1St Issue 2014 Penang Turf Club Magazine for Members Only PP 8450/08/2013 (032945)

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PENANG TURF CLUB THE COMMITTEE EDITORIAL BOARD EXECUTIVES

President Editor General Manager & Secretary Dato Ong Eng Khuan John Alexander Rodgers Leow Khin Ming

Committee Members Members Financial Controller Dato Dr Chong Keat Foong Dato Ong Eng Khuan Lim Lai See Mr Lee Kean Teong Leow Khin Ming Dato Dr Henry Ooi Kwee Lim Goh Su Yen Operations Adviser Mr John Alexander Rodgers Adeline Khoo Phaik Har Muhammad Rizal Bin Abdullah Mr Saw Lip Khai Adeline Goh Kim Looi Dato Seri Teh Choon Beng Assistant Club Secretary Ms Teoh Mei Shean Editorial Consultant Goh Su Yen Charles Wong Election Committee Members Assistant Secretary Chan Hong Saik Photographers (Marketing & Public Relations) Dato Choo Beng Kai Lim Teow Heng Adeline Khoo Phaik Har Rudy Lee Beng Liang Booi Kok Ming Jeffrey Lee Chin Wah Charles Wong Events & Communications Manager Muhammad Rizal Bin Abdullah Adeline Goh Kim Looi Andy Ng Kok Min Dr Allan Ooi Poh Kiat Racing Officer Teoh Ming Liang Ooi Jean Lee Victor Yeap Leong Peng Chief Riding Instructor Johari bin Lee

Acting Head of Veterinary Department Dr Khor Li Li, D.V.M. contents 6 Club celebrates 150th anniversary Anniversary Cup to be run for three years from 2014

18 Club helps 25 Charitable and voluntary organizations receive aid in conjunction with running of the Gold Cup

19 Shankar makes history First jockey of Indian descent to emerge champion in Malaysia

20 Sprint Trophy Preview and highlights

24 LONG-SERVICE AWARD TO 75 EMPLOYEES Loyalty and long-service rewarded

25 Snippets Club News in Brief

26 MRA Dinner 2014 Photo gallery of delegates and guests

28 Monsili on a roll Australian gelding wins Gold Cup for fourth consecutive victory

30 THE POWER OF MAGIC Mystic Power too classy in Malaysian 2013 Magic Millions Classic

32 JOB Well done Decisive move earns Easy Job the Mitavite Cup

33 ROCK SOLID Big Rock proves hard to beat in Scenic Lodge Trophy 34 The fire returns 46 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS Rebel Fury regains form to win Tunku Gold Traces the milestone of racing in Cup for second consecutive year the region

35 HOME GROUND Victory 49 CLUB INFO Gold Coast-trained Beebee’s Last wins Penang Brief history of the Club Turf Club Goodwill Cup 53 CLUB FACILITIES 36 Hong Kong dominant Horseshoe Bistro & Museum Local horses win three of four internationals as Akeed Mofeed takes Hong Kong Cup 54 PTC Golf Section 37 GAI’S HOLY GRAIL 56 PNTC Equestrian Club First Aussie woman to win Melbourne Cup after three second-place finishes 58 Penang Hill Bungalow 38 A Treve demolition 60 VIP boxes, Corporate boxes Unbeaten filly beats top field in Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

40 TURF GALLERY Meet the VIPs and guests who were at the Club recently

42 WINNERS’ CIRCLE We salute some of the recent winners in Penang he year of the Horse is an auspicious start to our sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary. Ever since the horse Twas domesticated by man 6,000 years ago in central Eurasia, it has changed civilisations in China, India, the Middle East and Europe. Horse chariotry and cavalry altered the nature of warfare and consequently the course of human history. But, beyond the battlefield, horse power afforded great advances in transport, agriculture, industry and science. We certainly cannot imagine what life might have been had our four-legged friend not existed. Over the millennium many accolades, tributes had been made to the horse. The horse is life. The horse is a man’s spirit, it’s soul, it’s wealth, it’s ally. The horse lives with man in the sun and the wind, in the snows and in the rain. A horseman trusts his steed and his heart and feels the rhythm of his body and the wide world which he inhabits. He sees what his horse sees far, far away in the long great distance from which tonight, he may come. Yet distance is nothing to him: he may fly like the wind; the wind his brother, the sky his sister, the sun and the moon his mother and father. The snows and rivers and seas of grass are his cousins and his home. Horses are to be venerated. Horses are to be revered. Horses are sacred. Men, without horses are nothing. These are some of the praises to the horse Editor’s note by our forbears. When we came into being in 1864, slavery was to breathe new life to horse racing but the goose that just abolished in the United States following the end lays the golden eggs remains elusive. The industry of the Civil War and it was another three years before today is totally different from the time it started and the Suez Canal was opened and a further ten years we must somehow reinvent ourselves. There were before British rule in Malaya was extended to Perak no constraints placed on racing then as we had full and Selangor. It was in that era and environment coverage from the press and radio broadcast unlike that horse racing was established in the Settlement of today. In fact, we were the only game in town and we Penang. Horse racing had begun as a social gathering held sway as there were no other competitors then for the British colonialists to bask under the midday like the casinos, cyber cafes, internet betting, sports sun drinking afternoon tea and gin and tonic. Going to betting and other leisure pursuits that are eating into the races then and having a flutter on the horses was a our shrinking gaming dollar. The menace of the illegal welcome change and a break from the long monotony bookmakers are looming ever larger every year and of the humid afternoons. It was an event to be seen and have taken more than a lion’s share of our revenue to meet who’s who in Penang. without putting a single cent back into the industry. Our 150th anniversary is also a celebration of the We have addressed our concerns on the illegals but sport of kings and the legacy of the thoroughbred which they have fallen on deaf ears. If racing is to have any had breathed life into the social fabric of Penang’s rich future, we must have access to the electronic media history and heritage. In the 1½ centuries, it has since such as satellite broadcasts, mobile phones, the evolved from traditional English scones and afternoon internet and other digital mass media which are most tea to be what it is today; a multi-million dollar racing essential for us to propagate our sports. Our future industry giving employment to many thousands is further compounded following the renunciation of directly and indirectly. We have indeed come a long the totalisator agreements to administer the scheme way to be where we are today. To be even around is for the establishment and operation of totalisators in itself an achievement considering many entities and and totalisator agencies in respect of race meetings by even countries have disappeared into the sands of time. our authorised agent, Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn Bhd. We had been a leading club in the MRA circuit and our Horse racing has always been kept afloat by our agent many records in the Record Book of the MRA speaks through cross-subsidies from numbers forecast and our for itself. We can certainly look back to our heritage lottery which were stripped from the turf clubs when with pride and satisfaction on this anniversary. Pan Malaysian Pools took over the operations. The turf Looking forward from now on is another thing clubs have to fend for themselves now and have the as times have changed and our future is not as arduous task of running the totalisator operations. As rosy as before. The racing industry today is facing from April 4, 2014, we are on our own and have to make unprecedented challenges. Never in the annals of horse do with whatever income generated from horse racing. racing have we experienced such a severe downturn Difficult as things may be, the Club will endeavour on top of the tough and difficult economic times. To to make the 150th anniversary a memorable occasion arrest the decline in attendance, turnover, the horse for its members. The Club is planning to stage the population and the greying of our customers, the 150th Anniversary Cup Race consecutively for three Club had taken many measures to promote the racing years in 2014 offering a prizemoney of RM300,000, industry. We have upgraded and improved the racing 2015 RM400,000 and 2016 RM500,000. The Anniversary tracks, the stabling and other racing facilities and made Cup Race will be run on June 1, 2014 to start off racing more affordable for owners through subsidies the sesquicentennial celebrations. The anniversary and attractive incentives. celebrations will continue till the end of the year We have strived for more excellence and culminating with the Gold Cup Dinner in December. professionalism and have done everything possible Club celebrates

anniversary Anniversary Cup to be runth for three years from 2014

o commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Penang 150Turf Club in 2014, the Club will be running the AnniversaryT Cup again consecutively for three years offering stakesmoney of RM300,000 for 2014, RM400,000 for 2015 and RM500,000 for 2016. Dato Ong Eng Khuan, President of the Club, announced this during the Gold Cup dinner held on December 27, 2013, in conjunction with the running of the Yang diPertua Negeri Gold Cup run two days later.

6 | Gold Cup Meeting Dinner 2013

Besides the Anniversary Cup, members can certainly look forward to a year of celebration for the 150th anniversary, Dato Ong said. (The Anniversary Cup was first run in conjunction with the Club’s 135th anniversary in 1999 and was last held in 2009.) Dato Ong also announced an incentive of RM350,000 to a Penang- based trainer who win the Gold Cup three times within a span of ten years starting from 2012 to 2022. He also said the Club will be running an additional three days of races in 2014, bringing the total race days to 29. Among the more than 900 guests who attended the Gold Cup dinner were Yang diPertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Tun Dato’ Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas and Toh Puan Dato Seri Utama Hajjah Majimor binte Shariff.

