A relatively quiet weekend in Singapore with a surprise winner on Sunday one of the horses to follow.

One week after fretting over odds-on favourite Bold Thruster desperately seeking the line in the Group 3 JBBA Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (1200m), trainer Shane Baertschiger endured more heart-stopping moments with another hotpot, Mikki Joy.

Japanese entire Mikki Joy gave his Singapore Gold Cup aspirations no harm with a solid staying performance in the $85,000 Class 2 race over 1800m on Friday night.

Japanese entire Mikki Joy clearly appreciated the rise in distance to the mile in the $85,000 Kranji Stakes B race as could be seen when he pulled his way to a grinding win on Friday night.