The $90,000 Magic Millions Rocket Man Stakes over 1000m on Friday night marks the opening leg of the Singapore Golden Horseshoe Series and the first two-year-old event of 2013.

The $95,000 Open Benchmark 97 Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy (1600m) boasted a quality field that was not short of winning hopes, but in the end, it was the less-fancied runner Freezemaster who landed the money.

Class performer Gingerbread Man is on track to repeat his Two and Three-Year-Old Horse of the Year honours when he took out the $300,000 Group 2 Stewards' Cup over 1400m on Sunday.

At Kranji on Sunday Gingerbread Man told the other 17 runners who was boss in this first leg of the 4yo challenge.

Evergreen galloper Waikato has emerged as the top local hope for next month's Singapore Airlines International Cup with a brave victory in the Group 2 $350,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000m on Friday night.