He has won some of the biggest races in Kranji, including four Singapore Gold Cups and two Singapore Derbies, but a victory in Sunday's Group 3 JBBA Moonbeam Vase race over 1800m would mean the world to trainer Hideyuki Takaoka.

He has won some of the biggest races in Kranji, including four Singapore Gold Cups and two Singapore Derbies, but a victory in Sunday’s Group 3 JBBA Moonbeam Vase race over 1800m would mean the world to trainer Hideyuki Takaoka.

Trainer Michael Freedman had a sense of immense personal pride following the last-to-first victory of Tropaios in the Group 1 $1.35 million Longines Singapore Gold Cup over 2200m on Sunday.

For a change, there was hardly a glum face at the Post Position Draw for Sunday’s $1.35 million Group 1 Longines Singapore Gold Cup (2200m) on Thursday morning.

Trainer Hideyuki Takaoka got a special buzz after he claimed the race named after his Singapore Gold Cup hero when Musketeer outstayed his rivals to land the $150,000 El Dorado Classic (2200m) on Sunday.