BIG UNION KEEPS WINNING FORM

June and Boardroom also bear watching after showing up well on the training track

- Brian Miller

He was everybody's choice at the races on June 9 and he delivered the goods, winning his race in a canter.

Yes, Big Union made loads of fans when he opened his Kranji account in that Restricted Maiden race over the sharp 1,100m sprint.

And, you can bet, they will form a snaking queue at the betting windows on June 22 when their newfound friend attempts to make it a race-to-race double in a very competitive Class 4 race over 1,200m.

They, too, will know that it is going to be Big Union's first time racing in open company.

But do you think it will bother them? Not one bit. You see, they are still too bedazzled by what they saw when Big Union tore through the opposition in that last-start runaway win.

And they will remember his work on the morning of June 18 when, with Bernardo Pinheiro in the saddle, he cantered before picking up some speed to run the 600m in 43.4sec.

Granted, it was a slow time but, hey, it was a training gallop and he was not out to break any sprint record.

Yes, Big Union is still a work in progress and trainer Jerome Tan would have instructed Pinheiro to hold him in check and do just what was necessary to keep him in racing form.