Michael Lee
Friday, April 1
0, 2009Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Vlad Duric got off to a dream start in Singapore after he scored a winning treble on Friday.After a quiet debut on April 3, the Melbourne jockey showed he was a man in a hurry when he rode the well-fancied Master Key, Ariem and Aranda to resounding successes in their respective races.
Freedman was also pleased Duric was able to ride a winner for him as the pair go back a long way.
“I’ve known Vlad for a long time. He used to ride for (brother) Lee and he’s done a lot of riding for me since he came here,” said Freedman.
“I’m glad we’ve combined for a win so early at his new stint in Singapore. It goes without saying there’ll be plenty of rides for him.”
Ariem sports the now familiar blue colours of relative newcomer Northwest Racing Stable and has now brought up stakes money just a tick under $100,000 in only four starts. The same partnership was again in evidence in the lucky last when the Northwest Racing Stable-owned Aranda blew away his rivals in the $55,000 Class 4 race (1200m) to offer Duric his treble and Freedman a winning double.After settling handy behind pacesetter Shen Wei (Oscar Chavez), Aranda extended like a good thing in the home straight to score by 2 1/4 lengths from Lucky Sky (Joao Moreira) with Dishdasha (Mark Gallagher) third three quarters of a length away.Added Duric as he soaked in his terrific feat: "It's always good when you come to a new place to get off to a good start."I couldn't be happier with the start I've had."
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