Yellow River is a very confident selection to bring a bit of Christmas to proceedings by taking the second event on tonight's Happy Valley card.
The Andy Leung-trained three-year-old was one of the most expensive lots at last season's International Sale.
Ever since Leung's owner Ip Yai-wing dug deep to buy him he's worked as if at least capable of scoring in Class Three, let alone against tonight's Class Four rivals.
But he hasn't been the easiest of horses to train. He was going nicely last season but never made it into a race and then next time around his reappearance was delayed due to an abscess in a foot.
When he finally faced the starter for the first time he was unlucky enough to run up against a very useful recruit in the shape of Wylie Wong's Lucky Goal.
Yellow River showed very good speed on debut, leading from Citispeed who gave him little peace in the first half of the 1,200-metre contest whereas Lucky Goal had an easier run in behind.
It wasn't until the final 100 metres that Lucky Goal began to exert his authority as Yellow River's lack of racing condition, and his tougher run, began to take its toll.