It has been a slow start for the Paul O'Sullivan stable but the New Zealander can turn things around in style at Sha Tin today with a form reversal from Fellowship to win the Panasonic Cup (1,600m).
By this time last season, the eventual runner-up to Caspar Fownes in the championship chase already had seven wins on the board, but this time around O'Sullivan has had more runners but just four winners.
But the team looks on the turn with a solid line-up on today's card and Fellowship (Manoel Nunes) ready to turn the form book upside down in the feature.
Only five months and three starts ago Fellowship was looking one of the most promising horses in Hong Kong after very strong wins at his first two outings to add to his impressive wins from just a few starts in New Zealand.
But it all went wrong after that and O'Sullivan was forced to give the gelding a decent break before his third start when he failed but that could be forgiven as he did not seem to be on top of his game in the lead-up to that event.
Everything was back on track before Fellowship's first run this term, though, with an excellent barrier trial giving the indication he was back in form.