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French import Sincerely capitalised on his postage-stamp load to upend a handy field in the $85,000 Class 2 race over 1400m at Kranji on Saturday.

Hakim Kamaruddin’s patience in the saddle went a long way in sparking Sacred Croix back up for a long-awaited return to the winner’s enclosure at Kranji on Saturday.

Even-money favourite Starlight duly delivered but not without rattling the nerves of his backers and connections inside the last 300m at Kranji on Saturday.

When trainer Alwin Tan brought up his 498th career winner with Helushka on February 28 last year, most thought picking up another couple of winners to hit that all-important half-tonne milestone wouldn’t take too long.

When the gavel came down and the auctioneer hollered over the microphone: “Sold to Michael Clements for A$210,000”, the Kranji trainer could let go a little fist pump, but not without that sinking feeling of walking away with a much lighter wallet

Kranji racegoers would have been pleased to see former champion juvenile Lim’s Lightning back at his old stomping ground when he came out for a quiet barrier trial on Thursday.

The third meeting of the 2021 season and like a good old-fashioned handicap event, Vlad Duric now starts his Champion Jockey title defence - yes, there is a long way to go in the marathon that is a calendar year of riding, however, in uncertain times, Duric will be keen to assert his dominance

Race analysis and race selections for Saturday's racing at Kranji - the ten race broadcast commences at 3.30pm AEST on Sky Racing2

Busan's Friday meeting preview - the ten race broadcast commences at 12.35pm AEST on Sky Racing2

Just watching Kuldeep Singh Rajput and his entourage scream themselves hoarse at Kranji’s first 2021 meeting was a heart-warming scene that convinced Donna Logan even further that she had done the right thing

If horses were graded for their work at home, Infinite Wisdom is probably one good example who would barely get a pass mark.

Oscar Chavez certainly didn’t let his last bullet go to waste when he steered his last ride of the day In All His Glory ($30) to a convincing win in Saturday’s last race at Kranji, the $50,000 Class 4 Division 1 race,

Queries were raised as to how Vittoria Perfetta would handle Polytrack for the first time at Kranji on Saturday, but veteran jockey Saifudin Ismail had a gut feeling he would take to it like a duck to water.

Leatherhead sliced off another 0.19 second to the Polytrack mile record at Kranji recently equalled by Super Dynasty (with Tiger Force) in the Group 3 Colonial Chief Stakes on Saturday.