Maynard's Duo Catch The Eye At Trackwork

Ex-Kranji gallopers Flying Success and Navy Seals work well ahead of their races

- Brian Miller

Trainer Frank Maynard ended the race meeting at Sungai Besi on Feb 2 on a winning note when Sacred Sky ($24) took home the last race - and, if anything, it does look like the Australian handler could saddle a couple more in the races to come.

He has a capable team of nine runners entered for the action on Feb 9, and he sent a handful of them out for gallops on the training track on the morning of Feb 4.

Among them, Flying Success and Navy Seals impressed trackwatchers. In separate gallops over the 600m, they clocked 38.4sec and 38.2sec respectively.

Flying Success will line up in the RM45,000 (S$13,700) Class 4A event over the tricky 1,400m. Maynard will be eager to make up for that bit of disappointment at his last start on Jan 26, when he ran fourth to dead-heaters Stop The Water and Snow Dragon.

The Headwater four-year-old is better than that.