In Singapore they are looking at a young Australian-bred gelding as the horse to put the country on the international racing map.They are also looking suspiciously at a much older Aussie gelding as the horse that could delay the dream.But to the connections of Rocket Man, the presence of Takeover Target in Sunday's $1 million KrisFlyer Sprint at Kranji will only add to the credentials of their unbeaten galloper."You have to respect a horse who has done what Takeover Target has done," Rocket Man'

In Singapore they are looking at a young Australian-bred gelding as the horse to put the country on the international racing map.

They are also looking suspiciously at a much older Aussie gelding as the horse that could delay the dream.

But to the connections of Rocket Man, the presence of Takeover Target in Sunday's $1 million KrisFlyer Sprint at Kranji will only add to the credentials of their unbeaten galloper.

"You have to respect a horse who has done what Takeover Target has done," Rocket Man's trainer Patrick Shaw said.

"But we have something very special here."

Rocket Man, a son of multiple Group One winner Viscount, has won seven from seven having rolled a weight-for-age field at his first start in open company in the Lion City Cup last time out.

"He proved just what a good horse he is in that race," his jockey Robbie Fradd said.

"He had pressure on him all the way but was able to run away from them.

"My horse stepped it up a notch tonight."

If there is a concern about Rocket Man it is the dominance he has displayed in all his races and the resultant lack of pressure.

The three-year-old has won by clear margins at every start and in the Lion City Cup he made Singapore's second-best sprinter Waikato look fourth rate.

Fradd said the race provided the sort of pressure that Rocket Man needed to prove himself.

"I was glad there was all the pressure on him," Fradd said.

"With the pressure in his last two races he's learning all the time and it will certainly help him for next time."

Fradd also provided a measure by which Rocket Man might be more accurately assessed.

The expatriate South African was the regular rider of the former Hong Kong star Fairy King Prawn, a horse that ran Sunline to a nose in Hong Kong in 2000 and who won at the top level in Japan.

"He's not quite up with Fairy King Prawn yet but he's getting closer," Fradd said.

"Fairy King Prawn was a sprinter-miler who would sit back and fly home.

"What impresses me greatly with this horse is that he can quicken a bit like Fairy King Prawn, but from up on the pace.

"With Fairy King Prawn he had this fantastic sprint. He gave Sunline 10 lengths start in Hong Kong one day and got to within a nose.

"She was the best mare in the world at that stage so to get that close was fantastic."

Takeover Target came through his final piece of work for Sunday's race in good style on Friday.

With race rider Jay Ford up he worked over 1000m, finishing off with 600m in 36.4 seconds and the final 200m in 12.06s.

"They'll know he's in the race," trainer Joe Janiak said.

"That Rocket Man's a good horse, you have to be to win seven in a row, but this horse is racing like he was a couple of years ago."