Former Singapore champion apprentice jockey Shafiq Rizuan bounced back to winning ways on Friday night.

Trainer Michael Clements was not expecting fireworks from his New Year 2017 kick-off team over the weekend, but was overall still pleased with the results.

Astrospeed makes it on his third try as he finally crossed the winning post ahead of the field in the $65,000 Initiation race over 1200m on Friday.