Sunday, 2 December 2018: Jockey Michael Rodd heaped praise on the talented Street Party when he came from three deep to stride home a winner in the $85,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1200m on Friday night.

The three-year-old son of Congrats broke through Barrier No 4 to settle slightly worse than midfield for Rodd, while Lincoln Moonlight (Vlad Duric) and newcomer Flaunt (Glen Boss) took up the running.

Street Party winning the RESTRICTED MAIDEN

Turning for home, Rodd pushed the button on the $20 favourite, and he lengthened beautifully, giving chase and eventually beating Lincoln Moonlight into third place one length away. The Donna Logan-trained newcomer Forever Win (Erasmus Aslam) snuck up between the two to split the margins by half-a-length each.

The winning time was 1min 12.16secs for the 1200m on the Polytrack.

Looks Good winning the OPEN MAIDEN

Winning trainer James Peters conceded that the bay gelding’s last start in a similar race over 1600m on the turf (ran third to Centenary Diamond) was not the most well-prepared for, but they gave him a freshen-up which paid off.

“He’s always shown a good level of ability, but I think we’ve messed it up last time,” said the British conditioner, who bought two horses at the recent Karaka Ready-To-Run Sale in New Zealand.

Revolution winning the KRANJI STAKES C

“He’s had a trial 10 days before his last run, and I think it just flattened him a little bit. He trialled very well, but I think he left his races at his trials.

“The owners have been very good and gave me plenty of time to freshen him up. We deliberately didn’t trial him coming into this run and he has won well tonight.

“He’s by Congrats, an all-weather horse in the States. We knew he’d like the surface and he has always trialled well on it, but he ran well on the turf too. We were looking forward to getting him back on the Polytrack tonight.

“We will give him a little break for now, and I think he will definitely get over more ground in future.

“If he progresses the right way, he could be a Guineas type of horse.”

The Singapore Guineas (1600m) is the third leg of the Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge series, in which the first two Legs are the Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (1200m) and the Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1400m) respectively.

First-time race partner Rodd said that his mount felt “springy” in his action during trackwork and had all the right boxes ticked as a young racehorse.

“He’s shown from his first start that he was a very nice horse, and James has done a good job with him,” said the Australian hoop.

“I galloped him at the start of the week and he felt really good underneath.

“His action was springy in trackwork, and he seemed to cover a lot more ground than a normal horse would.

“He does it so easily, with the right attitude and not ripping and tearing.

“When we got to the 1000m mark, I was able to come out three deep, and I knew it was going to be all over.

“But I just had to time his run a little bit, to keep his mind on the job a little bit as he hadn’t run in a while.

“He was out at the 50, but it was his quality that kept him through to the line.”

With that first win and three placings from four starts, Street Party  has earned more than $80,000 in prizemoney for the Greenstreet and Shirtliff Racing Stable.

Boy, Duric Looks Good  too

While Rodd had his taste of victory and 67th winner on board Street Party, reigning champion Vlad Duric would not give up the steering seat either.

He guided the Daniel Meagher-trained Looks Good ($19) to a driving finish in the $20,000 Open Maiden race over 1000m, getting up by a neck from JK Formidable (Simon Kok Wei Hoong).

Hungry for more, the Victorian hoop partnered Boy Wonder, whom he partnered at his last two wins, to take out the penultimate $80,000 Kranji Stakes C Division 1 race over 1200m first-up for local trainer Saimee Jumaat, bagging a double and his 70th winner for the season.

“It’s exciting, we’re all working hard. I want to win the premiership, too. But like I said, may the best man win,” Duric said.

“I’ve had a stack of second placings, it’s been frustrating at times.

“But I think the main thing is that I will try to get my nose in front over the next couple of meetings.”

Currently placed in third place, French jockey Olivier Placais brought home two winners too. The Alwin Tan-trained Revolution  ($36) stormed home to score a last-gasp win in the $80,000 Kranji Stakes C Division 2 race over 1200m, while Drone ($21) came with a well-timed run to claim the $45,000 Class 4 Non Premier race over 1100m in the lucky last.

Placais proved he was not ready to throw in the towel just yet (65 winners).

“It’s not easy, but I haven’t given up,” said Placais, whose licence was not renewed for the 2019 season.