8 February 2025,

An eleven race card sets the stage on Sunday the 9th of February at the Selangor Turf Club and with a host of tricky races to assess, however, it does seem to be that all the points lead to Lim’s Faber to open up his Malaysian account in race 10.

The former Singapore galloper remains a maiden but has just been touched off in his two local starts finishing runner up behind Pacific Angel and Sacred Sky with a combined margins of not even a length from the two races. Third up after a spell, the Lawson Moy runner should be cherry ripe for a big run, drawn in gate 4 and has a 2kg claim with Uzair in the saddle. He does look hard to beat in the penultimate race of the afternoon.

Surfing Cloud takes his place in the last race of the day and has a strong winning chance once again. He was carded to run a few weeks ago but was unfortunately scratched and stood out as one of the better bets for the afternoon. He meets a similar field that he was carded to run in and could actually be a slightly weaker field here. He only has 52,5kgs to shoulder with Uzair claiming the 2kgs once again. He won a barrier trial in the build up to this race and could close off the race meeting for punters. 

If punters are wanting to build up a kitty earlier in the day, it could be worth having an each way play Steel Cutter in the first race who has dropped to class 5 company and ran a much improved race in his last start.

Devon Pretorius