There is no jackpot for tomorrow night's Happy Valley Triple Trio, but there is still a HK$2 million dividend pool to tackle and Douglas Whyte looks a vital part of any assault.
Whyte's mount in the opening leg, Ray's Favourite, looks the anchor for all Triple Trio game plans, with the Peter Ng Bik-kuen trained gelding one of the finds in the lower grades this season. In nine starts , Ray's Favourite has won three and finished second four times, all of those outings over this Valley 1,650m.
Ng has stuck with a winning plan and Ray's Favourite looks ready to turn around his last three second placings with the benefit of a good draw.
The gelding has drawn wide in his last two runs and still run boldly, perhaps even unlucky to be beaten by Grand Elite last time when held up rounding the home turn as he waited for the winner to go full throttle.
He should be well placed throughout tomorrow night, an important factor with what looks just an average pace in the race.
His main danger could be the other revelation this term, the Richard Gibson-trained Easy Gold (Olivier Doleuze), who is awkwardly drawn but still has to go in TT wagers for the sake of his consistency.
Maiden runner Good Hong Kong (Zac Purton) is getting to the stage where he needs to replace reputation with something more concrete, but he has been placed at four of six runs and arguably his best effort was his debut run at the Valley so he may be better suited here than Sha Tin. Blossom Daily and Yuan's Fortune also look must-includes.