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It has been a long and difficult road for Blue Chipper since he chased home Spun To Run and Omaha Beach when 3rd in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita in 2019, but at Busan on Sunday afternoon, the now six-year-old son of Tiznow was back in the winner’s circle after taking out the Class 1 feature race over 1800m

Trainer Daniel Meagher was a highly emotional man after stable star and hot favourite Lim’s Lightning handed him a second Group 1 hurrah in his father John’s favourite Singapore race, the $300,000 Group 1 Raffles Cup (1600m) at Kranji on Saturday

Others were preferred again at Kranji on Saturday, but ultra-consistent sprinter Makkem Lad gave another hard-hitting reminder why he should never be written off too early.

A switch to frontrunning tactics paid instant dividends for outsider Golden Flame in the $70,000 Stepitup 2015 Stakes, a Class 3 race over the turf mile at Kranji on Saturday

The penny has taken a while to drop, but Sacred Judgement has finally shown his true colours with three wins in a row at his last three starts at Kranji.

Seoul and Busan Sunday meetings previews - the Seoul 10 race broadcast commences at 11.45am AEST and the Busan six race broadcast commences at 1.05pm AEST on Sky Racing2

Seoul's Saturday meeting preview - Class 4 (1400M) Handicap / KRW 45 Million - a really good race with plenty of good form coming into it but Steady Champion is the standout - a super winner over 1700M at his latest start he drops back to 1400M, a distance at which he has recorded some very good times and at which he has won already

Shafiq Rizuan famously won a Group 1 race as an apprentice jockey in Singapore, threw in two more to his resume at a short stint in New Zealand, but would now like to achieve that feat as a professional jockey back at his original Kranji home ground this Saturday

Race analysis and race selections for Saturday's racing at Kranji - the 12 race broadcast commences at 2.00pm AEST on Sky Racing2

Common sense could have left Steven Burridge resigned to running for minor prizemoney this Saturday, but the experienced trainer has been in the game long enough to know nothing is set in stone in racing, and odd uncommon things do happen at times

Trainer Daniel Meagher will be celebrating a few landmarks should Lim’s Lightning capture the $300,000 Group 1 Raffles Cup (1600m) at Kranji this Saturday

Standby starter Entertainer made the most of his late call-up to shine again on his pet course and distance in the $70,000 Class 3 race over 1100m at Kranji on Saturday

Up-and-comer Real Efecto’s facile victory in the $50,000 Class 4 Polytrack race over 1800m at Kranji on Saturday proved trainer David Kok right in believing that a step-up in distance would suit the gelding right down to the ground

Even-money favourite Lucky Jinsha didn’t quite run like a surefire thing at Kranji on Saturday but still got the job done, much to his numerous backers’ relief in the end

Trainer Steven Burridge cemented his strong ties with local owner Rayner Lee with yet another winner in Wealth Elite at Kranji on Saturday, though it’s unlikely the Brazilian-bred will ever scale the same heights as his best horse Trigger Express.