1st Issue 2014 | 7 Also in attendance were Danny Law Heng Kiang, State Executive Councillor for Tourism Development and Culture; Simon Featherstone, High Commissioner of United Kingdom to Malaysia, and Mrs Gail Featherstone; Ong Keng Yong, High Commissioner of Singapore to Malaysia, and Mrs Irene Ong; Tan Guong Ching, Chairman, Singapore Turf Club, and Mrs Dinah Tan; Dato Cheah Choon King, Deputy Chairman of Perak Turf Club; Freddie Yow Tian Sak, Committee Member, representing Selangor Turf Club; Brett Cook, Chairman of Gold Coast Turf Club and Ms Michelle Thompson; Phithun Phukkanasut, Racing Committee and Honorary Secretary of Royal Bangkok Sports Club and the Consul-Generals of Indonesia, Japan and Thailand. The Club lined up 350 lucky draw prizes for its Ordinary Members at the dinner. Lim Pek Har was the biggest winner of the night when she walked home with the first prize of RM100,000. A mock cheque for the amount was presented to her by Tun Dato’ Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas.

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1st Issue 2014 | 9 Penang December Yang diPertua Negeri

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1st Issue 2014 | 17 Mdm Khoo Cheng See of House of Hope Tun Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul receiving her cheque from Tun Dato Seri Utama Rahman bin Haji Abbas presenting the cheque (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas to Mr Yeap Lip Wan of The Penang Home for the Infirm and Aged

Charitable and voluntary The other organisations which received the donations were: Batu Grace Ashram organisations receive aid in Bethel Home of Penang Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society conjunction with running of the Children’s Protection Society Pulau Pinang Gold Cup Handicapped Children’s Centre, Penang House of Hope Mount Miriam Hospital he Penang Home for the Infirm and Aged (The Penang National Autistic Society of Malaysia Home), established in 1963, was among 25 charitable National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM Penang) Tand voluntary organisations which received donation Penang Shan Childrens Home Association from Penang Turf Club in conjunction with the running of the Persatuan Mencegah Dadah Malaysia 2013 Yang diPertua Negeri Gold Cup on December 29, 2013. Pertubuhan Thalassaemia Pulau Pinang The Penang Home was set up with the objective of Pure Lotus Cancer Foundation providing shelter, care, nursing and rehabilitation for Pusat Harian Harapan Bakti the poor who are infirm and aged, chronically ill and Relau Rumah Charis Bhd permanently disabled. Applicants for admission to the home Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan must preferably be 60 years and above, regardless of their Silver Jubilee Home for the Aged sex, race, religion or creed. Applicants must be poor with Spastic Children’s Association of Penang no means or property to support them and whose relatives/ St. Joseph Home dependents are unable to look after them. St. Nicholas Home, Penang Its representative Mr Yeap Lip Wan was present to receive The Mental Health Association of Penang a cheque from Yang diPertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Tun Dato The Ramakrishna Ashrama Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas who The Salvation Army Penang Children’s Home presented the donations on behalf of Penang Turf Club. The Lighthouse Drop-in Centre

The recipients pose for a photo after the cheque presentation

18 | Turf News S hankarmakes history First jockey of Indian descent to emerge champion in Malaysia

Jai Shankar receiving his trophy from Penang Turf Club Committee Member John Alexander Rodgers

t was a historic moment when Jai Shankar received his Malaysian Selangor Turf Club Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Richard Cham Hak Lim presenting the trophy to IChampion Jockey 2013 Award in Richard Lines Kuala Lumpur on February 2, 2014. In riding 52 winners for the season, in December when he hit the front Shankar became the first jockey of Selangor Turf Club Committee Member Dato momentarily in the home straight but Indian descent to win the premiership Dr Chan Lam Kong presenting the trophy to was run down by Monsili in the closing in the country. apprentice Rueven Ravindra stages. The gelding would have been The title did not come easy for the first local bred to win the Gold Cup. Shankar. It was only on the final day Good Baby, owned by Golden Earlier in the year, Beautiful Choice of the season when he booted home Knight Stable and trained by Kevin did win a big one when successful in the three winners that he was able to beat Coetzee, completed his hattrick when RM250,000 Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Azhar Ismail by two winners for the he outclassed his rivals, winning by Association Stakes (1,600m) in Penang premiership. four lengths in the RM500,000 Sprint in July. He also won a 1,700m lead-up Rueven Ravindra made it a double Trophy (1,400m) in July. race a week prior to the Gold Cup. celebration for the small band of Indian Later in the season, Good Baby also These performances were enough jockeys when he won the Apprentice finished third to Taichi Master in the to earn him a fourth consecutive Jockey’s title with 26 winners, finishing Coronation Cup (1,600m). Champion Malaysian Bred Horse title. sixth overall in the table. The successes of Good Baby and Richard Lines made it a hattrick of With three consecutive big race other horses brought Golden Knight titles when he saddled 43 winners to wins, Good Baby (Hussonet - Secret Haze Stable yet another Champion Owner take the Champion Trainer’s title. His by Danehill) was the popular choice as title. Sadly, it was the last title for the haul last year was a far cry from the 74 Champion Horse for 2013 in Malaysia. stable who have been the top owners wins he achieved in 2012 and 70 wins The Australian gelding scored a for several years as they have pulled in 2011. But it demonstrated the keen comeback victory in the RM300,000 out from racing. tussle for the championship last year. MRA Cup (1,400m) in Ipoh in March Malaysian bred Beautiful Choice The champions were presented last year and carried that form to (Super Istana - Bliss by Serheed) almost with their awards in a simple ceremony the RM300,000 Selangor Gold Cup made history in the RM500,000 Yang at the Selangor Turf Club on February (1,600m) later in the month. diPertua Negeri Gold Cup (2,000m) 2, 2014.

1st Issue 2014 | 19 SprintPreview Trophy

he 2013 Sprint Trophy was a watershed moment The victory followed a couple of near misses by Singapore for seven-time Malaysian champion jockey gallopers in the past. Azhar Ismail. For all his successes in the saddle, In 2006, the Steven Burridge-trained Tom Higgs (bay Azhar had — until last year — won every big New Zealand gelding by Al Akbar - Moon Voy by Western race in Malaysia except the Sprint Trophy. Symphony) finished second, five lengths behind Ipoh trained TIt was not surprising, therefore, that Azhar was grinning Triple Happy (brown Australian gelding by Bletchley Park - Red from ear to ear when he returned to the winning enclosure Marya by Red Anchor). astride Good Baby (bay Australian gelding by Hussonet - Secret In 2009, Cheyenne Dancer (brown Australian gelding by Haze by Danehill) in the 1,400m classic last year. Indian Danehill - Daylight Hour by Brief Truce), trained by That he was able to complete his collection of the big races Freedman, came third behind Triple Luck (grey Australian was especially satisfying for Azhar, one half of the Ismail gelding by Akhenaton - Casual Lies by Huntingdale) and Good brothers (sons of late jockey Ismail Asban) who had been a Nature (brown Australian horse by Way Of Light - Tears We dominant force in local racing for a long time. Cry by French Deputy). His brother Ismadi had retired from the saddle many History was created in 2011 when the locally trained Eagle years ago and obtained his trainer’s licence early this year (Clangalang - Unbeatable by Casual Lies) and Blue Tosca (Canny but Azhar is still at the top of his game. Last year, he lost out Lad - Desert Bride by Desert King) battled to a deadheat in the to Jai Shankar for the Malaysian jockey’s title on the final day Sprint Trophy, a first in the history of the 1,400m event which of the season. was first run in 1981. The 2012 also saw another ‘first’ when Mr Raffles (brown Another highlight in the series was when Captain Obvious New Zealand gelding by Storm Creek - Force Fillee by Foxbay) (grey Australian gelding by Verglas - Shathor by Tirol) scored scored a runaway win to become the first Singapore trained the biggest win seen in any classic on the local turf when he runner to win the Sprint Trophy since the resumption of trounced the opposition by 12 lengths in the Sprint Trophy cross-border racing in 2005. in 2010. Captain Obvious won 10 races in Malaysia before conquering Singapore and Dubai.

Good Baby coasting to a runaway win last year

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After the success of Sovereign Escort II (chestnut Irish horse by St Chad - Alynda), trained by the late Lee Seng Hap, in the inaugural running, Teh quickly made his mark in the series with Ten Hugs (grey English gelding by Comedy Star - Maid Of Honour) the following year. That was the only two years the Sprint Trophy was run as a handicap. The Sprint Trophy was then staged as a weight-for-age until 2009 when it became a set-weights event. After his initial success with Ten Hugs, Teh chalked up his second win in the series with Teetoy (dark bay or brown American horse by Blade - Good Tee Shot by Advocator) in 1986. Teetoy had raced in the United Kingdom before coming over to Malaysia. Batman (grey New Zealand gelding by Godswalk - Orchid Vale by Gallant Man), one of the best horses Teh ever trained, romped to victory in 1989, making Maree Lyndon the first- ever woman jockey to win the series. Batman was to repeat the success two years later, this time with Kim Clapperton on board. The biggest winning Singapore entry Mr Raffles triumphs in 2012 Clapperton became the first jockey to win the Sprint Trophy twice, the second time was in 1993, on the Teh-trained But since 1999, the race was dogged by three cancellations Beta Ray Bill (brown New Zealand gelding by Sound Reason - due to adverse weather and the consequent unsafe track Dentine by Noble Bijou). conditions, the first occasion in 1999 and the second time in The next successful trainer was Malcolm Thwaites whose 2007. initial success came in 1988 when He’s Dawan (chestnut In 2008, the Sprint Trophy weekend was called off and the American gelding by Coulee Man - Stroll by Walkers) literally big race was re-scheduled to be held during the Gold Cup frightened away his potential rivals. Only five horses took on meeting in December. Cheyenne Dancer (brown Australian the champion sprinter who coasted home by six-and-a-half gelding by Indian Danehill - Daylight Hour by Brief Truce), then lengths without being extended. trained in Kuala Lumpur and had captured a cross-border In 1995 and 1996, Thwaites scored back-to-back wins race at Kranji that year, proved his class once again to lead all with Fischer (chestnut Australian gelding by Al Khawaaneeg - the way for a convincing win. Wayette Coghlin by Youth) and the gelding triumphed again in With the weather playing havoc with the Sprint Trophy, 1998 and is the only three-time winner of the Sprint Trophy. the Penang Turf Club decided to switch the race from the traditional August/September date to early July to avoid the monsoon season in 2010. That year, the club also undertook to re-lay the main track at the Batu Gantong racecourse immediately after the Sprint Trophy meeting and for 10 months Penang meetings were either held in Ipoh or Kuala Lumpur. And the first Sprint Trophy held on the ‘new’ track in 2011 proved to be a sensational start to a new chapter in the history of the race. Although the Sprint Trophy has the shortest history of the major sprints in Malaysia, it quickly became the richest, the most eagerly awaited sprint each season. The inclusion of Singapore horses in 2005 further elevated the status of the event. But it is interesting to note that eighteen years after retiring from training, Dato Seri Teh Choon Beng still holds the record for the most number of victories in the Sprint Eagle and Blue Tosca (white cap) stormed home on the extreme outside for Trophy series. a historic deadheat in 2011

