EATONS GOLD makes it Six Career wins in Singapore

Torrential rain greeted the starters as they approached the barrier for the Class 4 Sprint over 1000 metres at Singapore’s Kranji racecourse Friday 19th February. Fortuna’s seven year old EATONS GOLD had drawn out in barrier ten and while suited by the drop back to Class 4 from Class 3, was still going to need some luck from the draw and heavy rain was going to complicate matters as well. None of this seemed to worry the young apprentice CK NG, who had been assigned to the riding duties by Singapore’s Champion Trainer, Mark Walker. He bounced EATONS GOLD out nicely from the start before steadying him into 3rd place in the run. The track was very water logged as a result of the heavy rain and made the event a real slog. At the 300 metre mark, the favourite, LADRONE, had kicked away and it looked as if the task of winning the race night be beyond EATONS GOLD as it was hard to sprint on the very wet surface, however he kept up a sustained run and with LADRONE weakening on his run the last 50 metre, EATONS GOLD got up for a last stride win. Click HERE to see the race replay.

EATONS GOLD’s win was his sixth in Singapore and bought his career earnings up to over S$360,000, a great reward for a faithful servant, who rarely runs a bad race. Interestingly enough, that sixth win means that EATON equals the winning record of the very good galloper, TELL A TALE, who up until now, has held the record for the most wins by a Fortuna horse.

Raced by the Fortuna Eatons Gold Syndicate, the horse was acquired by David Ellis on behalf of Fortuna at the 2010 Karaka Select Sale for $72,500