FAST AND FEARLESS IMPRESSES

With a bumper programme of 12 races to close the season, the action on the training track at the Perak Turf Club was fast and furious.

- Brian Miller

Wilsing (Wong Kam Chong) returning to scale after winning the Class 4B race (1100m) in Ipoh on July 13. PHOTO: PERAK TURF CLUB

(PHOTO: PERAK TURF CLUB)

In living up to the hype, one of the swifties on the morning of Dec 23 was a galloper aptly named Fast And Fearless.

Already a nine-year-old, the veteran galloper from trainer Kevin Coetzee’s yard ran the 600m like a frisky youngster, clocking 35.8sec for the short and sharp trip.

A ninth win does not look beyond him.

Coetzee has picked a winnable sort of race for him in the Class 5B contest — one of eight Class 5 events on the day - over the 1,200m.

Fast And Fearless will enjoy the track and trip, as four of his eight wins - all scored at Kranji when under the care of James Peters — have been over that distance.

While the son of Iffraaj has not put together a win in Malaysia, his last few runs have produced promising results.

At his last two outings on Nov 9 and Dec 6, he failed to win both the Class 5A (1,200m) and Class 5B (1,000m) events, but still made the frame on both occasions.