On his third place in the Group 2 Singapore Guineas (1,600m), you would be hard-pressed not to pick Lim’s Smythe in the much softer $50,000 Class 4 race (1,600m) on June 30. Beaten only by arguably the two best three-year-olds in 2024, Ace Of Diamonds and Bakeel, the son of Saxon Warrior will lap up the downgrade to more moderate opposition, although the likes of Super Baby, Arya Pakuan and Great Warrior are no pushovers in this class. For a slighty built horse, the 53kg is a luxury of a handicap which will feel like a postage-stamp load compared to the 57kg impost he had to lug at his last two starts in Group company.
Incidentally, such a light weight meant that trainer Daniel Meagher and Lim’s Stable’s go-to jockey Marc Lerner had to give the saddle up to another rider. Not only Bruno Queiroz qualifies, but he also knows Lim’s Smythe well for having ridden him to the last of his two wins, in a similar contest on April 6. He was snagged back to the rear after jumping from a wide alley, and still spotted the leaders around eight lengths turning for home.
But, once Queiroz peeled him to the outside in search of daylight, he suddenly put in the big bounds to score a soft win. The only query about Lim’s Smythe is he can be guilty of sluggish getaways at times. But, over the Long Course B and from barrier No.
1, he should have plenty of time and real estate to unleash his blinding turn of foot in the home straight. Fellow three-year-old Super Baby has not mixed it with .
