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Flashfast motored home in the $75,000 Restricted Maiden race (1600m) to give trainer Donna Logan her 100th winner in Singapore on Saturday.
The milestone came at Logan's fourth year of training at Kranji. It was also a much-needed fillip for the New Zealander after she flew home after the Kranji Mile meeting last week to attend her mother-in-law's funeral.
Assistant-trainer Jasuli Sulaiman was evidently pleased with the win.
"She will be rapt with this win," Jasuli said in reference to Logan, who flies back to Singapore on Monday.
"We expected him to have a good run in this race. It was a small field, he had a good run at his last start (in a similar race over the 1400m on April 30) and also in the trial (second on May 19).
"He was not easy to train at first, but he's getting better and has settled down a lot now.
"The horse was with Remarkable Stable last time, and then he was sold to this bunch of new owners (Treasure Island Stable), in which Aloysius (Chew of Elite Performance Stable) is the manager. He is the only horse the owners have with us now."
The three-year-old son of Dream Ahead was positioned nicely behind leader Legacy Reign (Oscar Chavez) upon turning as newcomer Rey Elvis (Matthew Kellady) faded and Liebestraum (Wong Chin Chuen) commenced his assault.
As Nunes scrubbed up his mount for the final sprint to the line, the $7 favourite duly responded, holding Liebestraum off by three-quarters-of-a-length into second place. Legacy Reign looked half a chance to break the duck for local trainer Leslie Khoo, but could only finish third another length away.
The winning time was 1 min 36.71secs over 1600m on the Short Course.
Already a winner of three races thanks to Takhi ($20) in the $30,000 Class 5 Division 1 race in the opener and Wawasan ($20) in the $30,000 Class 5 race, Nunes was adamant Flashfast would excel over even more ground.
"He's a big and beautiful horse. To me, he's a stayer," said the tearaway leader.
"It's always a little trickier to ride in a small field. I didn't want him to overrace, so I was happy when they crossed me and he was relaxed.
"The 1200m was too sharp for him, he wants longer.
"He's improved from his last start, so the 1400m, 1600m and even further will suit him when he matures more next time.
"He's a lovely horse. I'm happy to get the 100th win for Donna, the staff that have worked hard and for the connections, too."
The leading Brazilian hoop went on to notch his 2000th career win aboard Loving Babe ($32) in the $30,000 Class 5 Division 2 race after the Jason Ong-trained gelding nosed out Golden Dash (Akmazani Mazuki) on the line.
Logan, on the other hand, bagged a double on Saturday after Axel (Jerlyn Seow, $20) beat Etwas Neues (Zyrul Nor Azman) in the $50,000 Class 4 race over 1700m (see later report).
With that first win and a placing from three starts, Flashfast has now taken his earnings to more than $55,000 for the Treasure Island Stable.
