Trainer Desmond Koh was beaming with delight after he brought up his first winner a lot earlier than at his last season courtesy of a narrow win by City Lad on Sunday.

Despite his hefty impost, Meteor Mike made a one-act affair of the $95,000 Open Benchmark 83 Stakes over 1400m on Friday night.

The instructions given by trainer Brian Dean to jockey Soo Khoon Beng on how to ride Getreel in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1200m paid instant dividends on Friday.

A fresh and rejuvenated Wallinger landed a first-up victory in the Ace Aliado Handicap over 1000m on the Polytrack on Friday night.

Trainer Theo Kieser will have some deep thinking to do after his smart three-year-old Kaiser took out the $75,000 Progress Stakes over 1200m on Sunday.