By MIKE DILLON
Class mare Hill Of Grace put her name in the frame for a ticket to the $S3 million Singapore International Cup with an easy win at yesterday's Counties trials.
Trainer Robert Priscott said he and owner Terry Jarvis needed to check out details, but said a trip to Singapore for the race was likely.
If she gets to Singapore Hill Of Grace will meet a strong line-up which is likely to include Dubai Duty Free winner, France's Jim And Tonic, Hong Kong champion Fairy King Prawn and last Sunday's Quen Elizabeth Cup winner in Hong Kong, Silvano from Germany.
Fairy King Prawn is almost certainly heading for Singapore after being denied access to Japan to compete in that country's biggest group one 1600m, which he won last year.
Japanese health and quarantine officials caused a controversy when they barred Fairy King Prawn because he had raced in Dubai, where there has been an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, but allowed their own horses back into Japan.
"There's going to be plenty of opposition in Singapore," said Priscott.
Hill Of Grace sat on the pace and finished strongly to win easily over 1400m.
In the 1200m open heat Adonis looked ready to win a race when he finished too well for the opposition to beat Gencay, clocking 1.11.91.
High class winner Just Call Me Sir made his first public appearance since breaking down in Singapore last August when he led them up in the Adonis heat.
Just Call Me Sir is now trained by Moira Murdoch on the beach to give him a better chance of staying sound after bowing a tendon.
He showed all his natural speed, but when his condition gave out Trudy Collett allowed him to ease back to a comfortable clip down the straight and he tailed the field.
"Only time will tell whether we can get him back to the races," said Murdoch.
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