A star-studded field lined up for the 2024 Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup on Sunday and what a race it turned out to be. The rivalry between Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn) and Golden Pegasus has now been put to bed with a victory that left spectators on the edge of their seats when Antipodean came from a hopeless position to win.
The Simon Dunderdale runner had no luck in running from a bad draw ,once again, and had to race wide for the majority of the race. Berry Bliss arguably had the run of the race tracking the leader, Violet, until the top of the straight and had no excuses despite a cheeky effort in second. However, while Berry Bliss was enjoying his smooth run, Antipodean started his move around runners at the 600m switching straight to the outside. He wasn’t even in the picture until the final 200m when all of a sudden R Shafiq aboard the now nine time winner, came swooping past Berry Bliss to take home the honours.
Berry Bliss held on to second while Cheval Blanc bounced back to form running on to finish in third. Golden Pegasus could only manage to complete the quartets in fourth. Antipodean certainly has the qualities of being the best horse in Malaysia and is without a doubt a fan favourite amongst the racing fraternity.
Racing takes a break from Selangor for two weeks where we’ll back for a double header of racing on the 26th & 27th of October.
