Singapore Derby

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Singapore Derby
Group 1 race
LocationKranji Racecourse
Singapore
Inaugurated1880
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteSingapore Turf Club
Race information
Distance1800 meters (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds
WeightColts & Geldings 57 kg.
Fillies 55.5 kg.
PurseS$1,000,000

The Singapore Derby is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid July at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 1800 meters (1.12 miles / 9 furlongs) and is open to four-year-old horses only.

Inaugurated in 1880 at the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park, it was raced there until 1910 at which time it was cancelled. The Singapore Derby was revived in 1959 under the auspices of the Singapore Turf Club and hosted by the Bukit Timah Race Course through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse.

Since 1959 the race has been contested at various distances:

  • 2413.5 meters  : 1959-1965, 1968, 1970–1975
  • 2425.38 meters : 1966
  • 2011.25 meters : 1967, 1969
  • 2400 meters (about) : 1976
  • 2400 meters : 1977-1997
  • 2000 meters (about) : 1998
  • 2000 meters : 1999-2017
  • 1800 meters : 2018 to present

At the time the race was modified to its present distance of 2000 meters in 1998, the conditions were also changed, making it open to four-year-old domestic horses only. These residency conditions are specified on the Singapore Turf Club website

Records[]

Speed record: (at current distance of 1800 meters)

  • 1:46.34 - Jupiter Gold (2018)

Most wins:

  • 2 - November Sun (1968, 1969)
  • 2 - Feu vert (1985, 1986)
  • 2 - (1995, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - (1970, 1975, 1990, 1995, 1996)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - (1963, 1972, 1975)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 9 - Ivan Allan (1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986)

Winners since 1959[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2011 Clint John Powell Cliff Brown Oscar Racing Stable 2:02.60
2010 Race Ahead Opie Bosson Bruce Marsh Race Ahead Stable 2:02.16
2009 Jolie's Shinju Ronnie Stewart 2:00.2
2008 Top Spin 2:02.2
2007 Lim's Prestige 2:03.3
2006 Our Falstaff † Robbie Fradd Kantor & Nestadt Stable 2:07.5
2005 Hello and Goodbye Naga Mas Stable 2:10.2
2004 Dreyfuss Shane Dye Oscar Racing Stable 2:08.2
2003 Lead to Victory Larry Cassidy Our Stable 2:05.7
2002 Larry Cassidy Smart Bet Stable 2:04.0
2001 Bocelli Fairdeal Stable et al. 2:02.8
2000 All The Way Darryll Holland Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:03.2
1999 Par Excellence Fairdeal Stable 2:01.1
1998 Eres Tu No. 2 Stable 2:13.3
1997 Peak Of Perfection XI Lucky Stable 2:29.3
1996 2:28.4
1995 2:29.7
1994 Noble Spirits Goh & Goh Stable 2:35.2
1993 Lee's Bid S. Y. Leong Nikko Stable 2:37.0
1992 Peak Of Perfection X Lucky Stable 2:30.9
1991 Brixton Town † R. Ang SME Stable 2:39.6
1990 Man Of Honour V G. Hall 2:30.7
1989 Istanbul A. John Taj Stable 2:31.5
1988 Grand Illusion Leslie Khoo Redcap Stable 2:35.0
1987 Chinese Wall W. Chua Tan Sri Stable 2:28.7
1986 Feu vert K. C. Ng Ivan W. Allan Ace-In-The-Hole Stable 2:29.7
1985 Feu Vert K. C. Ng Ivan W. Allan Ace-In-The-Hole Stable 2:33.8
1984 Win-Em-All S. H. Lee Coronation Stable 2:27.6
1983 Andermatt Ivan W. Allan Equus Stable 2:31.4
1982 Timber Tycoon S. Sairi G.E. West Golden Arrow Stable 2:38.4
1981 Grand Harvest T. G. Autridge Ivan W. Allan Lee Ah Seong 2:34.5
1980 Vaaron Ivan W. Allan Upali Stable 2:31.3
1979 Saas Fee Lester Piggott Ivan W. Allan Equus Stable 2:30.1
1978 Regal Tan Larry G. Olsen Goodman Stable 2:37.6
1977 Batu Karang R. Rajoo D. Tan Tong Stable 2:33.8
1976 Suspicion Terry Lucas Ivan W. Allan No Expense Stable 2:37.4
1975 Tien An Mun 2:34.4
1974 Dilettante G. S. Sng Ivan W. Allan Dillettante Stable 2:31.6
1973 Showgirl V L. F. Harbridge C. M. Tulloh Shaw Stable 2:41.0
1972 Jumbo Jet Ivan W. Allan Lee Ah Seong 2:31.0
1971 Forest Jim J. J. Miller Income Kongsi 2:39.0
1970 Keep Going 2:36.6
1969 November Sun Garnet Bougoure MC Stable 2:06.6
1968 November Sun Garnet Bougoure MC Stable 2:40.4
1967 Gambalan L. Kang K. Y. Lee Sultan of Pahang 2:17.0
1966 Grenadier Ng Loong Kee 2:32.4
1965 Oleander III Keith G. Moxham S. K. Tjoa Pil Stable 2:32.4
1964 Moviegoer C. M. Tulloh Shaw Stable 2:31.4
1963 Dark Romance II M. Sullivan Winning Stable 2:30.6
1962 Amsterdam K. R. Daniels Latin Stable 2:38.2
1961 White Heather M. J. Posner H. Cowling 2:35.0
1960 Marksman K. R. Daniels AP Stable 2:30.0
1959 Flying Dragon M/M Loh Chin 2:38.0
  • † 2006 winner Our Falstaff was originally registered as Falstaff.
  • † 1991 winner Brixton Town was originally registered as Tamanaco

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