That loss to Golden Monkey in the Fortune Bowl on Feb 11 must still hurt.
With his sterling record, Super Salute was fancied in many quarters to dominate the feature race.
But, as things turned out, Golden Monkey was in the zone.
He changed the script and, in the process, consigned Super Salute, the $24 second pick, into third spot.
His regular rider, Manoel Nunes, had done everything right and trainer Richard Lim had him as tight as a piano wire.
But, on the day, third place was all that he could muster - the meat in the sandwich being Street Of Dreams.
Well, someone had to lose. But, having won more than half of his 17 race starts at Kranji - nine to be exact - Super Salute would have had many in the game licking their wounds after that defeat.
However, and for trainer Lim and the Alan John Stable, all that is now water under the bridge and, from what we saw at the trials on April 9, Super Salute is ready to fight another battle.
The son of I Am Invincible was, well, invincible on April 9 when trialled over the short and sharp 1,000m.
Sure, he was also in good hands as Nunes was up there to guide him along.
This story is from the April 11, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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