Much more action than normal for a Friday yesterday at Sha Tin.
But with the season winding down, trainers were keen to get some serious work into their charges.
Leading the way was David Hayes and his impressive newcomer Noble Challenge, a son of Mukaddamah, impressed as he picked up the last quarter of an 800-metre workout.
The three-year-old is down to contest a 1,200-metre Class Four event next Wednesday at Happy Valley and, although the city track has proven a graveyard for debutants this season, on this work he is going to take a power of beating.
Hayes sent Perfect Model out to win first-up recently at the Valley and the massive four-year-old has made good progress since.
He now finds himself in Class One but the gelding looked well up to handling the promotion as he did similar work to Noble Challenge.