Ironstorm Can Make Waves In Third Run

Thunder Star and Te Akau Ben are also looking in fine trim on the training track

- Brian Miller

It was not the best of outings for trainer Richard Lines at the just-concluded Perak race meeting on March 30.

Then again, he had entered a small team of just three runners in Ipoh. However, the British handler still managed to squeeze out a second-placed finish with Straight N Arrow in the third race.

Well, it could all change at the two-day Selangor meetings on April 5 and 6 for Lines, who is tied with Simon Dunderdale on 13 wins on the trainers' premiership but sits second behind leader Jason Ong (16 wins) on a better count-back for seconds.

He has entered a huge team of 24 runners and will fancy putting on his best smile when visiting the winner's enclosure.

On the morning of April 1, Lines was a busy man at the trackside at Sungai Besi.

A chunk of his runners were put through their paces and Ironstorm was the outstanding one among them.

The Capitalist four-year-old seemed to be in his element when running the 600m in a breezy 41.8sec. The track was rated good.