January to Bring the Heat This August

Navy Seals and Otahuhu also stand out with their smart workouts at Sungai Besi

- Brian Miller

It is August now and there are four months left to go in the 2025 season, but ask anyone at Sharee Hamilton's yard, and they will say it is January.

The Swiss Ace galloper could be the one coming through for them and he will be the toast at Sungai Besi on Aug 9.

The New Zealand handler has got a good one in that six-year-old and she will be hoping that he is the one the rest will have to beat in the highlight race of the Aug 9 meeting: the Class 3 event run over 1,400m.

Owned by Team Cheval Stable, January was out on the training track on Aug 5 and, on a track rated good, he worked pretty well.

The former Singapore galloper did that 600m spin in a slow time of 42sec, but it might turn out to be all that was needed.

A six-time winner over 1,200m and 1,400m, January will trot into the action on the back of a disappointing showing at his last start on July 12, when he finished an uncharacteristic ninth to Platinum Emperor in the Mitavite Asia Cup (1,400m).

That day, January was keenly involved in the action, and held second spot until his condition fizzled out 400m from home.