KIM EMPIRE IN SPLENDID FORM

Two unnamed runners serve up notice of their good intentions

- Brian Miller

Kim Empire (Jose de Souza, on outside) and Raikou (Uzair Sharudin) paired up for most of Trial No. 3 to eventually finish 1-2 at Sungai Besi on Dec 9.

(SELANGOR TURF CLUB)

Kim Empire's recent runs at the Selangor Turf Club, going back to Aug 31, reads like a good book: 4-4-1-2-3-4.

Add in the results at the trials and you have another “1”.

The onetime winner has been doing a lot right in recent months and trainer Richard Lines will surely know that he has a really good one for the closing meetings of the year - if he decides to race him - and surely for the season coming up.

A five-year-old by Vancouver, Kim Empire was a smart winner in the third and final trial run off on the morning of Dec 9.

The trial was run on the sand track and the winner clocked Imin 2.84sec.

It may not have been the swiftest of gallops over the 1,000m, but Kim Empire deserved full marks for his persistence when challenged by Raikou (Uzair Sharudin) over the concluding stages.