Ho Ho Life ticks all the right boxes for final leg of TT

A sharp drop in weight and step up to the 1,800 metres should give Triple Trio players great confidence in making the Dennis Yip Chor-hong-trained Ho Ho Life a banker in the final leg at Happy Valley tomorrow night.

Champion jockey Douglas Whyte has enjoyed two Class Four wins on the gelding over 1,650m - the latest a gritty short head victory over Classic Boy lumping 133 pounds - and Whyte won't have been eating many Valentines' Day chocolates as he aims to make the 117 pounds for the Class Three ride.

Barrier five puts the icing on the cake for Ho Ho Life's winning chances at his first start beyond a mile, with every expectation that he will eat the extra 150m for breakfast with no weight on his back.

Whyte will no doubt put the Clangalang gelding to sleep behind the leading bunch early from the good draw, should find himself in the perfect trailing position until they turn for home, and in that scenario punters who have made it through the first two legs and have bankered Ho Ho Life can begin cheering home their other selections at that point.

Perhaps fellow lightweight Wo Ai Ninn will pose the biggest threat to Ho Ho Life with the in-form Greg Cheyne on board for trainer Michael Chang Chun-wai from gate four.

Wo Ai Ninn returns to the Valley for only the second time after winning at his city track debut over 1,650m two runs back, and connections will be hoping the High Chaparral gelding can repeat his victory with the postage-stamp handicap of 115 pounds.

Amityship, Vilasol and Victory Mascot all warrant careful consideration, as does topweight Antipasto, who has Keith Yeung Min-lung's five-pound claim to offset his 133 pounds impost.