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Lord's Command (Manoel Nunes), a winner of his first two of four starts, looks ready to bounce back in Race 8 at Kranji on Jan 6.
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Heed Lord’s Command for rewarding day

Aniki (Vlad Duric) posing at the winner's gate after his impressive victory on Nov 25. Having thrived, the Alwin Tan-trained four-year-old gelding can make it back-to-back successes in Race 11 on Dec 30.
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Aniki can cross Novice barrier

Ace Of Diamonds (Krisna Thangamani) beating Silo (No. 5) last start on Nov 11 and Silo has franked the form by scoring on Dec 9. This augurs well for Ace Of Diamonds.
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Third Ace Of Diamonds in store

Junko (Maxime Guyon) winning the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase (2,400m) for France.
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Junko leads foreign staying raiders; Lucky Sweynesse heads HK quintet

Super Convince (No. 12, Koh Teck Huat) getting up to post his second success on Nov 4. With Koh suspended, trainer Jason Ong has booked A'Isisuhairi Kasim, who steered the horse to his first victory on May 20.
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Super Convince hard to beat

The Manoel Nunes-Ghalib partnership will be seeking a third success in Race 10 at Kranji on Nov 25. Saifudin Ismail rode the Al-Arabiya Stable-owned horse at his last two outings for a last-start second on Nov 11.
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Nunes’ best in last 3 races

Grand Sage (in red blinkers with apprentice jockey Ibrahim Mamat astride) getting up to snare the first leg of his hat-trick on Aug 6 and pay a thumping $609. All his three wins were over the 1,400m trip.
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Grand Sage to make amends

Four-time winner Invincible Tycoon's last two placings, in the Group 1 Raffles Cup (1,600m) and Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1,800m), stand him in good stead for Saturday's Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup (2,000m).
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Invincible Tycoon’s chance for Gold

The Desmond Koh-trained Nineoneone (No. 10) scoring a long last-to-first victory in the Class 5 race over the Polytrack 1,700m with apprentice jockey Jerlyn Seow astride at Kranji on Saturday.
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Kudos to rookies Seow and Leck

Last-start winner City Gold Friend is maintaining form and should follow up in Race 7 on Saturday. Champion jockey Manoel Nunes will remain on board.
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Good to have City Gold Friend

Group 1 Raffles Cup winner Lim's Kosciuszko (Wong Chin Chuen) is in the form of his life and will be hard to topple in Saturday's $300,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1,800m).
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QEII Cup at Kosi’s mercy

Major King (Manoel Nunes) defying the 58.5kg top impost to land the $70,000 Class 3 event over the Polytrack 1,200m on Sept 9. On Saturday, he gets in with only 52kg but in Class 2.
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Major King up to the task

Teardrops (Bruno Queiroz) winning her trial easily on Sept 21. The six-year-old Argentinian-bred will be ridden by multiple Singapore champion Vlad Duric in the $50,000 Class 4 Div 2 event over the Polytrack 1,100m on Saturday. PHOTO: STC
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Teardrops of joy coming up