Grand Koonta muscles up for Sunday's main event
The Straits Times|September 29, 2022
It was on Tuesday morning that we gushed over the show put up by King Arthur on the training track.
Brian Miller
Grand Koonta muscles up for Sunday's main event

He went like a winner and earned every single nod of respect from those at trackside.

He had run the 600m in smooth style, covering the trip in 38.1 seconds and all agreed that trainer Donna Logan had him topped up sufficiently for his assignment on Sunday.

Well, it might not be that cut and dried.

Come Sunday, the "King" might have to contend with an intruder in the form of Grand Koonta.

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