Tony Cruz is resigned to the fact Blaze King can only win up the Sha Tin straight, so was thrilled when the rugged sprinter with the cowboy walk made the most of a rare opportunity and barrelled his way to a dominant Class One victory.
'He just doesn't get 1,200m and he doesn't get around Happy Valley because of the way he is built,' said Cruz after his six-year-old took his course and distance record to seven wins from 19 attempts.
'He is built like a tank and he walks very wide behind ... you just look at him and just know he is built for a sprint. You look at Olympic sprinters, they're muscular guys built for explosive power - that's him.
'There's just no races for him now, so we'll back off until next season, he is not quite a Group One horse, maybe at Group Three level we can find something.'
Blaze King turned the tables on favourite Bear Hero, who finished third after racing in the centre of the track, with the winner tearing along the favoured outside rail after jumping from gate 13.
'The ground is always better out there, because they don't race on it, it's a huge advantage to those horses drawn on the outside,' Cruz said.