TOPWEIGHT Captive Trick reverts to the specialist trip of 1,000 metres and looks ideal banker material for the first leg of the Double Trio as racing resumes at Sha Tin tomorrow.
Captive Trick is one of those horses that simply excel down the straight course and connections have also been favoured in the extreme by drawing right against the rails.
Even the normally intimidating weight of 140 pounds matters less over this minimum trip and is negated by the gelding's superb form this season - and over this distance.
Following two successive wins down the straight course, Captive Trick was switched to the longer sprint at Happy Valley for his last start and finished a creditable third to Lucky Touch who reopposes tomorrow but could have it to do to confirm the Valley form.
Lucky Touch, who has run extremely well down the straight course in the past, has drawn outside (12) and that is going to make matters difficult for him against the perfectly drawn Captive Trick.
Trainer Ivan Allan has done particularly well with the selection, masterminding his progress this season to the top of Class Four and picking out the races where he will be at his most effective.