DESI MASTER HAS MADE HEADWAY AT TRACKWORK

Flaming Rabbit also turns heads on Sungai Besi mornings as he goes for two on the trot

- Brian Miller

Desi Master (Bernardo Pinheiro) at one of his six second placings when runner-up to Griffin (Aify Yahaya) in a Class 5B race over 1,275m in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 17. The Vadamos seven-year-old has been showing steady improvement. PHOTO: SLTC

(SLTC)

With a nice, thick book of eight rides from the Il races to be run off at the Selangor Turf Club on Nov 30, jockey Andre da Silva will be a busy man.

Not that he is complaining.

Right now, Malaysia’s leading hoop should be well aware that the bulk of those rides represent winning chances.

But there is nothing wrong in being doubly sure.

And, it was probably with that in mind that trainers Winson Cheng Han Yong and Lawson Moy - who prepare two of da Silva’s rides — sent their gallopers out for work on the training track on the morning of Nov 26.

From Cheng’s yard, Flaming Rabbit, who is down to contest Race 4 looked sharp when running the 600m in 38.7sec. That, after loosening up those muscles with some cantering.

But the one who was truly impressive was the Moy-trained Desi Master who, with 10 others, will close proceedings.

The Vadamos seven-year-old ran the 600m in 38.4sec and, if anything, the gallop should have trimmed off the rough edges.