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Real Gold wins Triple Crown 1st leg

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Real Gold won the initial battle of the country’s best three-year-olds, obliterating the eight-horse field that included undefeated and overwhelming favorite Obra Maestra to secure the 1st leg of the Philippine Racing Commission’s Triple Crown series Sunday at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.

Real Gold wins Triple Crown 1st leg
Real Gold owners Butch Mamon, Robert Ramirez, Jing Javier and Joseph Dyhengco comprising C&H Enterprise, together with jockey JPA Guce and son, display the champion’s trophy their horse won in ruling the 1st leg of the Triple Crown series. They are joined by Philracom officials Chairman Andrew A. Sanchez, Commissioners Bienvenido Niles Jr., Dante Lantin and Lyndon Guce and Executive Director Andrew Rovie Buencamino, Chairman and CEO of the Manila Jockey Club Alfonso “Boy” Reyno, Jr., MJC racing manager Ding Magboo and Captain Mohammed Al Hashmi, racing manager of The Royal Horse Racing Club of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Sneaking in from fifth spot when the rest of the pack concentrated on favored pick Obra Maestra, Real Gold made its move from the outside in the last 400 meters, grabbing the lead in the final turn and sprinted home with a blinding burst that netted the John Paul A. Guce-ridden colt to an eight-length win in the 1,600-meter race.

Real Gold proved to be a goldmine to its C&H Enterprise C&N conglomerate of owners Butch Mamon, Robert Ramirez, Jing Javier and Joseph Dyhengco as they pocketed the whopping top purse of P1.8 million, plus an additional P100,000 to breeder Dyhengco.

“We are ecstatic,” said Mamon during the awards rites, attended by Philracom officials, led by Chairman Andrew A. Sanchez, Alfonso “Boy” Reyno, Jr., chairman and CEO of the Manila Jockey Club and Captain Mohammed Al Hashmi, racing manager of The Royal Horse Racing Club of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

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JAYZ of jockey JA Guce and owner SC Stockfarm finished runner-up and clinched the prize of P675,000, while Alfredo Santos’ Toy for the Big Boy, ridden by JB Cordova, pocketed P375,000 at third spot.

Obra Maestra (Jockey JB Guce), the overwhelming pick, suffered its first loss but still received P150,000 at fourth for owner Leonardo Javier Jr.

“Remate po kami. Naramdaman ko last 600, mananalo,” said Real Gold’s jockey JPA Guce, who added that it was their second major victory together, counting their Philtobo triumph a few months back. 

In the Philracom Hopeful Stakes, also ran in 1,600 meters, Shanghai Noon, ridden by OP Cortez and owned by Emmanuel A. Santos, captured the top prize of P1 million, with P30,000 awarded to breeder Kerby Chua.

Phenomenal (jockey JPA Guce, owner Enrique Javier), Best Regards (CP Henson, Peter Aguila) and Two Timer (JA Guce, Melaine Habla) placed second to fourth, respectively, with prizes of P225,000, P125,000 and P50,000.

Meanwhile, Serafina, ridden by MB Pilapil and owned by Peter Aguilar, ruled the 1st  leg of the Locally Bred Stakes Race (1,600 meters) and received the champion’s prize of P300,000.

Silab (AR Villegas, Benjamin Abalos Jr.), Iikot Lang (EG Guerra, Cipriano Sison Jr.) and Dansalan (JB Hernandez) ranked 2nd to 4th, with respective prizes of P112,500, P62,500 and P25,000.

The last horse to win all three legs of the Triple Crown was Sepfourteen of SC Stockfarm in 2017. Prior to Sepfourteen’s Triple Crown achievement two years ago, the last time one horse won it all in one year was in 2014 when Emmanuel Santos’s colt Kid Molave (Into Mischief x Unsaid) scored the rare 3-peat.

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