1st Issue 2014 | 21 The early years of the Sprint Trophy produced some surprising results. When the Sprint Trophy was switched from a handicap to a weight-for-age event, the “stayers” immediately began to have their say as well. That year, proven stayer Andermatt (bay New Zealand gelding by Amalgam - Aminona by Oakville) upset the champion sprinter Added Advantage II (bay Irish horse by Welsh Saint - Shade by Gratitude). Triple Luck winning in 2009 The next great stayer to triumph was St Gallen (bay New Zealand gelding by in the Yang diPertua Negeri Gold RM1million. That year, Confluence (bay Decies - Aminona by Oakville), a half- Cup (2,200m) and Tunku Gold Cup or brown New Zealand mare by Paris brother to Andermatt and twice winner (2,000m), out-sprinted the rest to win Opera - Tristrams Jewel by Sir Tristram), of the Yang diPertua Negeri Gold Cup in 2001. ridden by Oscar Chavez, scored a (2,200m) and a Singapore Gold Cup In 2002, Opposing Force (chestnut memorable win. (2,200m) winner, who won by eight- New Zealand gelding by Jetball - Delia’s Chavez, who rode Confluence to and-a-half lengths in 1987! Choice by Sir Tristram), winner of two victory in 2003, was back in the winner’s Then there was Colonial Chief (bay Perak Derby over 2,400m, stormed circle in 2005 when he partnered Hunii New Zealand gelding by Vice Regal - home on the extreme outside of the (black/brown Australian gelding by Gold Seine by Gold Sovereign), winner of track to score an emphatic win. Clay Hero - Arvada Miss by Osmunda) the MRA Cup over 2,000m in 1988 and Champion mare Confluence (bay to victory, stealing a run on Flying the Singapore Gold Cup the following or brown New Zealand mare by Paris Diamond (brown Australian gelding year, who romped home by seven Opera - Tristrams Jewel by Sir Tristram) by Telesto - Innocente by Centaine) who lengths in 1990. outshone everyone else to win in 2003 flashed home too late to catch the Confidence V (chestnut Australian after having won the Selangor Gold winner. gelding by Serheed - Cherie Avion by Cup over 2,000m. After the retirement of Teh, Richard Captain’s Wings) is another stayer who The Sprint Trophy became the Lines became the first Penang trainer to made his mark in 1997 and for three richest sprint and the second richest win the Sprint Trophy when Opposing years running from 2001, the “stayers” race in Malaysia with prizemoney of Force triumphed in 2002 and Frank also made the race their own. RM700,000 in 2000. That year, Seaside Maynard captured his first classic on Smooth Sailing (bay New Zealand Bank (chestnut Australian gelding by the local turf when he saddled Jeram gelding by Kinjite - Quiescent by Sikorsky - Casper Lady by Christmas Tree) New Village to victory in 2005. Maynard Gleam Machine), who has been placed emerged victorious after a thrilling duel repeated the success with Cheyenne with Endanger (brown Dancer in 2008 when he was based at Australian gelding by Sungei Besi. Incidentally, Opposing Force Danehill - Hyeres by Gay was purchased by Teh for NZ$70,000 as Mecene). a yearling. Prizemoney of the In 2009, the Sprint Trophy was Sprint Trophy was run at set-weights for the first time, raised to RM750,000 in in line with most other classic races in 2002 and the Penang Turf Malaysia. Club created history With the end of Astro Wah Lai Loi’s with the sponsorship sponsorship, prizemoney for the Sprint of Astro Wah Lai Toi Trophy was reduced to RM500,000 in 2003 when they in 2011. But should there be five or were able to push the more starters from Singapore, the club total prizemoney to is offering an additional RM600,000, The biggest winning margin in the Sprint Trophy was recorded by bringing the total prizemoney to Captain Obvious in 2010 RM1.1million.

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SPRINT TROPHY WINNERS (Race known as Astro Wah Lai Toi Sprint Trophy from 2003-2010)

YEAR HORSE OWNER WGT DIST. TIME JOCKEY TRAINER

1981 Sovereign Escort II (IRE) Ng’s Stable 49.5 1400m 1:24.8 L Khoo S H Lee 1982 Ten Hugs (GB) Auric Stable 51 1400m 1:25.1 R Rajoo Teh Choon Beng 1983 Andermatt (NZ) Equus Stable 57 1400m 1:22.9 T Lucas I W Allan 1984 Our Saint (NZ) Agasam Stable 57 1400m 1:23.2 T S Chiam G Bougoure 1985 Happiness II (GB) Triomphe Stable 58.5 1400m 1:28.2 M Johnston K Leong 1986 Teetoy (USA) Goodman Stable 56 1400m 1:24.3 P Johnson Teh Choon Beng 1987 St Gallen (NZ) Equus Stable 58.5 1400m 1:29.2 L Danis C Read 1988 He’s Dawan (USA) He’s Dawan Stable 58.5 1400m 1:25.7 T Lucas M Thwaites 1989 Batman (NZ) Auric & Olympia Stable 56 1400m 1:29.7 M Lyndon Teh Choon Beng 1990 Colonial Chief (NZ) Promise Stable 58.5 1400m 1:26.1 K L Oo I W Allan 1991 Batman (NZ) Auric & Olympia Stable 57 1400m 1:22.4 K Clapperton Teh Choon Beng 1992 The Kingfighter (AUS) Selangor Stable 58.5 1400m 1:27.9 S Y Leong J Ho 1993 Beta Ray Bill (NZ) Auric Stable 57.5 1400m 1:23.1 K Clapperton Teh Choon Beng 1994 Kim Kim II (NZ) Kimmui’s Stable 58.5 1400m 1:22.8 I Albuino J Brink 1995 Fischer (AUS) Eres Tu Stable 57 1400m 1:26.9 R Woodworth M Thwaites 1996 Fischer (AUS) Eres Tu Stable 58.5 1400m 1:26.9 S Y Leong M Thwaites 1997 Confidence V (AUS) Confidence Stable 58.5 1400m 1:28.8 S Price F Nathan 1998 Fischer (AUS) Eres Tu Stable 58.5 1400m 1:22.5 J Saimee M Thwaites 1999 Race cancelled due to adverse track conditions 2000 Seaside Bank (AUS) Winning Stable 58 1400m 1:24.6 D O’Heare K C Tiang 2001 Smooth Sailing (NZ) Resourceful Stable 58 1400m 1:23.8 K K Loh B Chua 2002 Opposing Force (NZ) Revenge Stable 58 1400m 1:30.1 S H Lee R Lines 2003 Confluence (NZ) Confidence Stable 56.5 1400m 1:30.1 O Chavez F Nathan 2004 Hunii (AUS) Jackpot Stable 58 1400m 1:22.5 O Chavez M Breukelen 2005 Jeram New Village (NZ) Gold Plus Stable 58 1400m 1:23.7 L Sofhan F Maynard 2006 Triple Happy (AUS) Mdm Kong Sau Leng 57.5 1400m 1:24.6 C Segeon S Liew 2007 Race cancelled due to adverse track conditions 2008 Cheyenne Dancer (AUS) Cheyenne Stable 58 1400m 1:23.2 R Burnett F Maynard 2009 Triple Luck (AUS) Mdm Kong Sau Leng 56 1400m 1:33.6 K Eirwan S Liew 2010 Captain Obvious (AUS) Milton Stable 54 1400m 1:24.11 R Woodworth K L Chong 2011 Blue Tosca (AUS) Blue Grass Stable 52 1400m 1:22.21 M Wepner S Cook Eagle (AUS) Mdm Tey Pei Geok 53 J Low T Gillespie 2012 Mr Raffles (NZ) Raffles Racing Stable 55.5 1400m 1:24.18 G Cheyne M Freedman 2013 Good Baby (AUS) Golden Knight Stable 57 1400m 1:26.25 I Azhar K Coetzee

1st Issue 2014 | 23 Long Service Award TO 75 EMPLOYEES

(L to R) Leow Khin Ming, General Manager & Secretary, Committee Member John Alexander Rodgers, Jacey Quah Ai Choo, Muniandy A/L Kechi, Purushotham A/L Joseph Michael and Veerasingam A/L Veeran.

