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Lim's Kosciuszko (Wong Chin Chuen) beating the fast-finishng Super Salute (No. 3) in Trial 3 at Kranji on Thursday morning. He looks set for a back-to-back Lion City Cup victory on Aug 27. PHOTO: STC
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Lim's Kosciuszko wows

Grand Supreme (No. 9) just failing to catch Bransom in a Class 4 race on July 30. His trainer, Richard Lim, reckons the drop to an easier Maiden event on Sunday should rake in a win for his charge. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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The more, the merrier for Lim

Charminton scoring the first of his three wins on June 26, 2022. Jockey Yusoff Fadzli, who rode him in all three victories, will again be astride on Sunday. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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Support Charminton

General Command winning one of his four races on the Polytrack with Manoel Nunes astride. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Obey General Command again

Apprentice jockey Clyde Leck masterfully guiding the Donna Logan-trained May (No. 5) to beat fellow newcomer Toh Guan Treasure (Koh Teck Huat) in Sunday's $75,000 Restricted Maident event over the Polytrack 1,100m. It was Leck's first Singapore winner from the second of his seven rides on his first day of riding at Kranji. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Bright young gun in a hurry

The Ricardo Le Grange-trained Renzo kicking clear to score his fourth victory, once jockey Bernardo Pinheiro took his mount through a gap in the final 200m of his Polytrack 1,200m race on Sunday. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Renzo bounces back in style

Kharisma staving off the favourite Pacific Emperor (No. 9) in the $110,000 Group 3 Rocket Man Sprint on Sunday. The win gave jockey Shafrizal Saleh his second feature and trainer Stephen Gray his third Rocket Man Sprint, after Emperor Max and Lim's Cruiser. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Kharisma bags first Group win

Cyclone winning his only Kranji race on Oct 22, 2022. It was over 1,400m in Class 3, but he has class written all over him. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Cyclone on the way

Top apprentice jockey Clyde Leck (with his trainer-father Charles, a former Singapore and Macau champion) is excited over his move to Singapore before racing closes in October 2024.PHOTO: COURTESY OF SELANGOR TURF CLUB
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Kranji racing welcomes Leck

Fireworks winning his last start easily with Marc Lerner astride on July 15. With the Frenchman suspended, top Brazilian jockey Bruno Queiroz has been tasked with the job on Sunday. ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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Fireworks set to wow again

Golden Monkey (Chad Schofield) winning the Group 2 Stewards' Cup (1,600m) easily on July 2. With Hong Kong-based top Australian jockey Hugh Bowman engaged, he is the likely favourite in Sunday's Singapore Derby. PHOTO: STC
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Golden Monkey set for Singapore Derby

Jockey Koh Teck Huat has six rides for his comeback on Sunday. He has ridden 13 winners in 2023. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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Koh back in action on Sunday  

The trainer David Kok and jockey A'Isisuhairi Kasim combination scoring with outsider Happy Warrior (No. 9) on June 24. The $214 winner was A'Isisuhairi's 299th victory at Kranji and the 298th for Kok. A'Isisuhairi has eight rides on Sunday, three of them for Kok, who has two other runners.
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Duo closing in on 300th Kranji win