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The three-year-old crop has been so strong this season that when they run against the older horses they go on top and are expected to win.

Kaiser is the only three-year-old in the feature eighth race on the card tonight, a S$75K Class Three over 1000m on the poly, and he should outsmart them.

He is unbeaten fresh up and on the poly has a win and three seconds from as many starts and at 1000m is a win and two seconds from as many attempts.

The gelding can go fast early and lead or work up outside the pace and attack.

A closer look into his poly performance makes for even better reading and viewing.

His win was on debut and his three seconds came behind Cash Luck (4 wins and headed to Meydan as part of the Freedman Fearsome Foursome) and at Class Three behind Primera Espada (5 wins).

The other second came under 57kg behind Dark Matter (6 wins and winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas trial at Meydan just over a fortnight ago and the Dubai Duty Free (1400m) last night).

Kaiser has been under the radar considering all the usual suspects he has been associating with and competing against admirably.

K B Soo will ride from gate six tonight for trainer Theo Keiser and at 54.5kg this is a potent pairing.

If they come out with a wing on every hoof in this feature 1000m dash then several with better barriers just might gas each other early and/or to the home turn and Soo can have the last laugh.

He may in fact keep the heat on and see what will crack first, so the options will clearly unfold in the first 400m.

Two runners from the Bruce Marsh stable have good draws and one of them is a likely leader or early pace-forcer in Palombaro, which last start led and gave a star three-year-old in Mr Big a fright until caught late.

Palombaro at 55kg from gate three will give them something to beat and he has importantly already won a Class Three over 1000m on the poly and poignantly he defeated none other than Primera Espada.

This gives linkage between he and Kaiser through what they have encountered on their respective paths.

Squall Line is drawn out at gate ten but his record on the poly and over 1000m is strong and the incomparable Joao Moreira will ride.

The now Brian Dean prepared sprinter has had three runs for his new stable and placed once (under 59.5kg on the poly).

He has had three other trainers prior and compiled four wins and three placings for them in total.

Interestingly at his first Singapore start he bolted in and won by two lengths over Palombaro, so another form thread can be linked that now involves three win suspects tonight.

Squall Line has never been beaten home by six of the ten rivals he meets tonight so has a mental edge over three-fifths of the field.

The two placings by Squall Line in his last six starts have come behind Won't Stop and Perfect Pins on the poly, so he can certainly rumble with some proven burners.

The rest of the field this evening are either not Class Three competitive or fast enough to keep up, so I do see Kaiser, Palombaro and Squall Line as the most likely line up.

Goggle catchers should be at the ready in the crowd as Soo slings his riding eyewear after every win plus you get a grin.

Enjoy the feature.