It spoke volumes for his ability and although pumped up seven rating points, a win on Friday wouldn't surprise.Īs for Thomas De Lago, a victory on Friday would be deserving.The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of supplemental word recognition strategies on students receiving intensive (Tier III) remedial reading instruction. The thing that impressed punters was the fact that he won that race by almost three lengths after having to race wide throughout. That was over over the mile - which is the distance he has to cover on Friday. The five-year-old broke his maiden status in a Class 3 event some 12 days ago. DICTON AND THOMAS DE LAGOīut first to come there's Friday racing and it could pay to keep an eye on Dicton and Thomas De Lago.įrom Cliff Brown's yard, Dicton put in a good workout, running the 600m in 37.8sec. Since then, and with the 'Moonbeam' the target, trainer Tan has been putting his charge through the paces and Nova Strike seems to have come good.Ĭome Sunday, don't stray too far from him in the Group 3 $200,000 contest. He eventually rewarded his faithful fans with a whopping place dividend of $99. Nova Strike was neglected in the betting and was sent off as a $623 chance. The race in May was the $1.5m Kranji Mile which was won by Hong Kong invader Southern Legend. In his subsequent runs, Nova Strike's form seemed to taper off but he still managed to add prizemoney to the kitty with two third-placed runs in May and June. Ridden by apprentice Troy See, Nova Strike came off a holding spot behind the pace to beat Iron Man by almost a length.Ī favourite with punters, he doled out a win dividend of $12. That was in a Kranji Stakes A sprint over the 1,400m. Indeed, one has to go all the way back to Jan 19 to see Nova Strike's last win.

Last time out, in the Jumbo Jet Trophy race over the 1,400m, Nova Strike wasn't a factor, finishing seventh behind Preditor.

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