Tough is the only way to describe tomorrow night's Happy Valley Triple Trio. And the best advice, besides focusing on Sound Gallop and The Best Winner in the last leg, Amiable in the first leg and hoping Red Devil is not overly inconvenienced by barrier 10 in the middle pin, is to keep the stake to a minimum as there is no jackpot.
Trainer Wong Tang-ping appears to have brought Sound Gallop to a peak for the sixth event.
Sound Gallop's recent form has been better and his work leading into this Class Three 1,800-metre event has been out of the top drawer.
On a couple of runs going back towards the beginning of the season, he comes into this on a very competitive mark.
The Best Winner put in a highly creditable second last time and is one of only three Class Two horses in this contest. It is hard to fancy the other two as My Friends Say is reappearing after a long break and Hong Kong Stallion appears to have lost his form.
Chirag's work suggests he's ready to bounce back after an inexplicably bad run last time. He is on a pretty high rating now, though.