Perfect Brew shows class

PERFECT BREW easily franked his Mouttet Mile fifth-place finish – reeling in FREEDOM STREET and LABAN a furlong and a half out – running a grade lower in yesterday’s open-allowance event at seven furlongs.

Faced with little by way of real competition, PERFECT BREW stalked from third as his lightweight stablemate, LABAN, set a frantic pace for FREEDOM STREET to chase. Running with 101lb, LABAN pulled FREEDOM STREET off his bridle, setting up 1-5 favourite PERFECT BREW to attack three-wide early in the stretch run.

Pulling alongside FREEDOM STREET and LABAN, PERFECT BREW, who finished fifth last out in the Mouttet Mile - despite being taken in hand to avoid crashing into loose-horse ATOMICA - immediately showed his class by pulling clear under Tevin Foster.

PERFECT BREW won in 1:25.2, closing a third winner for Tevin Foster and a jockey-trainer two-timer with Richard Azan, having landed the Andrew H.B. Aguilar Memorial with 4-5 favourite MATUSO for two-year-old maidens at a mile.

Foster’s third win was aboard 4-5 favourite SNEAKY JOE in the fourth event, taking his season’s tally to 83, putting him joint second in the jockeys’ standings with champion Dane Dawkins, who closed the nine-race card astride an improved HUNZA, easily stalking from mid-pack before collaring PRINCESS SYLVIA midway the straight.

Reyan Lewis, who stood down all his mounts, remains out front on 99 winners, all-but-crowned champion with four meets to close the season.

Meanwhile, Raddesh Roman continues to enjoy his best season ever, ticking off his 46th winner by logging a two-timer, 9-2 chance MR SENATOR and SISTREN TREASURE at 2-1, respectively, in the Will In Charge Trophy at a mile for overnight-allowance runners.

Husting the usually lethargic MR SENATOR from the gate, Roman had the big run early on the lead, going by EAZY PEAZY with Christopher Mamdeen. EAZY PEAZY attacked MR SENATOR at the top of the lane and headed off the leader midway the straight. However, Roman rallied the Natural Selection-Khadiliah colt to overpower EAZY PEAZY inside the final half-furlong for a three-quarter length win.

United States-bred SISTREN TREASURE turned around her form, almost a stroll in the park, to land the Will In Charge by six and a half lengths at odds of 2-1, attacking SONNY T AND CHIPPY, who tried stealing a march on the far side with Foster but was dismissed by the foreigner coming off the home turn.

Racing continues this afternoon with another 10-race card.