Trainer Steven Burridge was glad Lim’s Royal redeemed himself with a winning turn in the $80,000 Class 3 Division 2 race over 1400m on Friday night.

Perth champion jockey William Pike is slowly gaining a cult following at Kranji after he made his second Sunday ride count at yet another hit-and-run visit to Singapore.

A wobbly-legged Ground Control was not quite living up to his name in the concluding stages of the $35,000 Stepitup 2013 Stakes, a Maiden race over 1600m, as he kept drifting in and out under pressure, but luckily for his connections, he was still able to power home to nail down his first career win at the last hop on Sunday.

The well-supported Lim’s Royal produced a late burst through a sardine-packed situation close home to land the prize in the $65,000 Initiation race over 1400m on Sunday.