Brazilian jockey Vitor Espindola had a good hunch he would not have to wait too long to break his duck at Kranji.
From six rides, mostly outsiders, at his launch on Nov 18, he could not get the fairy-tale start he had hoped for.
He did hit around the mark with one second on Ciango ($57) and one third on Condor ($31).
Spurred on by the two placings, Espindola got on the board at his 10th mount at the following meeting on Nov 25 - Roda Robot ($24) for leading trainer Jason Ong in the $50,000 Class 4 race (1,700m).
From a one-out, one-back spot, Roda Robot got flushed out four wide by the home turn, but still responded to Espindola's urgings to beat favourite Super Bowl (Manoel Nunes) by 114 lengths.
Long shot Rocky (Yusoff Fadzli) ran on late to settle for third place, another 1/2-length away. The winning time was 1min 46.73sec for the 1,700m on Polytrack.
"I had many placings last week, but I knew my turn would come soon," said the former Sao Paulobased Espindola, who plied his trade in Malaysia for eight months before heading down South.
"I knew I had good rides today.
Roda Robot was one of my best chances.
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