Singapore’s lone contender at the Dubai World Cup meeting on March 30 looked sharp in a barrier trial at Kranji on Tuesday morning.

The feature sprint this evening at Kranji sees just six now lining up in the dash for cash after a couple of vet withdrawals and the turf record in Singapore of several is a concern.

Nine years after her resounding success in the Singapore Gold Cup, popular mare Zirna will see her very first progeny go around the same venue of her 2003 triumph on Friday night, Raziyya Of Sydney.

Trainer Michael Freedman has already shaken off his post-holiday blues as he gets back in the thick of the action at Kranji saddling two of his high-profile wards, Mr Big and Better Be The One in the $200,000 Group 3 Woodlands Handicap (1200m) on Polytrack this Sunday.

Tough-as-nails sprinter Mr Big is back in business as he makes his much-awaited racing comeback in the $125,000 Open Class race over 1100m on Polytrack on Sunday.