As a five-time Singapore champion jockey, Manoel Nunes knows every race counts.

Jockey Darren Danis will make his Singapore debut this Sunday, eight days later than expected, but he was still excited at the thought of riding at home after spending the last nine years in New Zealand.

The David Kok-trained Smart Star looked well placed to get back into the winner's circle in the $50,000 Class 4 race (1700m) on the Polytrack on Sunday.

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.

Trainer Donna Logan hoped some good old-fashioned lady luck and a winnable weight can see Istataba, the only mare in her stable, home in the $85,000 Class 2 race (1600m) on Saturday.

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.

$9 favourite Pacific Vampire certainly lived up to the hype after winning in effortless fashion again in the $70,000 Debt Collector 2016 Stakes (1200m) 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).

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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.

Wecando continued to prove that he still has what it takes despite his age with a gutsy win in the Class 3 – 1020m sprint on the No 2 track at Sungai Besi on Sunday.

Zac Lloyd makes his Singapore riding debut on Sunday, with the gun Sydney-based apprentice jockey granted a one-day licence to ride Invincible Tycoon in the $150,000 Group 2 EW Barker Trophy (1400m).