Hole In One can take this evening's third event on a typically difficult Happy Valley card which features a $17.9 million Triple Trio jackpot.
Hole In One is worth a decent win bet and could also double up as a key horse for those searching for TT riches.
The son of Turkoman has been given plenty of time to come to himself by trainer Ivan Allan, who is never in a hurry with his more stoutly bred youngsters.
Hole In One ran a good third three starts ago down the straight 1,000-metre chute and then had the rest of them well beaten off when caught close home and beaten a neck by the improving Accuracy two starts ago.
On the strength of that run and the overall improvement he was showing, he was a confident choice last time. He only managed to run fourth to the wet-track specialist We Know When but there are strong grounds for rating him a fair bit better than the bare form suggests and giving him another chance.
Last time he was trapped wide on a fast pace and had such a tough run, with Craig's Pride and Projectvision kicking up inside him, that he could have been forgiven for dropping out and finishing unplaced.