One race after the black armband-wearing Nooresh Juglall saluted on Siam Vipasiri in memory of the late Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Friday night, French jockey Olivier Placais followed suit on Little Big Man – even if it came in the Stewards’ room.

Leading trainer Lee Freedman tried his hand at some French banter with jockey Olivier Placais after Little Big Man scored for the third time for the French rider on Sunday - not quite to the same winning effect as his horse, but good enough for a hearty laugh.

French jockey Olivier Placais was all smiles after he steered Little Big Man to a resounding win in the Lucky Last on Sunday.

French jockey Olivier Placais claimed the riding honours at Friday’s Kranji night meeting with a riding hat-trick that he achieved right at the last stride in the very last race.

Trainer Lee Freedman was not at Kranji on Friday night, but the stable was kept ticking over when Irish stayer Excellency landed a spectacular last-to-first win in the $80,000 Class 3 race over 1600m.