Don’t Forget Boss has emerged as one of the most promising stayers in the country after his impressive win in the Supreme C race over 2000m at Sungai Besi today.

It was his second career win over the distance, having been successful in a Class 5 race over that trip in Singapore last August.

The son of Preferment then defied a promotion to win over 1600m and was given a crack at the Grand Singapore Gold Cup (2000m) two starts later, finishing ninth of 14 runners behind Smart Star.

Trainer David Kok took Don’t Forget Boss – whom he purchased for NZ$75,000 at the Ready To Run Sale – to Malaysia and the gelding has taken some time to settle in before finding his form again.

Don’t Forget Boss finished on the podium in four consecutive starts before coming from a long way back to win a Class 4A race over 1700m last month.

Over a slightly longer trip over 1800m three weeks ago, the four-year-old flashed home a trifle too late, beaten a short head by Winning Stride who he met again today.

 This time, however, jockey Harmeet Singh Gill, who has ridden him in his last three starts, made no mistake. In fact, Harmeet rode a brilliant race, making full use of his only ride for the day after notching a double in Ipoh yesterday.

Don’t Forget Boss likes to bowl along well off the pace early and Harmeet allowed him to do just that. The pair was always in the rear bunch and at one stage, they were last in a compact field but always hugging the rails.

Coming to home turn, Harmeet kept to the rails and from the top of the straight to the 200m, he gently eased Don’t Forget Boss out behind the heels of the horses in front.

Once clear, he got Don’t Forget Boss going and they swept past Super Bowl with ease in the final 100m to win by 1-1/4 lengths. Super Bowl had taken over the lead from the pacemaker Lim’s Puncak Jaya at the 300m and broke clear. But he found no answer when Don’t Forget Boss came charging on his outside.

“The horse worked well and is in great condition,” said Kok. “The jockey (Harmeet) knows the horse well and he rode according to instructions.”

“Don’t Forget Boss is an up-and-coming stayer,” said Harmeet. “He is only four years old and he will get many chances in the feature races coming up.”