Kaidan Brewer wins on the Simon Dunderdale-trained Pantong (Pic – Supplied)
South African jockey Kaidan Brewer is on his way home with his father and agent Andrew after a successful foray to Malaysia where he rode in successive Sunday meetings at Selangor racetrack and rode one winner at each of the two meetings.
He drove the Simon Dunderdale-trained outsider Thunderous through a few gaps in the first of the meetings to get up for an unlikely victory after a fine ride and he rode another finely judged race on Pantong for the same trainer on Sunday.
Taking Australian newcomer Pantong into an early lead in the sixth, a 1200m Open Maiden event, Kaidan made no mistakes as the son of Pendragon confirmed his form at Hawkesbury, Gosford and Newcastle, where he had registered six placings from nine starts.
In the very next race, he rode another Australian newcomer in Cool Man, who just found one too good for him when Jin Sakamoto flew from last.
Cool Man was one of three places on the day for Kaidan, who clearly made his mark in his first stint on foreign soil.
Meanwhile, Luke Ferraris rode a winner at Sha Tin in Hong Kong to join Lyle Hewitson on two wins for the season. Keagan de Melo is yet to get off the mark for the season, while Brett Crawford followed his second and two thirds with his first three runners with two unplaced runners on Sunday.
Ferraris won on the David Hayes-trained New Zealand-bred Precision Goal (Tavistock). He took the seven-year-old to the front in the 1650m event on the dirt and dictated before quickening around the final turn to open up a lead. The bay kept on well to win by 1,25 lengths paying 7.80 on the Tote.
