Sunday, 20 October 2019: The vastly-improved River Radiance came with a sizzling turn of foot to roll Altair, the hotpot of the night, on Friday.

River Radiance winning the CLASS 3

Following an impressive two-from-two at Kranji, not many had dared tip against Altair, Mark Walker's former Chris Waller-trained one-time Sydney winner in the $70,000 Class 3 race over 1200m, but after riding shotgun outside leader Unconquered (Joseph Azzopardi), the odds-on favourite's ($9) turn of foot was devoid of the same bite when jockey Benny Woodworth called upon the tools of the trade.

In his big white earmuffs, River Radiance (Marc Lerner), who was rising in class after last saluting in Class 4 company two months ago, was moving with greater purpose on the outside.

Beaten fair and square at the 200m, Altair was unable to muster a response as the Rip Van Winkle four-year-old bounded clear, battling away for second place just over two lengths astern, holding off Super Fortune by three parts of a length in third place.

Running the 1200m on the Polytrack in 1min 10.51secs, River Radiance   ($19) has now set up a handy record of three wins and two seconds from five starts for stakes earnings closing in on the $130,000 mark for his Macau-based owner Mr Ho Pui Kim.

By far Mok Zhan Lun's brightest spark in his small team of 24 horses, River Radiance was handing the Singaporean trainer his second win for the night to get into double digits for the 2019 season.

Another one of his better wards, Legend Rocks (Benny Woodworth, $14), kickstarted the eight-race night meeting in the best possible way in the $30,000 Class 5 Division 1 race over 1200m.

The brace has seen Mok leapfrog three spots over fellow local colleagues Desmond Koh, Jason Lim and David Kok to now sit in 23rd place on 10 winners.

"It's been a great night," said the soft-spoken handler.

"River Radiance was up in class and I thought Altair would be hard to beat, but he was in good form.

"The key to him is to keep him relaxed behind the leaders. Marc rode him well and in the straight, he showed an explosive finish."

After getting on the scoreboard with the Jerome Tan-trained $15 favourite High Limit in the race before, the $30,000 Class 5 Division 2 race over 1200m, the Raffles Cup-winning French jockey keeps up his hot streak with a riding double.

He remains in fifth place on 33 winners, but is only three winners behind John Powell, who, however, returns from a three-day suspension for careless riding on Sunday.

"Things are going well for me, hope it stays that way," said Lerner who gets back on his Raffles Cup winner Makanani in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) on Sunday.

"I was very happy when Mok rang me for the ride on River Radiance. With a record of 2-1-2-1, he was obviously a very good chance.

"When I was told he had 54kgs, I knew I would have a tough week wasting down to that weight, but it was well worth it.

"I went in hoping for a good run and we had a good cart behind Altair right through. At the top of the straight, I knew the rest were done for.

"He's a very promising horse."