"Viewed" winning the 2008 Melbourne Cup for Owner Dato Tan Chin Nam

Dato Tan Chin Nam (holding the 2008 Melbourne Cup) and Trainer Bart Cummings

• 17 Oct 2008 – An application for Jockey Licence by Grant Cooksley was unfortunately rejected by Singapore Turf Club despite TOAST and some Trainers' full support. TOAST felt that Grant Cooksley is a skilful, excellent and international-level jockey, who could educate our young and/or problem horses, give feedback on selection of good racehorses and advise us on their class potentiality. 

• 10 – 12 Oct 2008 – TOAST and TOAST Committee Member, Ms Yuki Otani, sponsored $1,500.00 and $1,548.43 respectively for the total amount of $3,048.43 towards the making of the 154 Official Show T-shirts at the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) World Jumping Challenge 2008 held at Bukit Timah Saddle Club (BTSC).  Ms Yuki Otani also helped in the planning and design for the T-shirts. 

An auction event held at the Champagne Brunch on the last day of the event also provided great entertainment. TOAST President, Ms Constance Cheng, donated S$2,000.00 for the stable’s floor rubber matting and she later offered it to be re-auctioned for another amount of $1,200.00 to raise additional funds for the BTSC.

• 21 Sep 2008 – TOAST Trust No. 10 horse, “Xenolith Gold”, had his first win after six runs in Singapore, when ridden by Jockey E. Aslam, beat 13 other horses in a Class 5, 1400m on turf track.  The tote dividends paid S$47.00 for a win and S$16.00 for a place respectively.

• 2 Aug 2008 – TOAST Trust No. 12 horse, “Triple Your Luck”, when ridden by Jockey D. Beasely, beat 10 other horses in a Maiden class, 1400m on turf track. The tote dividends paid S$11.00 for a win and S$7.00 for a place respectively.

• 31 Jul 2008 – TOAST Trust No. 11 has been pre-terminated. The lease for the filly, “Blue Flag”, was pre-terminated due to the filly’s performance not up to expectations and will no longer race under the ownership of TOAST Trusts.

• 12 Jul 2008 – TOAST Trust No. 9 horse, “Kamsky”, when ridden by Jockey R. Fradd, beat 10 other horses in a Class 4, 2000m on turf track.  The tote dividends paid S$14.00 for a win and S$5.00 for a place respectively.

• 30 Jun 2008 – TOAST Trust No. 2 has been terminated. The lease for the horse, “Hall of Fame” has not been re-extended (after a one year extension earlier) due to horse’s performance not up to expectations and the horse was sold to Malaysia for S$18,000.

• 27 Jun 2008 – TOAST congratulates our TOAST member, Mr Mave Yeo and Champagne Stable, who owned “Big Maverick”, the horse that won the S$350,000 Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge (2^nd leg), 1400m, when ridden by Jockey J. Saimee, beat 14 other horses. The tote dividends paid S$10.00 for a win and S$5.00 for a place respectively.

• 25 Jun 2008 – TOAST announced the formation of TOAST Trust No. 15 with the lease of “Great Tradition”. More information can be found on the "TOAST Racing Trust" section of this website.

• 6 Jun 2008 – TOAST congratulates our TOAST member, Mr Mave Yeo and Champagne Stable, who owned “Big Maverick”, the horse that won the S$250,000 Group 3 Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge (1^st leg), 1200m, when ridden by Jockey J. Saimee, beat 13 other horses. The tote dividends paid S$14.00 for a win and S$7.00 for a place respectively.

• 31 May 2008 – A Charity Lunch was organized by Singapore Turf Club (STC) for the survivors of Cyclone Nagris and Sichuan earthquake. TOAST and TOAST President, Constance Cheng, contributed $2,000 and $18,000 respectively at this charity event."

• 26 May 2008 – STC’s Vice President (Corporate Services) Ms Tan Bee Choo met up with Equine Sanctuary Pte Ltd’s Managing Director, Eric Koh and TOAST Committee Members for an informal lunch. A few issues were discussed during the lunch.

• 1 May 2008 – TOAST announced the formation of TOAST Trust No. 13 with the lease of “Love Academy” (raced as “Weirdo” in Australia). More information can be found on the "TOAST Racing Trust" section of this website.

• 30 Apr 2008 – TOAST announced the formation of TOAST Trust No. 14 with the lease of “Look At Me”. More information can be found on the "TOAST Racing Trust" section of this website.

• 14 Apr 2008 – TOAST and Trainer Dr Yeoh tried to mediate in the dispute between Owner Dr Hwang of Jumbo Stables and Trainer Steve Burridge over the horse, “King and King”, by talking to both parties separately and to dissuade them from going to Courts eventually. Unfortunately, the efforts failed in the end.

• 1 Apr 2008 – TOAST thanks Mrs Lily Ho for the preparation of the TOAST Statement of Accounts for year of assessment 2008 and members Ms Doreen Choo and Mr Calvin Koh who volunteered to audit the accounts for year of assessment 2008.

• 27 Mar 2008 – The new TOAST committee members were elected at the TOAST Annual General Meeting (AGM). For more information, please refer to the Committee section of the TOAST website.

• 25 Feb 2008 – TOAST has raised concerns to Singapore Turf Club about their plans to do a one-time quarantine of a large batch of horses from Australia at Horsecity, instead of doing it in several batches at their Neo Tiew Quarantine Station. TOAST failed to convince Singapore Turf Club and they went ahead with the quarantine exercises at Horsecity. As expected, the exercise was not without its problems and hiccups.

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