After a slight delay, English Derby-winning jockey Alan Munro will finally make his Singapore debut at Kranji on Friday.

Munro, 44, who has been granted a three-month licence to ride in Singapore from July 1, has been nominated on the Leslie Khoo-trained GOLDEN FRIENDS in the open event. That is his only nonimated mount for the Emirates Singapore Derby weekend.

With more than 20 years’ experience as a jockey, Munro won the 1991 English and Irish Derbys aboard GENEROUS, who also provided him with victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Stakes in the same year.

He also claimed the 2006 Irish 2000 Guineas aboard ARAAFA among 15 Group 1 wins that have been achieved in six different countries.

In 1994 Munro left the UK to ride in Asia where he rode with success in Hong Kong and Japan as well as having a stint in South Africa. In 2000, he took a riding sabbatical taking up karate where he fought on the international stage before resuming his riding career in New Zealand in 2005.

After spending a year on the sidelines following a head injury suffered in 2006, Munro resumed riding in the UK in 2008 before heading overseas again. He is currently licensed to ride in Qatar. Munro currently goes to scale at 53.5kg.