Fri, 16 Jan 2014 – To commemorate the Penang Turf to receive this award. I am certainly humbled that Club’s 150th Anniversary celebrations, 75 employees the Committee has recognised my efforts and were awarded for their loyalty and long-service to contribution and that of my fellow colleagues, with the Club with a monetary sum of RM246,000 paid this award. I will definitely continue to give my out. Employees who were awarded fell into two best to the Club.” categories, i.e. those from 10 – 20 years of service Mr. John Alexander Rodgers, Committee and those above 20 years of service. There were Member and Convenor of Human Resources, was 27 employees from the 10 – 20 years of service on hand to present the awards to the 75 employees. category and 48 employees from the above 20 years “On behalf of the President and Committee, of service category. we felt that this award was most timely and Veterinary Assistant Mr. Purushotham a/l well-deserving. It is certainly heart-warming to Joseph Michael is the longest-serving employee see that we have employees who have dedicated with 43 years of service. Mr. Purushotham, 64, a huge part of their lives to the organisation. It is started work with the Club in 1970 and has therefore appropriate that they be rewarded for served under six senior Veterinary Surgeons. Said their hard work and dedication. ” Purushotham, “It is definitely a pleasant surprise

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Several pupils of SJK (C) Shang Wu came to the Penang Turf Club early this year to usher in the lunar Year of the Horse with two equine athletes, Black Supreme and Principal Man. Snippets Penang Turf Club Ordinary Member Janet Tan was on hand to distribute oranges to the pupils. Also in attendance Club News in Brief were the gods of Happiness, Prosperity and Longevity.

Two former champions of the 1966-67 and was associated with the Vase in 1972. Malaysian turf, Jim Johnson and Dato great Tobin Bronze with whom he won Teh won the MRA champion Seri Teh Choon Beng, had a memorable the Caulfield Cup in 1967 and two Cox trainer’s title 13 times before he retired reunion at the Flemington racecourse in Plates (1966 and 1967). and is now a prominent Committee Melbourne on March 8, 2014. The two Johnson went on to win back-to- Member of the Penang Turf Club. men are pictured here with Amanda back Melbourne Cups with Rain Lover Yoon. in 1968 and 1969. Jim Johnson was a four-time Johnson then came to Malaysia and champion Adelaide jockey in the early Singapore and rode from 1970 to 1973, 1960s when he won the 1963 Melbourne winning the jockeys’ title in 1972 and Cup on Gatum Gatum. 1973. The success prompted him to try During his time in the MRA circuit, his luck full time in Victoria and he Teh provided Johnson with many of his quickly made his mark in Melbourne, winners and their most notable success winning the jockeys’ premiership in was with Achilles II in the Sultan Gold

1st Issue 2014 | 25 MRA Dinner 2014

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1st Issue 2014 | 27 Monsili storms home to win the Yang diPertua Negeri Gold Cup Monsili on a roll Australian gelding wins Gold Cup for fourth consecutive victory

Trainer Shane Edwards began the 2013 season by winning Malaysian bred Beautiful Choice (Super Istana - Bliss by the Tunku Gold Cup with his second runner in the Malaysian Serheed) also came into the picture. Harmeet, meanwhile, circuit in February and ended the year on another high note eased Monsili out from the rails at the home bend and started when Monsili captured the RM500,000 Yang diPertua Negeri to open up when he saw daylight. Gold Cup (2,000m) in Penang on December 29, 2013. It was also a day to remember for the former Perth trainer. Not only did he win the 2,000m classic, thus joining a host of big names to do so, it was also his best afternoon yet in Malaysia when he saddled a total of four winners. Monsili (Dansili - Mountcat by Mountain Cat) won a race Harmeet Singh Gill returns to scale on Monsili for Edwards in Australia before both horse and trainer came to Malaysia and was also the horse who gave Edwards a winning start in the country when he won his debut in February last year. But the Australian gelding had indifferent form after that and only blossomed since mid-November when winning four consecutive races, culminating with his victory in the Gold Cup. Ridden by Harmeet Singh Gill, Monsili was kept well off the pace early but hugging the rails just as his stablemate Money Machine (Testa Rossa - Trisavente by Sir Tristram) took the lead going into the back straight. Iwa Antilia took over in the back straight and made a breakaway but soon came under pressure at the 600m. Money Machine regained the lead, chased by the favourite Taichi Master entering the home straight.

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Owner Peter Eastman holds aloft the gold cup Trainer Shane Edwards receiving his trophy Tun Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman after receiving the trophy from Tun Dato Seri from Tun Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul bin Haji Abbas presenting the trophy to jockey Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas Rahman bin Haji Abbas Harmeet Singh Gill

YANG DIPERTUA NEGERI GOLD CUP Malaysia Group 1 – 2,000m

Monsili (AUS) 5 G S Edwards 50 HS Gill 1

Beautiful Choice (MAL) 7 G KF Wong 54 L Ho 2 Going: Money Machine (AUS) 6 G S Edwards 51.5 J Shankar 3 Good Ocean Fantasy (AUS) 6 G SB Tan 52 G Cheyne 4 Winning time: Speed Baby (AUS) 7 G K Coetzee 59 O Chavez 5 2 min. 1.3 secs.

Good Sight (AUS) 7 G K Coetzee 56.5 J Low 6 Margins: ¾ length, 1 ¼ lengths, Taichi Master (AUS) 5 G R Lines 55.5 J De Souza 7 1 ¾ lengths. Littlebitofjoy (USA) 5 G E Goh 54 I Azhar 8

Iwa Antilia (JAP) 5 G N Azman 52 KC Tham 9

Beautiful Choice hit the front 100m out but was soon challenged by Monsili who went on to win by three quarters of a length. Money Machine held on for third. It is the second big win for Edwards in his first season in Malaysia after his success with Rebel Fury in the Tunku Gold Cup. Yang diPertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Tun Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas presented the trophies to the winning connections. Group photo after the prize presentation

1st Issue 2014 | 29 Jockeys for the race pose for a photo

After an eye-catching fifth in his debut in June last year, THE POWER OF the Australian gelding went on to win his next two starts by big margins. Trainer Johnny Lim then decided to give him a let-up and set him for the richest prize in Malaysia, the RM1million Malaysian 2013 Magic Millions Classic (1,200m) in Penang on December 29, 2013. MAGIC South African jockey Greg Cheyne, who enjoyed a lot of Mystic Power too classy success in limited appearances in Malaysia last year when based at Kranji, was specially invited by Lim to partner the in Malaysian 2013 Magic gelding despite having finished his Singapore tenure three Millions Classic months earlier. It proved to be a master stroke. Cheyne, who also won the Sprint Trophy on this track with Mr Raffles (Storm Creek - Force Fillee by Foxbay) in 2012, Despite costing A$110,000 as a yearling, Mystic Power (late had Mystic Power on the rails in fourth spot on settling down. Tennessee Wills) did not quite measure up to expectations At the top of the straight, the pacemaker Black Sequalo was when racing in Australia with just three third placings from joined by hot favourite Petrenui and Pisces Star on his outside eight runs Down Under. One of the placings, though, came in while Mystic Power was looking for a run behind Black Sequalo the listed St Albans Stakes at Moonee Valley. and Petrenui. But Mystic Power (Not A Single Doubt - Tennessee Sunrise Black And White (Mutawaajid - Dubai Pearl by Charnwood by End Sweep) has more than proven his worth after coming Forest) was being switched out from the rails behind the over to Malaysia. leading bunch.

Mystic Power holds on to win from Black And White Jockey Greg Cheyne receiving his trophy from David Houston (left), Manager of Magic Millions Sales in Perth

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Mystic Power went for a gap Mystic Power beat off Petrenui at the sales attracted a capacity field of 16 between Black Sequalo and Petrenui at 150m and went on to win by one length runners with one entry, Petrenui, from the top of the straight and they were with Black And White flashing home Singapore. The Brian Dean-trained in a line at the 250m. Mystic Power and second. Ghost Street (California Dane - gelding finished fifth. Petrenui soon kicked away. At the stage, Pomme De Here by Dehere) also finished David Chester, Sales Director and Black And White also charged home but strongly to take third placing. David Houston, Manager from Magic lugged out badly at one stage which The race for three and four-year- Millions Sales Pty Ltd, gave away the proved costly. old graduates of Magic Millions trophies to the winning connections.

