My Specialist can make a winning return to Happy Valley by taking the fifth event on tonight's card.
Dual champion trainer David Hayes set the strapping son of Honor Grades to land a first-time-out gamble at the city venue back in the middle of last December.
It was an extremely well-orchestrated coup from which some won their Christmas money and good luck to them.
Hayes had two newcomers in the race. Stable jockey Basil Marcus rode Surplus and the much less heralded Michael Hills was on board My Specialist.
Surplus needed the outing but Hills sailed home aboard My Specialist at 6.8-1. Since then, My Specialist's career has been interrupted by niggling training setbacks and he's only run twice. He had a long break after that debut win and wasn't seen out again until the final day of the season when he ran a highly creditable third to El Viento and a more patiently ridden Heavenly Wind in a competitive Sha Tin 1,200-metre Class Three event.
He had some in-form types behind such as Rory's Bid, Good Spirit, Happy Boy and Just Perfect who had all come into the race off the back of promising efforts.
My Specialist probably needed that outing after a six-month absence. He probably was also just in needed of his reappearance run this time round when fourth to Universal Winner, again in a Sha Tin Class Three, 1,200-metre contest.