The Ricardo Le Grange-trained Iron Man showed his big heart when he held off Certainly in the $100,000 Open Benchmark 83 race over 1400m on Friday night to make it a three-in-a-row.

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.

Argentinian-bred galloper Iron Man overcame a bad alley to eventually make short work of his rivals in the $80,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1400m on Sunday.

With an overseas racing history that reads a 2100m winner in Ireland, two starts in Group 2 and Group 3 races over 2400m and 2700m before being shipped over to Singapore, The Capital would not have been a popular pick if lined up in a 1200m Polytrack race first-up at Kranji.

Jockey Barend Vorster was rapt he had his first winner for Ricardo Le Grange on the board on Sunday.