Work Is All Done, Starlight Glimmer Is Now Ready To Shine

Trainer Siva's four-time winner in good trim in winding-up work

- Brian Miller

With 12 races coming up on Aug 17, the majority of the runners should have completed their preparation and would need just light work to keep them on their toes.

Hence, the training track at Sungai Besi on the morning of Aug 13 did not resemble a speedway.

Indeed, cantering and some trotting seemed to be the order of the day.

However, there were exceptions and early morning risers at trackside were treated to some fast work by a handful of runners.

They were admittedly not lung-busting sprints down the 600m of the Selangor Turf Club's turf track.

But Starlight Glimmer, Prince Lonhro, Red Sky and Written Towin provided trackwatchers with plenty to toss about when having their morning coffee.

Of the quartet, Starlight Glimmer was the swiftest of the lot.

Down to contest the sixth race at Kuala Lumpur on Aug 17, he ran the short and sharp trip in 38sec.

From the stables of Siva Kumar, the Zacinto five-year-old gets into the action on the back of grand effort on Aug 2 when, as the third pick in that 1,020m contest, he was beaten into second spot by Smart One.

Had the places been switched, Starlight Glimmer would have notched up his fifth win.

Alas, it was not to be.