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A rise in class proved to be no major hurdle for Titanium Racing’s stable banner Nowyousee on Friday night.

Victorious in a Kranji Stakes B race at his last start a month ago, the smart Lee Freedman-trained O’Reilly four-year-old was taking on the likes of Distinctive Darci and Olympic Anthem, but at the same time had only 53.5kgs on his back – a luxury for a horse going places like him.

Punters were confident Nowyousee could still shrug off the opposition in Friday’s $125,000 Born To Fly 2014 Stakes, a Kranji Stakes A Division 1 race over 1100m, sending him as the $15 first-elect ahead of Cadet (Nooresh Juglall, $20).

The market was spot-on as it was those two top picks who ran 1-2 in that order at the business end.

The Ricardo Le Grange-trained Cadet did, however, give his supporters a reasonable amount of hope he could buck that trend inside the last 300m.

Up in front briefly at barrier rise, Cadet handed up the lead when Olympic Anthem (Glen Boss) came whipping around at the 700m to dictate terms, but was being hailed the winner when he regained the leader’s baton upon straightening.

Placais had all the while been smoking his pipe in third place on the rails, but once the French jockey popped the favourite off the rails, it was ‘game on’.

Olympic Anthem made a good fist of it, but the complexion of the concluding stages was clearly shaping up like a two-horse war that would be wagered between Cadet and his bold challenger Nowyousee.

Pinning his ears back, lowering into attacking mode, Nowyousee steadily raced past a tenacious Cadet to put one length in between on the judge’s photo. Olympic Anthem ran third another half-length away. The winning time was 1min 4.39secs for the 1100m on the Polytrack.

Rated as the class act in the race, especially on his pet surface, Distinctive Darci (Michael Rodd, $20) loomed momentarily at the 300m, but flattened out thereafter to finish fourth, beaten more than five lengths by the winner.

“He’s a great little trier this horse. He went very well and we’re very happy with him,” said Freedman.

“I always imagined he would race past the first two in the straight. His weight was down from his last start, and that helped, too.

“I’m not sure if he will stay in work as there are not a lot of races left. I might put him away.”

Placais, who was at his second consecutive winning combination with Nowyousee, said he was a little more apprehensive about a successful outing this time.

“The field was stronger. It was a question mark whether he could face the step-up,” he said.

“Tonight was his biggest test, but he was very easy all the way. At the top of the straight, he responded strongly.”

That latest success has taken Nowyousee’s record to six wins and four placings from 11 starts for stakes earnings that have shot past the $330,000 mark for the Titanium Racing Stable.