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Hard Too Think gearing up for Kranji Mile
Top stayer Hard Too Think had a casual spin at his first barrier trial of the new season on Thursday morning. Trainer Stephen Gray ran his eyes over the dual Group 1 Singapore Derby-Queen Elizabeth II Cup winner as he readies himself for his next big target, the $1...
Team Gray hoping to have Kharisma to win big this year
The well-named Kharisma ran a bottler of a barrier trial on Tuesday morning to send a clear signal he may well be a major force to reckon with among the sprinting elite this year. Already a winner at his seasonal bow in a Kranji Stakes A race (1200m) on January 15,...
Dancing Tycoon quick to show his moves
‘Hothead’ Dancing Tycoon showed he was on the right track after he posted a determined first win in the $20,000 Open Maiden race over 1200m on Sunday. Third to War Commander on debut, Stephen Gray’s new syndicated horse was well supported ($11 favourite) and had only...
Kharisma shows his winning appeal again
Smart sprinter Kharisma showed he was hard to topple when things go his way, as was the case in Saturday’s main race, the $100,000 Kranji Stakes A race over 1200m. The gutsy win from a slogging battle with the surprising Lim’s Dream inside the last 300m proved yet...
O’Shea delivers with Cheval Blanc
Assistant-trainer Lisa O’Shea felt both a sense of pride and relief after she saddled a winner at her first day as the head of the Stephen Gray stables on Saturday, but above all happy for the horse, Cheval Blanc. It was the first time the New Zealander was tasked...
Senior handling lifts Kharisma home: Gray
After three runs with apprentice jockeys, trainer Stephen Gray felt his useful sprinter Kharisma needed a senior jockey on Sunday, and it was indeed Marc Lerner’s trademark vigorous handling that lifted him over the line in the $100,000 Better Life 2012 Stakes Class 1...
Gold shimmers while Gray already Thinks ahead
A last conditioning barrier trial on Tuesday morning was all that trainer Stephen Gray needed for Hard Too Think ahead of his target race, the $1 million Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup (2000m) this Sunday. The Kiwi handler does not usually trial his horses on the week of...
Al Green evergreen as ever
Stephen Gray might have felt a little downcast after his exciting Australian horse Oxley Road didn’t win in Flemington, but a gutsy win from his old marvel Al Green at Kranji did go some way in erasing the disappointment. Sent out as the favourite in the Group 2...
Hard Too Think caps big-race double in two countries for Gray
Stephen Gray and New Zealand’s Copperbelt Racing won Group acclaim across two continents on Saturday with Hard Too Think winning the $300,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) at Kranji and Oxley Road taking out the A$300,000 Group 2 McCafe Caulfield Sprint...
Early double for Gray, Hickman, Lerner
The old firm of trainer Stephen Gray and long-time owner Paul Hickman in combination with a budding partner in jockey Marc Lerner hogged the first two races on Saturday’s 12-race programme with Billy Elliot and St Alwyn. While Billy Elliot, a Per Incanto...
One G1 at a time: Beasley not Thinking Too Hard
Danny Beasley could be having the best of both worlds as far as this year’s last two big majors in the Singapore racing calendar are concerned. The Australian jockey is already in the privileged position of partnering likely favourite Lim’s Lightning in the Group 1...
Hard Too Think begins Gold Cup trail next week
Derby winner Hard Too Think took a step closer to his racing comeback with a pleasing barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Not sighted since his Group 1 Singapore Derby (1800m) triumph on July 27, the All Too Hard five-year-old was getting the last finishing touches...