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Chong Puts His Trust In Derby Trial
2018-02-26 by Harry Troy

A dominant win by Unselfish Trust in the IACM Lunar New Year Trophy (sand) has seen him emerge as a serious contender in next Saturday’s Group 3 Macau Derby Trial over 1500 metres (turf).

Ridden by leading rider Ruan Maia, Unselfish Trust unleashed a powerful finishing burst over the final two hundred to win easily from Delighted Solution (Andrew Calder), with race favorite Benevolent Friend (Manoel Nunes) running in third.

Prepared by K C Chong, Unselfish Trust was bought by his owner Mr. Ngai Wai Bun with the Derby especially in mind, and his two wins from four starts in Macau have now firmly fixed his place as one of the Derby favorites.

Unselfish Trust is a former Victorian galloper that was known as Butch Kissidy who won two races at Pakenham, one on the synthetic surface and the other a runaway four length win on the turf both at 1400 metres. A solid effort followed when only beaten 2.6 lengths in Saturday company at Caulfield, before he failed on a heavy track at Flemington.

An impressive all the way win at his Macau debut back in October over Derby hopeful Contented N Happy, gave all the indications the son of Wanted (Aus) was headed for better things and he now looms as the biggest threat to Derby favorite Pearl Green in Saturday’s Derby trial.

The K H Leong trained Pearl Green was the find of last season when the former unraced Gai Waterhouse galloper won five straight from 1350 metres sand to 1800 turf, and placed in four other races, having only been out of a place on one occasion only. The son of Fastnet Rock (Aus) has been racing in our best company lately and is coming off a luckless third beaten one and half lengths by last year’s Derby winner Sacred Man in Class 2 & 3 on February 3rd.

Another interesting contender in the Derby trial is Autumn Cloud from the Sio Cheong yard. He is also a former Victorian horse that raced as First Approach when prepared by Darren Weir. Following an easy win at Wangaratta the gelding two starts later turned in a mighty run after overacing badly in the final of the Silverbowl at Flemington when third only beaten 1.9 lengths.

An easy winner on debut in Macau over 1350 metres, Autumn Cloud then went straight into the Group 2 Winter Trophy over 1800 metres. As well as the task being too soon for him, the son of First Approach (USA) overaced badly and faded badly in the straight. An eye catching sixth from a mile back over 1200 metres behind Felizmaster shows he has hit his straps at the right time and he will be a serious contender in next Saturday’s race.

Last Saturday’s race day was the first for the Year Of The Dog and is traditionally one of the most popular racedays on the MJC calendar. This year proved no exception with a big crowd in attendance and some great racing throughout the day.

Brazilian Ruan Maia was the star of the afternoons sand program with a double for the day. As well as Unselfish Trust in the feature, Maia was successful on Military Star in the first of the day The Prosperity Handicap for Tony Fung.

Maia has a clear lead in the jockeys’ standings on 31 wins, 16 ahead of Peter Ho and Wayne Smith on 15, with Luis Corrales in third on 14. The big finisher will be Manoel Nunes who has recently relocated from Singapore and has quickly ridden seven winners in just over one month.


Unselfish Trust

Pearl Green

Ruan Maia


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