Keep Highly Rated Trio In Metro A On The Radar

Circuit Mission, Platinum Emperor and Cheval Blanc turn in sub-40sec workouts

- Brian Miller

It could pay to put your attention on three highly rated gallopers, Circuit Mission, Platinum Emperor and Cheval Blanc, at the Sungai Besi meeting on July 12.

They are "ranked" the top three — in order of their ratings — in the handicaps of the main race coming up at the Selangor Turf Club. Three days from now, we could see them fighting out the finish in that Metro A sprint (1,400m).

Circuit Mission is now sitting on 99 points. Platinum Emperor is at 98 while Cheval Blanc is on 93 rating points — not too far behind.

But being rated in the 90s is not the only thing they have in common.

On the morning of July 8, all three were out on the training track and they have impressed all who were taking in the action.

Taking it from the top, we have Circuit Mission running the 600m in a fluent 38.9sec.

Platinum Emperor went a tick faster, clocking 38.3sec while Cheval Blanc stopped the clock at 38.7sec.

Trained by Frank Maynard, Circuit Mission used to be with Lee Freedman, Cliff Brown and then James Peters at Kranji. Between Singapore and Malaysia, he has won eight races — on the Kranji, Penang and Kuala Lumpur tracks.

Even before the son of High Chaparral kick-started his career in Asia, he won twice in the UK when trained by Hugo Palmer.