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Rocket Man wins easily
Published by charl on February 8, 2010
SINGAPORE’s champion sprinter was making his long-awaited return to racing after fracturing a cannon bone in June.
Ridden by regular jockey Robbie Fradd, Rocket Man was untroubled to score by 4.50 lengths over Switchblade with Perfect Sky 0.50 lengths away in third.
Shaw had been a bundle of nerves in the lead-up to Sunday’s race and was a happy man when his champion came through the race unscathed. ”Thank goodness for sedatives,” he joked. ”It has been a nerve-wracking week I am glad it is all over with now.”
Shaw said he would wait and see how Rocket Man comes through the race before deciding on whether to send Rocket Man to Dubai for the Golden Shaheen over 1200m on the all-weather at Meydan on 27 March.
Rocket Man has now won eight of his nine starts for South African owner Fred Crabbia, with his only defeat coming at the hands of Sacred Kingdom in last year’s KrisFlyer Sprint. - Singapore Turf Club.
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ANDREW BON on Mon, 8th Feb 2010 9:00 am
Whilst is SA, Pat Shaw and Michael de Kock were the closest of friends and in fact still stay in touch regularly despite their hectic life styles (particularly Michael, with all his to and fro traveling), anyway that said, how wonderful for both of them in their relative stratas of horse society to bring both Rudra and Rocket Man back with such emphatic style. Both supremely talented horseman.