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The Mark Walker trained Sacred Rebel is airborne for his new stable and appears poised to notch up the hat-trick at Kranji this evening.
Due to contest the seventh event, Sacred Rebel makes the rise to Class 2 company, but it appears well within his reach.
Only a recent addition to the Walker stable, Sacred Rebel has really found his form in recent efforts, when most impressive winning on the polytrack last start.
Although ridden back from the wide draw two back, Benny Woodworth elected to press forward last start, settling outside the lead.
Travelling well into the straight, Sacred Rebel took over inside the 300m, before surging away to score by 2.8L.
His closing splits matched what appeared to the eye, recording the fastest last 200m (11.64) of the meeting.
Formerly trained by Chris Waller, Sacred Rebel actually began his career in New Zealand and had won two of his 10 starts before making his way to Singapore.
A handy second placegetter behind Wolf Warrior in his Singapore debut, Sacred Rebel went on to struggle on the turf track, before winning his next two starts.
He clearly didn't have any issues on the turf when racing in Australia and happy to just put a line through that performance.
Arriving in Singapore rated 93 by Timeform, his latest performance saw him return a Timeform rating of 87, very encouraging signs.
A figure of 87 is a decent platform heading into this evening's event and from the wide draw expect him to adopt a forward position.
No doubt this is a lot harder, however when assessing Timeform weight adjusted ratings, Sacred Rebel certainly deserves his chance and should prove hard to beat.
The Michael Clements trained Gingerella is in great form and is sure to make her presence felt, having performed very well behind Aramco last start.
Sticking on gamely to finish second, she tasted her first defeat in Singapore and if able to hold that form, she is sure to be in this for a long way.
Stablemate Quarter Back steps up sharply in grade in his return, but is clearly heading the right way and has to be respected.
Unbeaten in two starts last preparation, he has trialled well in the lead up and is expected to sprint well fresh.
Of the rest the Lee Freedman trained Curvature appears the next in line.
Only narrowly beaten in his return behind Eye Guy, he remains open to good improvement second up and has to be respected.
Good luck and happy punting.
