Inexperience was no barrier for Saratoga who broke his maiden status in the $65,000 Initiation Stakes over 1200m on Friday night.

Trainer Stephen Gray was seriously toying with the idea of a two-pronged attack in the Singapore Gold Cup after Silver Element and Decimus ran the quinella in Sunday’s $75,000 Kranji Stakes C Emirates London Stakes (2200m).

Trainer Stephen Gray hopes to be standing in the same spot in 12 months time after the debut win of April’s Knight in the $65,000 Emirates Dakar Stakes over 1400m on Sunday.