Asia  

After one unsuccessful attempt, My Dreamliner is having another go at coming out of the short sprint square this Friday at Krnaji with connections slightly more upbeat of a better outcome this time.

James Peters has been training from his Singapore home in the last week or so - Peters is on a 14-day Stay Home Notice after he returned from an English holiday

The big race in Japan this coming Sunday will be the Grade 1 Osaka Hai (2000m), to be run at Hanshin Racecourse - the race has attracted fourteen nominations and there are some big Grade 1 winning names among the provisional list of runners

The Singapore Turf Club will be rescheduling the Group 1 Singapore Derby, which was to be held on 18 April 2020 at the Singapore Racecourse, to a future date to be determined later - the Club will only be holding one local race meeting per week in April, on Fridays -

In this year’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen, which became the first JRA-G1 race to be held without spectators due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, ninth pick Mozu Superflare claimed her first G1 title while crossing the wire in second, as Kurino Gaudi was demoted to fourth place due to an interference.

This year's middle-long-distance spring G1 campaign for four-year-olds & up will likely be led by the top finishers of last year's Japan Cup and Arima Kinen

This year's Japan three-year-old classics will commence with the filly's Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas, G1, 1,600m) on April 12 and then the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1, 2,000m), the first contest for males, a week later.

The revised Kranji fixtures for the month of April

The expectations were higher in the Jason Lim camp at Crystal Dragon’s debut, but it was at his second outing that he got right on target at Kranji on Friday night.

Daniel Meagher gave another proof of his reputation as a patient trainer after Lim’s Dashing scored first-up from a 10-month spell on Friday night at Kranji.

A change in tack enabled Minister to live up to his handy English form with an all-the-way win on Friday night at Kranji.

As widely expected, $7 favourite Celavi did not let her backers down with an authoritative win from barrier to box in the last race on Friday night at Kranji.

Race analysis and race selections for Friday's racing at Kranji - the nine race broadcast commences at 9.20pm AEST on Sky Racing2 and Thoroughbred Central

Another week down, another country (or three) suspending horse racing indefinitely but Singapore racing marches on - albeit without on-course punters this Friday as Covit-19 restrictions are upgraded - the nine-race card looks to have something for all with some tricky Class 5 and Maidens early and some very competitive racing late