The Lee Freedman trained Jomo tasted his first defeat last start, however he lost no admirers and is worth following at Kranji this evening.

Lim’s Lightning will be hard to beat on his return, when he lines up in the Class 3 over 1200m on Friday night.

The honour of firing the first 2018 salvo went to trainer Daniel Meagher after he took out the season opener, the $45,000 Welcome 2018 Stakes (1200m) with the well-backed Elise, on Monday.

Jockey Danny Beasley has always had a bit of time for Chalaza from Day 1 and it showed in his effusive post-race appraisal after they recombined for a second win on Friday night.

Leading trainer Alwin Tan may well have unearthed something out of the box in Nova Swiss after the former New Zealander simply decimated his rivals in the $60,000 Open Benchmark 67 race over 1000m on Sunday.