amadeus Mozart (Robbie Fradd) to pocket enough prizemoney to sweep past the $2 million mark, with Super Gold losing no admirers in fourth another half-a-length away.



Standing at the winner’s circle rails after the race, a wisftul Laxon looked at the replay on the giant screen, his eyes trained on the blue and white colours of Why Be, wondering what could have been.



“He was still a winner here. He’s got such a will to win – and he did that shouldering 59kg,” he said as Why Be hit the lead with Noble Manor yet to emerge on the outside. “If not for Moreira riding Noble Manor, Why Be would have won.



“But I think that Irish jockey is also a very good rider. I left it to him how best to ride Why Be and he gave him as good a ride he could possibly get.



“I wish he (Why Be) could win just one more race before he is retired. It’s not getting any easier for him with the heavy handicap.



“1000m is about as far as he can go now to be really competitive. This horse has brought so much to me and I hope he can win one more race.”



While Laxon knows there may not be many fights left in the old champ, he sounded pretty excited by Noble Manor’s future prospects.



“He’s a good young horse and tonight he had to be ridden back from his wide gate. It’s a 1000m race and the pace was always going to be hot anyway,” said Laxon.



“He’s more of a 1400m horse and his next target is next year’s Three Rings Trophy. Unfortunately he will run against Better Than Ever, but you can’t keep them away from each other for too long – they’re bound to clash at some stage.”



The Three Rings Trophy is a Group 3 event over 1400m that will be staged on January 29 next year.


Noble Manor is a four-year-old by Stravinsky out of the Jetball mare Sarwatch and has now scored six wins and five placings for prizemoney past $380,000 for the Silver Fern Racing Stable.

The Laxon-Moreira combination scored a winning double when Riviera Star (formerly Ace Arriba) prevailed in a blanket finish by a head from Cool Cadillac (Steven Li) in the last race, the $55,000 Class 4 race over 1900m.

Moreira consolidates his third place in the jockeys' log on 65 wins while the double rang up Laxon's 93rd win to bring him a little closer to the century mark with only three meetings left.

[my miss storm cat]

Noble Manor is getting all the buzz...

Hope Why Be can do this and that Capablanca does well.

http://www.turfclub.com.sg/tabid/202...8/Default.aspx

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Why Be scratched (hope he'll be okay!), NM wins...

http://www.turfclub.com.sg/tabid/203...8/Default.aspx

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