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Posted 2009-12-21 07:46:44  
Laxon Claims 6th Consecutive Premiership Title

 Champion trainer Laurie Laxon lifted his sixth consecutive Singapore Trainers’ Premiership title on Sunday in Singapore, with a 2009 season tally of 95 wins. Appropriately it was the NZ-bred galloper Pacino (NZ) (Shinko King) who brought Laxon’s prolific season to an end, with the former Melbourne Cup trainer having saddled the Class 4 winner in Big Minako (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe) earlier in the night. “It’s been a great season for me. I’m very happy with the way things have turned out, never mind the century,” said Laxon to the Singapore Turf Club.

“Of course it helps to have horses like Ace Aliado, who by himself won seven races, and of course Better Than Ever.

“It’s again been a wonderful team effort, not to mention the support of our owners who invest a lot of their time and money in quality horses.”

One of Laxon’s stand-out performers this season has been the Towkay four-year-old Ace Aliado (NZ), who has won all of his seven starts since January 18 2009. Similarly Mexican Rose (NZ) (Volksraad), a three-year-old filly who Laxon owns and trains, completed her first season in Singapore with a five-straight win haul.

In 2004, Laxon became the first person in the history of Singapore racing to train 100 winners in a season. He emulated this effort in 2007 with 104 winners. Fellow ex-patriot trainers Stephen Gray and Bruce Marsh closed the 2009 season with 49 and 35 wins respectively.

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