With four runs under his belt, Lucky Chevalier can dazzle

David Ferraris and Weichong Marwing could not hide their delight when the owner of Semos plucked gate three at yesterday's Hong Kong Derby barrier draw ceremony, but the pair would have been equally pleased to have been allotted gate two with Lucky Chevalier in the opening leg of the Triple Trio on Sunday.

Lucky Chevalier looks an ideal banker at his third start over the 1,400m course at Sha Tin, and the three-year-old is drawn to get another beautiful run in transit after only being bettered by Lucky Follow Me at his last start.

With a number of other obvious chances in the race drawn wider out, the inside draw for Marwing and the Lucky Owners gelding is even more advantageous.

The John Size-trained Dispatcher steps up in trip and will enjoy the extra distance, but must overcome gate 11, while the David Hall-trained Breeze Of Luck finds himself in a similar boat from gate 10 stepping up from his debut run over 1,000m.

Dispatcher had little luck when cluttered up on the rail at a crucial stage last start from his good draw, but the challenge for Douglas Whyte this time will be to keep him from being posted without cover from the wide alley.

Breeze Of Luck looked talented in his pre-debut barrier trials, but was slowly away on race-day and boxed on to the line over 1,000m as though he would appreciate more ground.

Last-start winner Polygold moves up in grade and sheds weight, but has also drawn awkwardly in gate nine after his 1?-length victory over this course on 14 days ago. He was able to overcome gate 10 on that occasion, but he enjoyed a hot early tempo that day and would need the same to happen if Howard Cheng Yue-tin wants to attempt to loop the field on him once again.