Expectations were high when former Perth galloper Accelarometer arrived at Kranji with the Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge in connections sights.

Trainer Shane Baertschiger had always intended having two runners in the Group 1 $1.15 million Emirates Singapore Derby over 2000m on Sunday.

It is amazing what a short break can do for both the mind and the body.

Trainer Alvin Tan crept ever so closer to a maiden Group 1 success when Speedy Cat took out the opening Leg of the Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge on Sunday.

Jockey Manoel Nunes is looking forward to Sunday’s feature race, the Group 2 $300,000 Stewards’ Cup over 1400m.