Singapore Stakes Quinella for Star Turn

Tara Madgwick - Monday June 20

Vinery Stud’s promising young sire Star Turn already has a stakes-winner in Hong Kong in Cordyceps Six and now he also has one in Singapore with speedy three year-old Golden Monkey winning the Singapore Sprint Sng G3 (1200m) at Kranji on Saturday beating another Star Turn in Silent is Golden.

Trained by timothy Fitzsimmons, Golden Monkey chimed in with a furlong to run and powered clear to win by more than three lengths taking his overall record to two wins and five placings from nine starts.

Bred by Howard Blight of Bendaree Stud, Golden Monkey was a $54,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the Byerley Stud draft and was passed in when re-offered at the Inglis Ready 2Race Sale.

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He is the best of two winners from Dixie’s Comet, a half-sister by Northern Meteor to stakes-placed Hong Kong performer Flagship Shine.

Star Turn

Golden Monkey is the fourth stakes-winner for Star Turn, who stands at Vinery Stud this spring at a fee of $27,500.  Star Turn has sired the winners of over $3million in Australia this season.

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Race Result - Singapore Sprint Gr3 1200m

Singapore Track: Good Time: 1:08.87
1
Golden Monkey
- 3g Star Turn (AUS) x Dixie's Comet (AUS) (Northern Meteor (AUS))
Tnr: T Fitzsimmons Rdr: O Chavez 57
Star Turn
2
3.3
Silent Is Gold
- 3g Star Turn (AUS) x Confident (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: S Gray Rdr: Ron Stewart 57
Star Turn
3
5.6
Gold Ten Sixty-One
- 3g Dalghar (FR) x La Belle Femme (AUS) (French Deputy (USA))
Tnr: T Fitzsimmons Rdr: Jake Bayliss 57
4
6.1
No More Delay
- 3g Zoustar (AUS) x Tranquil Harmony (AUS) (Dream Ahead (USA))
Tnr: K Y Young Rdr: R Woodworth 57
5
6.3
Renzo
- 3g Orpen (USA) x Water Side (ARG) (Salt Lake (USA))
Tnr: R Le Grange Rdr: K A'isisuhairi 57
6
7.3
Deception
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Friday Hussy (AUS) (Hussonet (USA))
Tnr: Ms D Logan Rdr: K Hakim 57
7
8.1
Legacy Reign
- 3g The Gurkha (IRE) x Rohain (IRE) (Singspiel (IRE))
Tnr: L Khoo Rdr: R Shafiq 54.5
8
10.4
Watery
- 3g Showcasing (GB) x Pinina (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: S Baertschiger Rdr: S Shafrizal 57
9
11.7
Montana Flash
- 3g Star Turn (AUS) x Dukemore (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: Ms D Logan Rdr: D R Beasley 57
10
12.2
War Commander
- 3g American Pharoah (USA) x Snitzel's Jewel (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: R Le Grange Rdr: C C Wong 57
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