Last year around this time, Chase Me was rising from obscurity with eye-catching runs in the first two Legs of the Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge before exploding away to a career-defining runaway win in the Group 1 Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m).

While most Singapore Derby winners are normally given a well-earned break after such a tough test, this year's winner Chase Me is backing up within two weeks of his resounding success in the Group 1 race to race in the $300,000 Group 2 Chairman's Trophy (1800m) this Sunday.