Kaidan Brewer gets up on a flying Thunderous (Picture: STC)
Kaidan Brewer rode a winner in Malaysia on Saturday, but unfortunately took a fall in the Gr 1 Selangor Gold Cup, although fortunately he was well enough afterwards to continue riding at the meeting.
At Sha Tin in Hong Kong Lyle Hewitson got off the mark for the season.
In Korea Diego De Gouveia had his first winner.
in the Gr 1 Selangor Gold Cup over 1600m at Selangor Turf Club in Malaysia the favourite Platinum Emperor was lying in the box seat on the rail in fourth place nearing the final turn when the horse outside of him comes inward and bumps him on to the rail. This caused Platinum Emperor to spook and throw the jockey off.
The loose horse then falls back out of control and badly hampered two other horses, including Brewer’s mount, the S. Dunderdale-trained Valois. Both jockeys of the hampered horses fell off.
The jockeys were apparently not seriously injured.
Brewer was reported to have just “a small headache” and was able to ride his final two mounts.
Kaidan had earlier won on the Dunderdale-trained Thunderous, despite jumping from draw 14 over 1200m. The horse had about eight lengths to make up in the straight and despite traffic problems late on Brewer finds the right gaps and just gets up in what was a fine ride and an unlikely win.
At Sha Tin In Hong Kong Lyle Hewitson had his first win since a bad fall on 25 June.
It was his third meeting this season and in his 12th ride of the season he brought home the David Hayes-trained 16/1 shot Metro Power. He bounced the gelding out in to a clear lead in the 1000m contest down the straight and never looked like being caught, winning by a comfortable 2,75 lengths.
Diego De Gouveia landed his first winner after just over a month in Korea, guiding 8/1 chance Yongam Sarang to victory in the fourth race at Seoul on Saturday.
