French jockey Alexis Badel made sure he was not the only visiting jockey not to get on the scoresheet after he drove River Golden to a spirited win in the $80,000 Better Life 2012 Stakes, a Class 3 Division 2 race over 1200m on Saturday.

International rider Karis Teetan showed he was not in Singapore for a holiday after he got on the board at his very first ride in the opening race to the undercard of the $1.5 million Group 1 Kranji Mile (1600m) on Saturday.

Trainer Kuah Cheng Tee’s well-known partiality towards US-breds will no doubt grow further after Big Wave opened his account at his sixth start in the $85,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1400m on Sunday.

With only four meetings left in the 2017 season, the ding-dong battle for second place on the trainer’s log looks all set to go down to the wire after Shane Baertschiger again drew on level terms with Ricardo Le Grange on Sunday.