KRANJI SPRINT 27/03/09 - ROCKET MAN

KRANJI SPRINT (SG3) - 1200M CourseA(SC) PRIZE MONEY: S$200000

1st:Rocket Man(AUS) (J:R Fradd T:P Shaw)
2nd:Richest Gift(AUS) (J:B Vorster T:P Shaw)
3rd:Jolie's Shinju(JPN) (J:V Sivan T:H Takaoka)
4th:Fantastic Owners(AUS) (J:M Gallagher T:B Dean)

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Sports

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• horse
• race
• horseracing
• ROCKET_MAN
• singapore
• kranji
• fradd

[aloozer]

@GBeret83 Rocket Man has bene placed barrier 13 out of the 14 barriers. Go google on the various barrier placings of the horses. I've got a gut feeling that some of the HK horses might win this race, like Lucky Nine, or maybe even Little Bridge(?).

[GBeret83]

@aloozer, If both are at their absolute best at Sha Tin, Rocket Man is the faster horse of the two. But if Rocket Man is off of his game in the slightest, and Bated Breath is at the top of his game, he could certainly slip in there and spring the upset, IMO. My gut says that Rocket Man will be the most likely winner of the Hong Kong Sprint. But If you play exotics, you'd definitely have to consider using Bated Breath in them. JMO.

[aloozer]

@GBeret83 I've just watched both races, yeah Bated Breath looks like a very competitive horse. Gotta check out Bated Breath's timings before I place my bet this sunday's race.

[GBeret83]

@aloozer, Check out Bated Breath's run's in the G1 July Cup and the G1 Betfred Sprint Cup from this season, too. Both races are on YouTube. He was beaten even more narrowly in those 2 races by Dream Ahead than he was beaten by Regally Ready in the Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine. And IMO, Dream Ahead is much tougher sprinter than Regally Ready is. JMO.

[aloozer]

@GBeret83 oh yeah that Bated Breath, just watched him in a video with him running in the Nearctic Stakes, though I don't really know or am able to speculate much about him. I just wish that Rocket Man will get all the luck he needs and not be caught trapped in a box, like what happened to him in the Nakayama race.

[GBeret83]

@aloozer, I know. Looking forward to those 4 G1's at Sha Tin on the 11th. Rocket Man is my pick to win this year's Sprint. But I do believe if he run's as well at Sha Tin as he's run this season in Europe and Canada that Bated Breath could be a very live threat in that race, too. Dream Ahead beat him by a whisker twice this season in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket, and the G1 Sprint Cup at Haydock. Then he had another narrow loss to Regally Ready in the G1 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine.

[aloozer]

@GBeret83 Rocket Man is contesting in the Cathay Pacific Sprint in Hong Kong this 11/12. Do wish him luck.

[golferandy82]

black caviar woul beat him, and make him loo like a maiden galloper running at warracknabeal

[GBeret83]

@GBeret83, He sure enough won the Golden Shaheen. But he didn't get the chance to reverse the form on Kinsale King, because he was scratched out of the race. Wouldn't have mattered anyway, IMO. Rocket Man's looked as good so far in 2011 as he's looked at anytime in his career. Kinsale King was much better in 2010 than he's been in 2011. So I believe Rocket Man would've won the Golden Shaheen this time, even if Kinsale King had been in the field. JMO.

[aloozer]

@GBeret83 and it happened.