Candy Rain and Rocketship Are All Girl Power

Mares run first and second, leaving their male rivals in their wake in June 10 trial

- Brian Miller

It was certainly not a good morning for four of the runners in the second of three trials run off at Sungai Besi on June 10.

The quartet was left stranded when Candy Rain and Rocketship cleared away to make it an "all-girls" affair over the flying 1,000m.

In the end, Candy Rain, a daughter of Manhattan Rain, brushed aside the late challenge from Rocketship, a daughter of Into Mischief, to win by a short head.

There was a whiff of drama at the start when Summer Wind stole the attention from the ladies when he dislodged apprentice Akmazani Mazuki at barrier rise and continued on his way riderless.

As for the rest—Sabah Star, Pacific Armani and Limitless Warrior—it was a beating they would surely like to forget.

Then again, the way the trial transpired, they were never in the hunt.

Right from the get-go, Candy Rain and Rocketship had the stage all to themselves.