Jockey Vlad Duric experienced the highs and lows of racing at the Singapore Racecourse on Tuesday.

Duric was lucky to escape injury after a fall earlier in the day, only to then to suffer a suspension for careless riding.

Trainer Stephen Gray was quite “chuffed” with the effort of Goldschatz to make it five wins in a row, the last three in feature races.

“I’ve experienced it all today,” said Duric. “I’ve come off one earlier in the day, copped a suspension and then won the feature.

“It has been a real mixed day and I’m feeling no pain right now.”

Duric said he expects to be a little sore on Wednesday morning following his tumble from Fascinator in Race 4 on the program.

The jockey was full of praise for Goldschatz on whom he has won his last five starts.

“I love him,” said Duric. “He is such a genuine horse.

“He was probably getting a little tired and that was why they got as close to him at the finish as they did, but having said that I did get to the front a bit too early.

“He’s probably a better horse chasing than what he is being left alone in front.

“He’s done a fantastic job. It’s never easy to win five in a row, especially for the stayers.”

Duric had Goldschatz settled in third place behind the speed that was set by Escamonda (Robbie Fradd) and Kin Keseki (Ismail Saifudin) before Kin Keseki took a clear lead at the 1000m.

Approaching the turn Escamonda kicked through to again assume the lead before Goldschatz arrived on his outside with 300m to run.

Soon after Goldschatz kicked clear and opened up a winning break before holding off the determined finish of Breadwinner and El Dorado.

Trainer Stephen Gray was quite “chuffed” with the effort of Goldschatz to make it five wins in a row, the last three in feature races.

“I’m very proud of him,” said Gray. “We tried him as a stayer during his four-year-old year but he developed a problem after the Derby.

“He had a stress fracture, so we had to give him a long break, but he’s come back from it well.

“It is a hard task to do what he has done – win five races in a row, especially being a stayer.

The Group 2 Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000m will be run on April 23 while the International Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup, also over 2000m, is to be run on May 16.

Goldschatz is owned by Mr Stephan Herzog, a former Singapore-based Estee Lauder manager now working in Dubai, who emailed Gray earlier in the day as he was unavailable to attend the meeting.

“The owner said that if he retired today without winning he wouldn’t mind,” said Gray. “He just got so much pleasure out of winning the Woodlands Classic that this will be a bonus for him.”

Gray said he had been a little easy on Goldschatz following his last start win in the Woodlands Classic on January 23 as he wanted to keep the gelding on the fresh side going into Tuesday’s race.

“He had had a pretty tough time so I thought we would freshen him up a bit,” said Gray.

“He was up about 5kg in bodyweight and I did think that he may have been a little underdone for the race.

“But he showed his class and determination today. It was a very pleasing result.”

Goldschatz, a six-year-old New Zealand bred gelding by Pins from the Centaine mare Centri Belle, has now won eight of his 29 starts and collected almost $600,000 in prizemoney.

Dual Singapore Gold Cup winner El Dorado is looking for more ground according to his jockey Ronnie Stewart.

“He was outsped coming to the turn but he ran to the line well,” said Stewart.

“He’s racing well and working very well, it’s just there aren’t the races here far enough for him.

“The 2000m is about as far as some of the others want, and my bloke wants it a little further.”

 Duric for a double when he captured the final event on the program, the $55,000 Class 4 Div. 1 Stakes over 1400m with Esteem Power.