Trialled and tested - Best Fit ready to put best foot forward

The Group One winning combination of Tony Cruz and Gerald Mosse will be hoping to put Best Fit's disappointing last-start performance behind them with a switch to the city track in the opening leg of the Triple Trio tomorrow.

Best Fit was ordered back to the barrier trials by stewards after turning in an unacceptable performance down the Sha Tin straight at his second run, just two weeks after the four-year-old won his debut over the same course.

The stewards' decision to send Best Fit back to the practice jump-outs provides punters with a handy clue that the Cruz-trained horse is back to his former self, as he comfortably followed Sunday's winner Dane Patrol throughout his enforced gallop and appeared to finish off the work in decent fashion.

A good draw is the other huge positive for Best Fit at his Happy Valley debut, and Mosse will be able to bounce to a forward position from barrier five with little difficulty.

Many of his main opponents, such as last-start winner Pillowin (barrier 11), the lightly weighted Megabucks (gate 12) and last-start improver Karbridge (barrier 8), will all need to work for their positions in the run, and, provided Best Fit hops out in smart fashion, he should have first claims on finding the rail and holding his opponents wide.

Cruz and Mosse will most likely try to lead with the speedy son of Iglesia but, with the good draw in their favour, perhaps the pair will decide upon a contingency plan to hold the box seat if others are desperate to hit the front from wider gates.