BLUE VINYL, 2022 Guineas and St Leger winner, yesterday got the head bob on 5-1 chance SUPREMASI at a mile, winning the Liu Chie Poo Trophy by a nose in an exciting last half-furlong duel.

Relegated to fifth down the backstretch after getting a sharp start to lead the overnight-allowance event briefly under Raddesh Roman, BLUE VINYL was afterwards held off splits being set by American SHEER DELIGHT under pressure from SUPREMASI.

MOJTO, last year’s Kenneth Mattis Memorial and grade-one Jamaica Cup winner, sent off as the 6-5 favourite on punters’ bye to make amends for a terrible run when reporting off a four-month lay-up in April’s Saint Cecelia Trophy, tracked SHEER DELIGHT and SUPREMASI into the stretch run.