The Arexevan Racing trained Hint backed up from his last-start victory last week to again come to the fore in the $75,000 Open Benchmark 74 Ninetyfive Emperor 2003 Handicap (2000m) on Sunday.

The Reset five-year-old came from behind to score in a mile race for Class 4 gallopers last Sunday, and he certainly lived up to his $11 favourite tag to clinch a neck-win over Utrillo (Barend Vorster) with My Race (App J.L. Li) third another half-a-length away.

Hint travelled well the whole trip but was wedged between Big Jin and Martial Art about 500m from home. When a clear run appeared at the 400m, Hint put in the big strides with Utrillo and My Race proving hard to peg back on his inside while Martial Art (Koh Teck Huat) was also chiming in on the outside. Vlad Duric, riding with his trademark vigour inside the last 100m gave Hint a few slaps with the whip and he responded well to score by a neck from Utrillo.

Hint's consistency has really improved since he was gelded last June. He has now won four of his last twelve starts.

Vlad Duric rode Hint to victory a week earlier and worked overtime for his victory on Sunday.

Duric reported to Michael Lee of the Singapore Turf Club, “It wasn’t an easy ride. They got a bit packed up and I was getting pressure on the inside. When Martial Art went round my outside, I got a bit of pressure on the outside as well. We got a bit of luck at the corner and he showed plenty of courage in the home straight and kicked up very nicely.”

Hint was at his fifth win from 25 starts and has racked up over S$150,000 in prize money to go on top of his RM45,000 earned during his three run stint with Richard Lines in Malaysia.