Champion jockey Manoel Nunes is confident Bakeel will go closer in the $150,000 Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1,400m) on April 27.

The Brazilian always felt 1,400m to 1,600m were more up the alley of the son of Sioux Nation, but was still not disappointed with his last-start third to Ace Of Diamonds in the Group 3 Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (1,200m) on April 6.