ONG, SEE BREAK GROUP 1 DUCK

S'porean pair celebrate biggest win after red-hot Filial Dragon bags Perak Gold Vase

- Sharon Zhang

Trainer Jason Ong and jockey Troy See brought up the biggest win in their careers after the in-form Filial Dragon drew clear to claim the RM150,000 (S$45,000) Group 1 Perak Gold Vase (1,100m) at Ipoh on July 13.

Ong, who is away in Australia, has finally added a Group 1 win to his glowing achievements since he began training in Singapore six years ago.

The 37-year-old Singaporean handler topped Kranji's trainers' log in 2023 and 2024 with 66 wins and 79 wins respectively, before relocating to Selangor after Kranji's closure in October 2024.

He has proven his chops with mostly bread-and-butter gallopers, but his runners have not come close in Group races in Malaysia, until Filial Dragon's triumph in the Perak Gold Vase.

The son of I Am Invincible has hit a purple patch with three wins in a row at his last three starts, combining with See in two of them: the Class 3 race (1,400m) on June 7 and the Supreme A event (1,200m) on June 29.