As expected, Ruben Dimacuha’s Low Profile took the 2016 Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Silver Cup last Sunday (June 26) at Santa Ana Park.
The 5YO colt guided by Mark Alvarez and trained by CM Vicente posted a time of 2:05.2 (25-23’-26-24’-26’) for the 2,000-meter race, one of two flagship races of the PCSO. The other is the PCSO Presidential Gold Cup held every December.
Dixie Gold, last year’s PCSO Gold Cup winner, settled for second to Low Profile in the Silver Cup this year. In last year’s Silver Cup, Dixie Gold placed third to Low Profile’s second; Skyway was the longshot winner.
Kanlaon 3rd, Messi 4th, and Gentle Strength 5th and last. Superv and Tan Goal were scratched from the race.
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Last Sunday was the first time in many years that I had not attended a PCSO race, especially one as important as the Silver Cup.
My excuse is that I attended our college graduation ceremony at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Mass Communication (I’d skipped the University graduation in the morning, it was too early), where I received my PhD Communication degree.
Perhaps because of its novelty—it’s the first work of its kind, as far as I know—my research work “Kulturang Karera: Communicating Philippine Horseracing Culture” received the Best Dissertation award.
I will be converting it into book form and hopefully it will be published soon, with thanks to the National Book Development Board for the writing grant they awarded me to accomplish this.
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The third leg of the Philippine Racing Commission Triple Crown series for elite 3YO will be held on July 10 at San Lazaro Leisure Park, along with the 3YO Local-Bred Stakes and the Hopeful Stakes.
The declaration for the Triple Crown 3rd leg won’t be held till July 4, so there’s no lineup yet. In any case, it is sure to be an interesting race.
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