King of Kranji: Cup-winning trainer dies Champion trainer Laurie Laxon pictured in Singapore in 2008. Picture: Bruno Cannatelli By Gilbert Gardiner, NZ Racing Desk 04:00am • 16 July 2021 Comments
Melbourne Cup winner and New Zealand Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon has died.
Laxon, who prepared 1988 Cup winner Empire Rose, ruled supreme in Singapore prior to his retirement in 2017.
Laxon won nine training premierships in Singapore.
Champion trainer Lee Freedman and Victorian jockey Daniel Moor posted tributes on Twitter on Friday.
“Rest In Peace the undisputed King of Kranji, Laurie Laxon. Absolute legend of the sport,” Moor, who spent several years in Singapore prior to moving back to Melbourne, tweeted.