FEDERATION collects his 6th win in Singapore in dramatic fashion

Federation (5yo g Written Tycoon-Bloomingdale Miss), producing an exhilarating finishing burst and made it six Singapore career wins, when taking out the Class three 1200m Turf event at Kranji 27th of June.  Drawing nicely in barrier 2 and with the benefit of Stable Apprentice Jerlyn Seow’s 4kg claim, Federation jumped nicely and settled into a good position in 6th position on the rail – relaxing nicely in the run, it was obvious on turning for home that he was going to need a bit of luck as there was a wall of horses in front of him. Try as she might, young Jerlyn could not find a gap for much of the way down the straight – finally electing to duck back to the inside, she probed and probed and eventually a gap appeared, albeit a narrow one – with 150m to go and still a good three lengths off the leader, the task seemed impossible, but Federation sprouted wings in the concluding stages, hitting the line strongly and appearing to have done enough to win.  However the post race photo showed a virtual dead heat and it took the judge a few minutes before he was able  to declare Federation the winner by the barest of margins

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Fortuna NZ Stable boss, John Galvin, watching the race from his New Zealand home, was ecstatic “that was an amazing win – I thought we were no show with 200 to go – lovely ride by young Jerlyn – I would have been happy to accept the dead heat but in the end it was a cigarette paper margin – congrats to Mark Walker and his team, they had some issues with this horse during 2020, but now have him back to his best.“

Trainer Mark Walker,  who quinelled the race with 2nd place getter, I  Am Sacred, was also over the moon “top performance by the horse and a very good performance by Jerlyn – she is really going places with her riding and well done to John Galvin and the  Fortuna NZ Stable – they are great supporters of us here in Singapore“

“Federation” – 5th win at Kranji – 07 February 2021

Federation was acquired by John Galvin at the Inglis Digital Sale in May 2018 for A$90,000 – he now has a record of six wins  and eleven minor placings from 25 Singapore starts and has accumulated over S$275,000 in stakes monies

Federation is raced in Singapore by the Fortuna NZ Stable on behalf of an ownership group consisting of 4o individuals – his win made it nine individual wins for the Fortuna NZ Stable to date in 2021