Best Three-Year-Olds all set for the biggest prize
Malaysian racing fans should look no further than this weekend at the staging of the Final race of the Da Ma Cai Malaysia Three-Year-Old Championship on Sunday, November 4, 2007. The Championship featuring nine heats and one final was inaugurated this year in August and, by now has fully established itself as a carnival event and the talk-of-the-town amongst the horse owners, trainers and racing fans.
The Da Ma Cai Malaysia Three-Year-Old Championship is made up of three heats from each of the Malaysian Turf Clubs. Each home based heat offered prize money of RM75,000 and the winner of each heat automatically qualifies for the RM250,000 Championship Final. Two second-placed horses will also get a place in the final while the third-placed horse will qualify as the emergency acceptor.
Representing the Penang Turf Club contingent is Yharo, Big Zoom, Colourland Supreme, Colourland Way and Penang Prestige. Perak Turf Club will have Jazzmint Delight, Hot Ego, Speedy Wind, Easy Speed and Happy Victory while Selangor Turf Club’s team comprises Mighty Triple Ace, Jeram Fatt Choy, Ishbiliya, BrightandBeautiful and Jun Jin. The emergency acceptors are Winchester Wonder and Quick Sand from Penang Turf Club and Selangor Turf Club respectively.
The likely favourite for this 1,200 metres race is Jazzmint Delight, which has won three straight wins out of four runs and carries the second highest rating of 66. In its debut race, it leads all the way with plenty in hand.
The highly talented Mighty Triple Ace has chalked up two wins out of two runs by winning the Selangor Heat 1 easily and subsequently winning another race in open company by setting in 1.12.1 seconds despite an outside barrier.
Trainer K C Tiang’s Yharo, though winning by a short head, possessed enviable pedigree, sired by Scenic, and has good potential to win. Speedy Wind led all the way and won easily in Perak Heat 3 with good timing of 1.12.2 seconds.
Promising Ishbiliya won the Selangor Heat 2 beating Quick Sand and has a bright chance for a treble. Another contender, Jeram Fatt Choy, could be a long shot and although ranked an outsider, it should not be taken lightly.
“The three Turf Clubs in Malaysia namely Penang, Perak and Selangor Turf Clubs inaugurated the Da Ma Cai Malaysia 3-Year-Old Championship in August 2007 and the event has stirred up a lot of interest in the Malaysian horse racing circuit. With such positive feedbacks, the Championship has fulfilled its goals of being the most competitive, inspiring and colourful racing event in Malaysia.” said the Chairman of Selangor Turf Club, YAM Tunku Dato’ Seri Shahabuddin.
He further added, “Horse racing is a competitive sport. The Malaysian Turf Clubs have put in a lot of effort to promote the 3-Year-Old Championship and I would like to welcome all racing fans to join us this Sunday for the Final.”
Apart from the competitive field of 15 qualifiers, the respective horse owners will be presented with an Appearance Fee of RM10,000 each for participating in the Final of the Da Ma Cai Malaysia Three-Year-Old Championship race.
In conjunction with the running of the Championship Final, racing fans are also in for exciting treats on Sunday, November 4, 2007 with highlights such as a cheerleader dance performance and a Quartet Contest. The cheerleader dance will be held at the Parade Ring before the running of the Championship race.
The Quartet Contest will be open to all racing fans attending races at the Selangor Turf Club on November 4. Twelve lucky winners will walk away with attractive prizes sponsored by Gintell (M) Sdn Bhd. Participants are required to successfully select the four horses to finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the correct or nearest order for the Da Ma Cai Malaysia Three-Year-Old Championship Final race.
The prizes to be won are Gintell products like Massage Chair, G-Rider, Reflex Master and Slimming Belt, which are worth more than RM60,000. Entry forms must be deposited into the designated boxes 30 minutes prior to the start of the final race. Winners of the Gintell Quartet Contest must be present for the prize presentation which will be held in the same afternoon.
The Da Ma Cai Malaysia Three-Year-Old Championship Final falls on the two-day race meeting of the Selangor Turf Club. On Saturday, November 3, the Club will be hosting the running of the National Stud Farm (NSF) Trophy and the Selangor Trophy race. The RM100,000 NSF Trophy race run over a distance of 1400 metre is open to all three-year-old National Premier Sale graduates and the RM70,000 Selangor Trophy is for horses in Class 3 & 4 run over 1800 metres.
For any information, please call,
Mr N. Parthipan from the Marketing & Public Relations Department,
Selangor Turf Club at Tel : 03-9058 3888 Ext. 339.
