While his $8 favourite Makin ran out of the winning picture late in the $85,000 Class 2 race (1600m) on Saturday, it was trainer Steven Burridge’s second elect, Cavalry, who did his best in the shadows of the post to win.

Before the Group 1 Kranji Mile (1600m) gets underway in three weeks’ time, trainer Steven Burridge will saddle two Kranji Mile nominees, Makin and Cavalry in the $85,000 Class 2 race (1600m) on Saturday prior to deciding if they run in the big race.

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Lim’s Bighorn made it back-to-back feature race wins for the all-conquering Lim’s Stable, trainer Daniel Meagher and jockey Marc Lerner after he won the $150,000 Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1400m) on Saturday.

Five months after he last rode at Kranji, popular Malaysian jockey Simon Kok Wei Hoong will return to Singapore racing with four rides this Saturday, including the Jason Ong-trained October in the $150,000 Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1400m).

Singapore’s best galloper Lim’s Kosciuszko dug deep to hold off stablemate Lim’s Saltoro before prevailing in the $150,000 Group 2 EW Barker Trophy (1400m) on Sunday.

Trainer Daniel Meagher may hold the ace in the $150,000 Group 2 EW Barker Trophy pack with Lim’s Kosciuszko, but the Australian conditioner has another three cards up his sleeve in the 1400m feature on Sunday.

The versatile Pacific Emperor gets back to arguably what he does best when contesting the $100,000 Kranji Stakes A race on the Polytrack over 1100m on Saturday.

Trainer Steven Burridge took a two-pronged attack in Saturday’s $85,000 Class 2 race (1600m) and while Makin had the recent winning runs on the board, Cavalry could be the horse to watch.

The David Kok-trained Sabah Ace secured his first win over seven furlongs in the $50,000 Class 4 race under a gun ride by jockey Vlad Duric.