Penang Turf Club President Ong Eng Khuan The winning connections pose for a group photo presenting a memento to David Chester

MALAYSIAN 2013 MAGIC MILLIONS CLASSIC Malaysian Group 3 – 1,200m

Mystic Power (AUS) 4 H BT Lim 58 G Cheyne 1

Black And White (AUS) 3 G E Seet 54 KY Yap 2

Ghost Street (AUS) 4 G J Tan 58 J De Souza 3

Harden Up (AUS) 4 G MH Wee 58 I Saifudin 4

Petrenui (AUS) 4G B Dean 58 I Azhar 5

California Cat (AUS) 4 G F Maynard 58 K A’Isisuhairi 6 Going: Good Pisces Star (AUS) 3 G PK Leong 54 W D’Avila 7

Black Viscount (AUS) 3 G SH Tan 53 O Chavez 8 Winning time: 1min. 10.38secs. Little Jumbo (AUS) 3 F WC Lim 50 J Low 9

Goldhill Princess (AUS) 3 F WC Lim 51.5 H Yang 10 Margins: 1 length, 2 lengths, Tom The Cruiser (AUS) 3 G J Brink 54 K Eirwan 11 head. Speed Flying (AUS) 4 G J Tan 58 HK Cheng 12

Black Sequalo (AUS) 4 G SH Tan 57 J Shankar 13

Cizen Man (AUS) 4 G SH Tan 58 YK Yan 14

Uncle Glory (AUS 3 G E Seet 54 WT Chung 15

Cizen Gift (AUS) 3 G SH Tan 53 S Salee 13

1st Issue 2014 | 31 ob well done Decisive move earns Easy Job the Easy Job races home ahead of Mr Lucky Mitavite Cup

It was a job well done when Easy Job (Vital Equine - Vain Waltz by Kenvain) captured the RM60,000 Mitavite Cup in jPenang on December 29, 2013. The Australian gelding came in the Class 4 - 1,400m handicap on a rich vein of form, having won two of his previous three starts, and as such was installed joint favourite with Lectern (Reset - Lectures by Arena). While the latter was never in the hunt in the Cup, Easy Job quickly settled in second place in the 13-horse field. He was travelling so well jockey Gavin Kenna presenting the trophy to trainer A delighted jockey Tai Lee Leong receiving Wayne Lim his trophy from Gavin Kenna Tai Lee Leong did not hesitate to send him to the front at the home turn. That proved decisive because when Mr Lucky (Bradbury’s Luck - Stately Rose by Cossack Warrior) came charging home, Easy Job was able to hold on to win by half a length. Higgs Boson (God’s Own - Aly’s Affair by Colonial Affair) also flew home to claim third spot. It was the fifth win in 20 starts for Easy Job who was originally purchased by Penang Turf Club for A$15,000 as a yearling. Gavin Kenna, Director and General Manager of Mitavite Asia Sdn Bhd, presented the trophies to the winning connections.

The winning connections pose for a photo with representative of Mitavite and Penang Turf Club Committee Member John Alexander Rodgers (centre)

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Big Rock winning easily from Forgiven Dato Ong Eng Khuan presenting the trophy to owner Mr Alph Tranne ROCK Big Rock proves hard to beat in Scenic Lodge Trophy

After winning two races in field was Winning Line (Perfectly Ready - Singapore in 2012 when racing Ellen Tina by Montjeu). as Bieber, Big Rock was sold and Big Rock also raced six times in dispatched to Kuala Lumpur to join Australia for a win and four seconds. trainer Shane Edwards following some Dato Ong Eng Khuan, President dismal performances in the second half of Penang Turf Club, presented the of that year. trophies to the winning connections on It took just three runs in Malaysia behalf of Scenic Lodge Thoroughbred for Big Rock (Cape Cross - Crescent Stud which stands the current Jockey Jai Shankar receiving his trophy Moon by Mr Prospector) to find his champion sire Blackfriars among others. from Dato Ong Eng Khuan winning form again in May last year. The Australian gelding then ended the season on a high with a runaway win in the RM55,000 Scenic Lodge Trophy in Penang on December 29, 2014. On the strength of his second placing in his previous starts, Big Rock started odds-on in the Class 4 - 2,000m handicap. After sitting quietly behind the pace, Big Rock made his move round the home bend and went on to win drawing away by two and a half lengths from Forgiven (No Excuse Needed - Localpoint by Danasinga). Third in the seven-horse The winning connections pose for a photo

1st Issue 2014 | 33 Rebel Fury returns to scale with Jai Shankar in the saddle

Tunku Ahmad Yahaya presenting the trophy to trainer Shane Edwards The fire returns Ridden this time around by Jai Shankar, the newly- Rebel Fury regains form to win Tunku crowned champion jockey parked the seven-year-old in fourth spot till the home turn before challenging the leaders Gold Cup for second consecutive year Colin The Firth and Attorney General for the lead. It was only in the final 200m that Rebel Fury (Dante’s Fury - Rebel Fury, who made a winning debut in Malaysia in the Dancing Feet by Middle Kingdom) surged to the front and drew Tunku Gold Cup last year, bounced back to form at the right away to win by one and a quarter length. moment to win the 1,200m sprint classic again at Sungei Besi Rank outsider Ocean Fantasy (Dubawi - Perspicacious on February 2, 2014. by Sound Reason) finished second, just ahead of Crazy Club After his big win last year, the Australian gelding picked (Scandal Keeper - She Can Tango by Danehill Dancer). up another race soon after but struggled to regain that form, Edwards trained Rebel Fury to win seven races in Western until he lined up for the Tunku Gold Cup, worth RM350,000 Australia before bringing the gelding to Malaysia when he this year, for the second time. relocated here in early 2013.

Jockey Jai Shankar receiving his trophy from Group photo after the prize presentation Tunku Ahmad Yahaya

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HOME GROUND

VictoryGold Coast-trained Beebee’s Last wins Penang Turf Club Goodwill Cup

Jeffrey Kruger (second from left) with the winning connections after the prize presentation of the Penang Turf Club Trophy at the Gold Coast

Beebee’s Last (Jet Spur - Babinda Belle by Keltrice), who The dam of Beebee’s Last, a winner of five races at stormed to victory in the A$13,000 Penang Turf Club 1,000m and 1,200m, is a half-sister to Waikato (Pins – Goodwill Cup at the Gold Coast on November 2, 2013, Skywalker Wilkes by Skywalker) who won 19 races in has a strong MRA connection. Singapore including the Kranji Mile, Queen Elizabeth The four-year-old mare defeated the favourite II Cup, Singapore 4YO Sprint, Jumbo Jet Trophy and Strutter (Jet Spur - Street Walker by Maroof) in the Class Saas Fee Stakes twice. 1 - 1,400m event for fillies and mares for her third win On the same day the Penang Turf Club Goodwill in 18 starts. Cup was staged, Gold Coast Turf Club also hosted Trained at the Gold Coast by Michael Maunder the Selangor Turf Club Goodwill Cup and the Korea and ridden by Adam Best, Beebee’s Last sat just off the Racing Authority Maiden. pace before racing clear to win by one length, denying Penang Turf Club Ordinary Member Jeffrey Kruger victory to former Kranji based trainer Len Treloar who represented the Club at the event and gave away the trains Strutter. Third in the 10-horse field was Best Of trophies to the winning connections. My Love (Floral Dynamite - Kindilan by Shagny).

1st Issue 2014 | 35 Dato Ong Eng Khuan with Louis Romanet, Chairman of International Federation of Horseracing and T. Brian Stevenson, Chairman of Hong Kong Jockey Club at the Hong Kong International race day.

Akeed Mofeed winning the Hong Kong Cup

Glorious Days taking out the Hong Kong Mile

Hong Kong Glorious Days, with Douglas Whyte on board, gave a withering run from the outside to take the HK$20 million Hong Kong Mile over 1,600m. The John dominant Size-trained Glorious Days (Hussonet Local horses win three of four internationals - San Century by Centaine) swung the final bend from a wide gate to run as Akeed Mofeed takes Hong Kong Cup down the favourite Gold-Fun (Le Vie Dei Hong Kong horses again stood out against the rest of the world at the International Colori - Goodwood March by Foxhound). Race Day on December 8, 2013 taking three out of the four internationals. Third was Packing Whiz (Trade Fair - The HK$15 million Hong Kong Vase over 2,400m was won by Dominant (Cacique Swizzle by Efisio). - Es Que by Inchinor) giving Hong Kong its first Vase win for 15 years. Dominant’s Douglas Whyte made it a grand three-quarter-length victory over race favourite The Fugue (Dansili - Twyla Tharp by double when he piloted Akeed Mofeed to Sadler’s Wells) was largely due to jockey Zac Purton’s poise and race sense. Dunaden win the HK$22 million Hong Kong Cup (Nicobar - La Marlia by Kaldounevees), winner of the Vase in 2011, was third. over 2,000m by one length from Tokei The rearward position of Dominant, trained by John Moore, in the race turned Halo (Gold Halo - Dance Queen by Mill out to be an advantage as Purton could see the favourites boxed up on his inside George). Trained by Richard Gibson, at the 600m when he seized the opportunity and made the break to outstay them. Akeed Mofeed was bottled up for a run In the HK$15 million Hong Kong Sprint, Japan’s Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha along the rails before straightening at - Lady Blossom by Storm Cat) made a five-length demolition of the field over the 150m to run down the Japanese 1,200m. The Takayuki Yashuda-trained entire now heads to the breeding farm runner Tokei Halo. Third was Cirrus after becoming the first back-to-back winner in the Hong Kong Sprint since Silent Des Aigles (Even Top - Taille de Guepe by Witness in 2003 and 2004. Septieme Ciel). Lord Kanaloa had settled midfield and two off the rails from a wide gate when The total attendance was 68,611 jockey Yasunari Iwata rounded the final bend six-deep, dashed to the front 200m persons and the turnover for the day out and drew clear ahead of Sole Power (Kyllachy - Demerger by Distant View) to was over HK$1.35 billion. become the best sprinter in the world, with Frederick Engels (Iceman - Colonel’s By Dato Ong Eng Khuan Daughter by Colonel Collins) finishing up third.

