Trainer Tim Fitzsimmons had a very good reason to explain why he had never fallen prey to nerves prior to Golden Monkey's explosive win in the $110,000 Group 3 Fortune Bowl (1,400m) on Feb 11.
It is because the Australian had always been safe in the knowledge he had the "second-best horse" in Singapore under his barn roof.
A capacity field of 16 in a sevenfurlong race around one turn can be a recipe for disaster for even the most bombproof of horses.
But the 2022 Singapore champion trainer always had bottomless faith in the Group 1 Singapore Derby winner navigating that minefield, especially after his first-up second three weeks earlier on Jan 20.
Even when the $16 favourite looked hemmed in on the fence in midfield during the running of the Chinese New Year feature - which was making its comeback after a three-year break- he did not fret.
Even when Street Of Dreams opened up to a commanding break at the 250m, he remained cool.
"I was pretty confident. I've always been aware we have the second-best horse in Singapore," he said, as an obvious reference to Lim's Kosciuszko as the undisputed Kranji kingpin.
"He ran a massive first-up race with 59kg, and he has been working really well coming into today's race.
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