Dec 21, 2001 was the last time the name Danis was posted on the riding honour roll in Singapore. It was when former jockey Luke Danis booted home Fury Falcon for former Singapore-based Australian trainer Don Baertschiger (ex-Kranji trainer Shane’s father) at his very last...
Jockey Darren Danis punching the air in delight as he brings to scale his first Singapore winner, $116 long shot Run Buddy Run, at Kranji on June 22. Dec 21, 2001 was the last time the name Danis was posted on the riding honour roll in Singapore.
But it has taken another 23 years before a Danis revisited the Kranji winner’s circle, when perched atop a horse – one named Run Buddy Run, on June 22. “Sadly, mum and dad couldn’t be here. Dad’s sick and my mum had to look after my brother Danni’s daughter Abigayle. For a while, Danis’ riding career did hang in the balance. But such is the bravado of youth, even in the face of a job fraught with danger, that he came back and has not looked back since.As a father, Danis Sr, who dropped everything at his Penang stables to fly to his son’s bedside in New Zealand the moment he heard of the accident, probably feels the emotional rollercoaster ride even more profoundly.
He actually had an inkling about Run Buddy Run, even if it was hard to like the $116 chance on his unappealing record of 16 starts without a place for trainer Richard Lim. The Snitzel four-year-old settled in midfield on the rails in the $30,000 Class 5 Division 2 race before popping up as a likely contender at the 300m.
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