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Dato Ong Eng Khuan with GAI’S HOLY GRAIL Robert McLeod in Flemington First Aussie woman to win Melbourne Cup after three second-place finishes

Fiorente gallops to victory in 2013 after finishing runner-up the year before

The race that stops the nation saw Gai Waterhouse’s Fiorente Oliver, it was his third Melbourne Cup victory. His first win (Monsun - Desert Bloom by Pilsudski) gave the daughter was on Doriemus in 1995 followed by Media Puzzle in 2002. of the legendary trainer Tommy Smith her first win in the Gai Waterhouse had been runner-up three times in Te Melbourne Cup (2,400m) on November 5, 2013. Akau Nick in 1993, Nothing Leica Dane in 1995 and Fiorente in She became the first Australian woman to saddle a winner last year’s race. of the world’s most famous handicap race. “It’s a holy grail, it’s the most important staying race we (The first woman to win the Melbourne Cup was Sheila have in the southern hemisphere and it’s nice to have the Cup Laxon, wife of current Singapore based Laurie Laxon, when at Tulloch Lodge,” Waterhouse said. “It’s nice to be up there she saddled Ethereal in 2001. Laurie also won the Cup with with dad.” Empire Rose in 1988.) Her dad won the Cup twice, with Toparoa in 1955 and Just As the 24-horse field turn for home, challengers began to A Dash in 1981. emerge. First Mourayan and Brown Panther, then Mount Athos Fiorente began his career in England with Sir Michael which had crept into the race followed by Red Cadeaux, the Stoute before being bought for a seven-figure sum by runner-up in 2011. Fiorente followed the path through the Waterhouse’s client. His success is a tribute to Waterhouse’s field and stalked his rivals ominously. training as very few horses that win the Cup had started in it Red Cadeaux (Cadeaux Genereux - Artisia by Peintre Celebre) previously. You have to go back to Empire Rose in 1988 to find again looked set for victory two years after a narrow defeat a runner-up who went one better the following year. when he shot to a seemingly winning lead inside the final For Red Cadeaux, the story was one of heartbreak after 200m but once again, he was the ready prey for a fellow another second in the race but he still picked up close to European horse. Irish bred Fiorente loomed large and proved A$2 million for twice running second in the world’s most the stronger horse with his jockey riding hands and heels from competitive staying handicap. In that sense, it is difficult the 150m to the to call him a hard luck story even though he was beaten by finishing line. Dunaden by a nose in the closest finish ever seen in the great Mount Athos race’s history in 2011. The second, third and fourth horses (Montjeu - Ionian were all trained in England or Ireland and were ridden by Sea by Slip European riders. Anchor) stayed The crowd at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day was on in third. 104,000. For Fiorente’s By Dato Ong Eng Khuan jockey Damien An elated Gai Waterhouse at the prize presentation

1st Issue 2014 | 37 A Treve demolition Unbeaten filly beats top field in Dato Ong Eng Khuan posing in front of the statue of the 1991 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Suave Dancer

Three-year-old filly Treve (Motivator – Trevise by Anabaa) Orfevre (Stay Gold - Oriental Art by Mejiro McQueen) who demolished one of the best fields seen in the Qatar Prix de finished runner-up for the second successive year. l’Arc de Triomphe (2,400m) hacking up five lengths ahead of Andre Fabre’s Intello (Galileo - Impressionnante by Danehill) the field, giving Criquette Head-Maarek her finest moment was in third place and Kizuna (Deep Impact - Catequil by Storm as a trainer at Longchamp on October 6, 2013. Cat), the Japanese Derby winner, in fourth. Treve’s scintillating Jockey Thierry Jarnet’s runaway win on the unbeaten win over ten Group 1 winners confirmed her as the best long Treve was remarkable as he allowed Treve to stride out to the distance race horse in the world. leaders before the home turn when she displayed a turn of Treve was bred in France by Haras Du Quesnay, the family foot to power home on the home straight ahead of Japan’s run stud farm of Criquette Head-Maarek. The filly was passed in at €22,000 at the Arqana Deauville October Yearling Sale in 2011 and the family raced her thrice for three wins. Following her win in the Group 1 Prix de Diane Longines (the French Oaks) in June, she was purchased by Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani for an undisclosed sum reputed to be £8 million. Treve went on to win the Group 1 Qatar Prix Vermeille before contesting the Arc for which her owner has to pay a supplementary fee of €100,000. Following her Arc win, Treve was honoured as the highest rated horse in the world together with Black Caviar (of Australia) during the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Ceremony at the gala dinner of the Longines Hong Kong International Races on December 6, 2013.

By Dato Ong Eng Khuan Treve coasting home to win in style

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1st Issue 2014 | 41 Congratulations to all the Winners Here are some of the owners with victories at the Club’s meetings recently Photos courtesy of Yee Khai Seng/Amy Loh

Guarantee Handicap Pisang Mas Handicap SEA Class 5 – 1200m NO Class 3 – 1700m BUTTERFLY Date : 28.9.2013 UNCERTAINTY Date : 28.9.2013 Owner : Leo Eighty Two Stable Owner : Partner Stable Trainer : P Lee Trainer : SH Tan Jockey : WK Yan Jockey : I Azhar

Coup De Main Stakes Macondo Handicap UNCLE Restricted Maiden – 1200m WU JIN Class 5 – 1700m GLORY Date : 29.9.2013 Date : 29.9.2013 Owner : Purple Rain Stable Owner : J &J Stable Trainer : E Seet Trainer : SH Tan Jockey : K Eirwan Jockey : I Azhar

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Wonargo Handicap KIWI Class 5 – 2000m MAESTRO Date : 5.10.2013 Owner : Master Jun Stable Trainer : N Azman Jockey : TM Wan

Montesano Handicap EXCELLENT Class 5 -1300m GOAL Date: 5.10.2013 Owner: Kelvin’s Stable Trainer: KF Wong Jockey: K Eirwan

Permata Kuching Handicap IDEALISTIC Class 5 – 1700m MOMENT Date : 22.12.2013 Owner : Lau Kang Peng Trainer : KM Noordin Jockey : HK Cheng

Honey Dew Handicap BLAZING Maiden – 1300m DRAGON Date : 21.12.2013 Star Writ Handicap Owner : Goodsir Stable SAPPHIRE Class 5 – 1300m Trainer : R Lines STAR Date : 28.12.2013 Jockey : R Rueven Owner : Purple Rain Stable Trainer : S Shanmugam Jockey : J Shankar

1st Issue 2014 | 43 Maxwell Garden Handicap Glen Larmonic Handicap COLOURLAND Class 5 – 1300m ELECTRONIC Class 4 – 1400m KID Date : 28.12.2013 FORTUNE Date : 28.12.2013 Owner : Colourland Stable Owner : Electronic Stable Trainer : D Miller Trainer : D Miller Jockey : J Low Jockey : KC Tham

Chaichana Handicap Sporting Gesture II Handicap TRIPLE Class 4 – 1400m KAWAN Class 3 – 1200m ONE Date : 28.12.2013 STREET Date : 28.12.2013 Owner : Yee Kin Kong Owner : Squire Stable D’BEST Trainer : PK Leong Trainer : N Azman Jockey : W D’Avila Jockey : I Azhar

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Black King Handicap Aurora II Handicap HIGH PEAK Class 5 – 1300m CARBON Class 3 – 1700m Date: 29.12.2013 COPY Date: 9.2.2014 Owner: Good Fish Stable Owner: Super Singh Stable Trainer: HS Lim Trainer: S Cook Jockey: WT Chung Jockey: J Shankar

Aramada Handicap KIM Class 5 – 1700m PROTECTOR Date: 8.2.2014 Owner: Kimmui’s Stable Trainer: KM Noordin Jockey: J Shankar

Demand Draft Handicap Market Street Handicap CHAMPAGNE Class 5 – 1400m MR Class 5 – 1400m NEEDED Date: 9.2.2014 MARVEL Date: 9.2.2014 Owner: Ong Siew Guan Owner: J & J Stable Trainer: E Seet Trainer: SH Tan Jockey: KY Yap Jockey: KY Yap

1st Issue 2014 | 45 Chronology of Events Significant milestones in the history of the Malayan Racing Association

The Penang Turf Club racecourse at Macalister Road Spectators on wooden stands at Macalister Road

Captain Francis Light

1786 Francis Light forms the British 1831 The capital of the Straits 1896 Straits Racing Association is Settlement on Penang Island Settlements is transferred from established. Creation of the (Prince of Wales Island) in the Penang to Singapore. Federated Malay States (Negeri name of English East India Sembilan, Pahang, Perak and Company. Selangor). Selangor Turf Club is 1842 Establishment of the Singapore established in Ampang. Turf Club at Farrer Park. 1805 Penang is raised to the status of a British Indian Presidency 1921 First Penang Gold Cup. under the East India Company. 1864 Establishment of the Penang Turf Club at Jalan Macalister. 1924 First Singapore Gold Cup. 1819 Stamford Raffles forms the British Settlement on the Island 1867 Transfer of control of the Straits of Singapore. Settlements from India to the 1941 December — Japan invades Colonial Office, London. The Malaya and Singapore. opening of the Suez Canal. 1826 Penang, Malacca and Singapore are joined together to form 1945 September — British forces land the Presidency of the Straits 1874 The Pangkor Engagement, by in Penang and Singapore. Settlements with its capital in which the British recognize Raja Penang. Abdullah as Sultan of Perak Racing resumes in Penang and impose a British adviser Turf Club with Grand Victory (Resident) on him. British Meeting at Batu Gantong on 1830 The Presidency of the Straits adviser (Resident) imposed on September 29. Settlements is reduced to a Selangor. Residency under the direct supervision of the East India 1946 April — Singapore becomes Company’s government at 1886 First Perak Turf Club is a separate crown colony from Calcutta. established in Taiping. Straits Settlements and Malay States.

