Electronic Unicorn might not be ready for the big boys yet but he's going into Sunday's $7 million Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup in the form of his life.
Leading Australian jockey Steven King has flown back, only a matter of weeks after splitting with retaining trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fie, to partner Electronic Unicorn in the weekend's Group Two 2,000-metre contest.
King was on hand to put him through a solid 1,200 metres yesterday morning in company with stablemate Full Throttle.
Electronic Unicorn is never a flash worker - so many of the really good horses are the same. They are relaxed almost to the point of indolence in the mornings, their competitive spirits only igniting when the gates burst open on racedays.
In contrast many of those who appear to be working brilliantly are doing it on their nerves.
When they are sent to the races their fragile temperaments get the better of them and they fall into the proverbial hole some 200 or 300 metres out.