The Cliff Brown yard is clearly the team to follow in this early part of the new season after they brought up their second consecutive double on Monday.

Sunday’s $125,000 Alwin Tan Hai Wang Stakes (1200m) saw the stage all set for a riveting showdown between Polytrack specialists My Lucky Strike and Super Winner with the edge going to the former in breathtaking style.

New Year’s Day’s most exciting finish had to be in Race 6 when D’Buffalo Man came with a late rush to get up in the shadows of the post.

Australian import Battle Of Troy has not taken long to show his wares on local soil when he franked his solid debut third with a slashing win in Sunday’s last race, the $60,000 Panasonic Technology Stakes, a Class 4 race over 1400m.