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Race day at Penang Turf Club

The grandstand at Batu Gantong racecourse in 1939

1957 Birth of the Federation of 1996 Thirteen times champion 2003 September — Astro Wah Lai Toi Malaya. trainer on the Malaysian sponsors Penang Sprint Trophy. Singapore circuit Teh Choon Stakes increased to RM1 Beng created history by million. Yang di-Pertua Negeri 1961 Straits Racing Association becoming the first trainer to Gold Cup stakes is raised to becomes Malayan Racing become a Committee Member RM1.35 million. Association. Racing (Totalisator of Penang Turf Club and the Board) Act, Federation of Malayan Racing Association. Malaya — an Act to provide 2005 March — Youth and Sports for the establishment of a Minister Dato Azalina Totalisator Board with the 1999 September — Singapore Turf Othman Said officiates at the powers to conduct betting, Club moves to new racecourse ground breaking ceremony equine research and to in Kranji. Twilight and night of the Penang International establish, maintain and improve racing begins. Equestrian Centre. the Malaysian Turf Clubs.

2000 First running of Singapore 2009 Stakes for Malaysian Magic 1963 Singapore, British North Borneo Airlines International Cup. Millions Classic raised to RM1 and Sarawak join Malaya to Yang di-Pertua Negeri Gold million, making Penang the form the Malaysian Federation. Cup becomes the first million- first club to host three million- ringgit race in Malaysia. ringgit races.

1965 Singapore separates from Malaysia to become a Republic. 2002 November — Penang Turf 2010 Refurbishment of the main Club members vote to build a racing track. new ultra-modern racecourse. 1993 Selangor Turf Club moves to Yang di-Pertua Negeri Gold new racecourse at Sungei Besi. Cup stakes is raised to RM1.3 2012 The grass training track million. had undergone repair and restoration works.

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Brief History of Penang turf Club

The Penang Turf Club’s racetrack with the Parade Ring in the foreground in 1980

here has been organised racing of his, D A M Brown, should at the turn in Penang for 150 years, with of the century be Secretary and Clerk of Tthe Penang Turf Club having the Course and in due time President. been founded in 1864. The Club received a free land But the first ponies from England grant in Macalister Road for its course Forbes Scott Brown (1816 - 1874), third son of David Brown. “The started to arrive in Penang (formerly of seven furlongs and 81 3/4 yards. change in name was brought to our known as Prince of Wales Island) as Here the first stands and buildings attention by Claire and Andrew Johnston of David Brown Family” soon as Francis Light hoisted the Union of wood and attap were put up in Jack in 1786 at the Esplanade in honour 1869 and small annual meetings were of George, Prince of Wales, who later started. Prizemonies were never more became King George IV. than $600 for the whole meeting then. An oil painting by William The racecourse became the Daniell in 1818 (a year before the venue for recreation for the English founding of Singapore) shows the gentlemen and ladies as the sport was view of North Beach from the Council confined exclusively to the Europeans. House, depicts clearly four horses on Even then, the influence of the East was the beach with their strappers. prevalent as can be seen in a trophy However, the Sport of Kings laced with Chinese dragons in 1878. only took off with the establishment By 1898, Penang was holding two of the Penang Turf Club. It was natural meetings a year, two days in January Datuk Lim Huck Aik, the longest that David Brown, a member of the and two in July, known as the Spring serving President of Penang Turf celebrated Gelugor family, should have and Autumn races. Prizemoney for the Club been the first President and that a son year totalled $5,950. Race days were

1st Issue 2014 | 49 usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays In 1900, new and substantial to the front of the golf clubhouse. and were declared public holidays in stands were built. These were to serve World War I held up the growth the Straits Settlement of Penang. the Club for nearly 40 years until the of racing throughout the region and it Even the funicular hill railway Club acquired its present 93-hectare had barely had time to get going again timetable was scheduled to coincide site for $250,000 at Batu Gantong in before it was badly affected by the with race days. Hence, the late trains 1935. Depression of the Thirties. up the hill were on Wednesdays At the three-day January meeting Nevertheless, Penang went ahead and Saturdays. This practice was in 1907, the stakes totalled $26,000. with the purchase and construction discontinued only recently. There were entries from the Federated of the new course and stands at Batu Malay States, Singapore, Burma, the Gantong in a splendid setting. Work Netherlands Indies and India. was completed at a cost of $350,000 and Membership was then 500. the course was opened on May 27, 1939 Locals became involved in racing by J D Kemp, who was President when by the turn of the century and work began in 1936. among the prominent Penang owners The course is nine furlongs and 94 were Dr P V Locke, Lee Toon Poon, yards. The Club also has a golf course Chung Thye Siong and his brother with seven holes in the centre of the Chung Thye Pin, whose Devilment course proper and 11 holes in adjoining won the Singapore Derby in 1905. areas. The three-floor grandstand is Chung Thye Pin donated a of the most modern design, giving all cast-iron water fountain seats a clear view of racing. There are to the Club in 1904. This excellent totalisator and other facilities fountain is now relocated and an infield indicator board. Racing can also be viewed from tea pavilions of racing. The top floor houses the In 2003, Penang Turf Club for members and Ordinary Members. VIP suite, luxuriously finished with added a second million-ringgit race When World War II broke out boxed in windows and skylights that to its calendar when prizemoney for there were over 100 horses in training allow for natural lighting of the lounge the Sprint Trophy was raised to RM1 at Penang. Largely due to the efforts of behind the viewing boxes. There were million with the sponsorship of Astro Ong Huck Lim, a prominent Chancery also cafeterias on the first and second Wah Lai Toi. lawyer who later became President of floors. In 2009, stakes for the Malaysian the Club, racing managed to carry on The year 1980 was a very Magic Millions Classic was raised to between 1942 and 1945. busy one for the Club. It marked the RM1 million, making Penang Turf Club With Lieutenant Colonel complete installation of a closed-circuit the first to stages three million-ringgit Drake-Brockman, Ong worked on television system and also a new races in the country. rehabilitation after the war and they computerised tote sell/pay system. In Refurbishment of the main were later joined by C D D Hogan, a December that year, the Yang racing track commenced on 5 July 2010 former President, in ensuring a return di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup Meeting and was completed on 31 December to pre-war standards. Lee Toon Poon, was transmitted to the Perak Turf Club, 2010. It was re-opened for racing in for many years a prominent supporter marking the first-ever “live” telecast of March 2011. A total of RM16.5 million of the Club, became President and he races on the local circuit. was spent to re-turf and to improve the was succeeded by Tan Sri Lee Tiang The year 2000 was also a drainage system of the race track. Keng and Datuk Lim Huck Aik. significant one for the Penang Turf The grass training track had Datuk Lim was the longest Club. Firstly, the Club co-hosted the undergone repair and restoration serving President, from November 1958 27th Asian Racing Conference with the works from 1 January 2012. It was re- until his retirement in July 1982. He Singapore Turf Club. opened for training in May 2012. With must be remembered as the person The same year, the Club staged these two upgrading works, Penang who is instrumental in turning the the first million-ringgit race in Malaysia Turf Club’s horse racing and training Penang Turf Club from the verge of with the running of the Yang di-Pertua tracks are considered to be one of the bankruptcy (in those early days) to Negeri Gold Cup. best and safest tracks in the region. what it is today. The end of 1978 marked the opening of the Grandstand Extension Building which was built adjacent to the existing grandstand. The new grandstand is a commendable piece of architecture that cost about RM4.5 million and took two years to build. This extension, which provides seating for 3,000 and standing room for 2,000, brought the Club’s capacity to 8,000. The new building with two tiers of public gallery and split level rows of chairs, gives an unobstructed view

1st Issue 2014 | 51 Trophy 2014

2014 Forthcoming Sales Dates July Sale Horses/Fillies in Training, Broodmares, etc. July 8 – 11

October Yearling Sale Book 1 October 7 – 10 Europe’s Premier Yearling Sale - featuring the £1,300,000 Tattersalls Millions Books 2 & 3 October 12 – 17 Book 4 Oct. 30 – 31

Autumn Horses in Training Sale The World’s Largest Horses in Training Sale October 27 – 30

December Sale Yearlings November 24 Foals November 26 – 29 Breeding Stock Sale December 1 – 5 Broodmares, Fillies/Horses in Training etc.

Tattersalls Tel: +44 1638 665931 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com

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TOURIST PACKAGE The Tourist Package is a specially designed package for visitors who are interested to attend the local races. At RM48 per person, it includes: • Admission ticket • RM14 prepaid betting slips • Club postcards and brochures • Complimentary parking

Dress Code • Gentlemen – Smart casual • Ladies – Smart casual

The Tourist Package can be pre- purchased or purchased on race days at the main entrance of the club. Prices are subject to change.

