ONG READY TO STEP ON THE GAS IN KL

Two-time Singapore champion trainer has runners like Major King champing at the bit

- Brian Miller

Since relocating to Selangor when racing shut down in Singapore on Oct 5, 2024, Jason Ong has tasted success twice.

It was at his ninth entry that the two-time Singapore champion trainer broke the duck with Pacific Victory romping home in a Class 3 (1,200m) on Dec 28. One week later, he doubled the dose at the same Sungai Besi track with Summer Wind in a Class 5A (1,020m) on Jan 4.

To be fair, Ong is only just getting started. To date, he has contested just a handful of races with horses who were only just getting used to their new surroundings.

That said, things can only get better and it could just start with the horses involved in the trials on Jan 14.

On the morning, and on a track rated yielding, Ong sent out a huge team of 19 horses - and the results were rather good.

From that lot, he saw two of his charges - The Wild Chief in Trial No. 5 and Sky Eight in Trial No. 7 - win their hit-outs while Major King and Silver Dragon finished third in the first and second trials respectively.

However, while we take nothing away from the winners, it was Major King who looked the most impressive when third behind the Simon Dunderdale-trained pair of Sacred Buddy and Thunderous.