Enquiries: The Horseshoe Bistro Please contact the following persons at (604) 238 5288. Located at Level 2 of the Club, the Horseshoe Bistro is Tourist Package a modern contemporary private enclosure exclusively Ms Adeline Goh (Adelle) or designed to cater for large groups of tourists who have Ms Adeline Khoo purchased the Tourist Package. It is also available as a Events at the Horseshoe Bistro function space to hold private parties and corporate events. Ms Adeline Goh

The PNTC Museum Take a trip down memory lane where the Club’s oldest and fondest are housed

From antique trophies, cups and other valuables to paraphernalia like badges, admission tickets, race books and racing calendars dating back to 1912; a wide range of artefacts can be found in the museum located at the Ground Floor of the Club.

Take the opportunity to browse through the exhibits on on-course race days and learn more about the history of the club. The PTC Golf Section A 18-hole golf course nestled within the grounds of the club

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stablished in 1948, the golf course was constructed under the supervision of Tom Verity, a former professional at the Royal Selangor Golf Club. The course started with 9 holes in 1966 and later expanded to 18 holes with 9 holes constructed within the racing tracks, the most Eunique feature of the course. Course Information • 18 holes Par 68 • Men: 5117 metres, slope rating: 119, course rating: 66.8 • Ladies: 4468 metres, slope rating: 118, course rating: 68.1 • Turf: Cow grass on fairways and rough Serangoon on greens

Operational Hours Driving range Monday – Wednesday (Closed Thursday – Sunday & Public Holidays) 8:30am – 12:00noon, 3:00pm – 7:00pm

Fees & Charges Green Fees for 18 holes

Weekdays • Visitors (walk-in) RM95.40 (RM90 + 6% Gov Tax) • Guests of Members RM74.20 (RM70 + 6% Gov Tax)

Weekends & Public Holidays • Visitors (walk-in) RM180.20 (RM170 + 6% Gov Tax) • Guests of Members RM116.60 (RM110 + 6% Gov Tax)

Other Charges • Caddy Fees (compulsory) RM45.00 (RM40.00 + RM5.00 (caddy fund)) • Insurance RM 3.00 • Golf Set Rental RM50.00

For more information, please call the Golf Section at (604) 238 8226, fax (604) 226 6535.

1st Issue 2014 | 55 PNTC Equestrian Centre Your chance to ride in style amidst nature’s most untainted environment

trategically located in the heart of Georgetown, the Penang Turf Club Equestrian Club provides equestrian facilities for both the leisure and performance rider. It is a riding school to best introduce you to the world of dressage, show Sjumping and good horsemanship by qualified coaches.

PNTC Equestrian Club (PNTCEC) Registration*

Adult Child (Below 18 years of age) PNTCEC Registration (one-off) RM106.00 RM 53.00 PNTCEC Annual Fee RM 53.00 RM 53.00 Total RM159.00 RM106.00

Penang Equestrian Association (PEA) Membership*

Payment for PEA Membership Registration can be made with Ms Sharon Kow (Secretary) at 016-693 3716 or Mr. Charlie See (Treasurer) at 017-477 5222.

Adult Child (Below 18 years of age) PEA Registration (one-off) RM100.00 RM 30.00 PEA Annual Fee RM100.00 RM 30.00

PNTCEC & PEA Registration Fees Total RM200.00 RM 60.00

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RIDING PACKAGES – wef 1st February 2013

ORIENTATION Level Horse Management Course STANDARD Riding Package (Compulsory) The standard package caters to group of 2 or more riders • 32 hour course inclusive of materials and assessment. A combined according to the riders’ level of competency and Certificate of Attendance will be accorded to participants age. Riders at this level should be able to ride independently. who complete the course. Each session will last approximately 40 minutes with the • With MyKad: RM424.00 per person (inclusive of 6% Gov riding lesson at 25-30 minutes. Tax) inclusive of registration with Majlis Ekuin Malaysia. • With MyKad: RM424.00 for a package of 8 lessons • Without MyKad: RM524.00 per person (inclusive of 6% (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax). Gov Tax) inclusive of registration with Majlis Ekuin • Without MyKad: RM524.00 for a package of 8 lessons Malaysia. (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax). • Ordinary Member of PNTC: RM254.40 (inclusive of 6% BEGINNERS Riding Package Gov Tax) for a package of 8 lessons. • Lessons are tailored to suit a group of 2 or more beginners or riders wishing to resume riding after a long break. ADVANCED Riding Package Each session will last approximately 40 minutes with 25- The Advanced Riding Package is suitable for competitive 30 minutes of riding lesson. riders who require improvements on their standards and • With MyKad: RM498.20 for a package of 8 lessons riding skills OR individuals/groups wishing to begin their (inclusive 6% Gov Tax). riding experience specially designed by a Level 2 Coach, • Without MyKad: RM592.00 for a package of 8 lessons Mr. Johari Lee. Lessons are either in Groups of 2 -4 riders or (inclusive 6% Gov Tax). on Individual basis. Each session will last approximately 40 minutes. Group • With MyKad: RM594.00 (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax) for a package of 8 lessons. • Without MyKad: RM706.00 (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax) for a package of 8 lessons. Private Lessons • With MyKad: RM721.00 (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax) for a package of 8 lessons. • Without MyKad: RM857.00 (inclusive of 6% Gov Tax) for a package of 8 lessons.

BOOKING SYSTEM • The club will accept bookings for 8 lesson packages paid in advance according to the availability of slots. • Bookings can be made in advance to ensure your booking is secured. • Cancellations –must be made 24hrs prior to your lesson during business hours (7.00 am – 12.00nn, 2.00pm – 6.00pm). In the event that no cancellations are made, the lesson will be charged accordingly. The Management reserves the right to cancel, postpone or re-schedule the bookings made. • Bookings and payments can be made at the Equestrian office during business hours as mentioned above.

Important Phone Numbers: 04-827 6598 (O), 016-410 0807 (Johari), 012-380 5769 (Edric), 016-626 1972 (Pauline).

1st Issue 2014 | 57 Club Bungalow at Penang Hill Retreat from the world to the stunning Penang Hill and discover a tranquil haven

he Penang Turf Club bungalow, warm and inviting, stands in all of its charm, more than 500 metres above sea level. Located a mere ten-minute walk from the Viaduct Funicular Train Station, the club’s bungalow is peacefully tucked away amidst the very best nature has to offer - lushT greenery and fresh cool air. The bungalow embraces a splendour of old-world design; its living area, dining hall and bedrooms are all seamlessly integrated, allowing natural light to flow through the entire bungalow, creating a sense of tranquillity and open space. With a bird’s eye view of Penang island, its beautifully landscaped garden is adorned with an abundance of colourful rose bushes in bloom. Definitely a sight to behold!

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Bungalow Amenities • Fully furnished master bedroom with King sized bed and en suite equipped with shower stalls and water heater • Two other fully furnished bedrooms with: – King sized bed – Queen sized and one bunk bed • Fully equipped common bathroom and toilet facilities • Spacious living area complete with television with satellite channels, DVD player and Karaoke machine • Dining hall which fits a minimum of eight persons • A fully equipped kitchen

Additional Comforts • Refrigerator • Washing machine • Ironing board and iron • Catering services on request

Recreational Facilities • Outdoor BBQ • Mahjong set and table • Carrom set and table • Table tennis • Various board games and playing cards

Rental Rates* *Terms & Conditions 1. Available for rental to Penang Turf Club Ordinary Members (OM) only. Check In Check Out 2. Bookings must be made at least 2 weeks in 2.00pm 12.00noon advance and will only be accepted with full payment. 2 Nights Weekend Package RM400 Friday Sunday 3. A security deposit of RM500.00 will be applicable with each booking. This deposit shall Saturday Monday be used to make good against any property damages howsoever caused by the member or 3 Nights Weekend Package RM600 Friday Monday his guest(s) during period of stay. Weekdays RM200 Monday - Thursday Next Day 4. A cancellation charge equivalent to a night’s stay (RM200.00 or RM250.00) shall be Friday / Saturday / Sunday RM250 per night charged for any cancellation made after booking has been confirmed and/or accepted by Eve of Public Holidays RM250 per night the Club. 5. Please note that all bookings are subject to Public Holidays RM250 per night availability. 6. Priority will be given to the Club’s functions School Holidays RM250 per night and activities

Prices are subject to change | For more information and bookings, please contact Mr Tan Boon Kuan at (604) 238 5105

1st Issue 2014 | 59 VIP Boxes Corporate& Boxes Experience the thrills at the races and watch all the action live in the comforts of a private box

VIP Boxes Corporate Boxes Level 3, New Building Level 2, O.M. Enclosure & Horseshoe Bistro

ON-COURSE RACES RM1,200 per day ON-COURSE RACES RM950 per day

• 12 VIP box badges • 12 corporate box badges • 3 ‘A’ car stickers • 3 ‘A’ car stickers • 3 sets of car entry coupons • 3 sets of car entry coupons • Complimentary tea, coffee & snacks during tea time • Complimentary tea, coffee & snacks during tea time • Complimentary race books • Complimentary race books

Dress Code Dress Code: • Gentlemen – Business suit and tie • Gentlemen – Smart casual • Ladies – Dress or pant suit • Ladies – Smart casual

OFF-COURSE RACES RM700 per day OFF-COURSE RACES RM700 per day

Dress Code Dress Code: • Gentlemen – Smart casual • Gentlemen – Smart casual • Ladies – Smart casual • Ladies – Smart casual

Prices are subject to change | For more information and bookings, please contact Ms Jaime Lim at (604) 238 5228

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