Triple Trio punters can sharpen the darts for the first two legs of the HK$2 million exotic bet type on Sunday, but should be able to nail down the third-leg combinations by basing tickets around Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's improving Quantum Power.
Zac Purton has been the horse's constant companion throughout his three-start career, and the jockey will find himself slipping just one extra pound of lead into the saddle after winning on the gelding last start at 126 pounds.
The extended ratings band of 65-40 for the Class Four Jules Audemars Handicap (1,400m) has compressed the weight scale comprehensively, and will ensure Quantum Power carries one extra pound, despite a six-point rating increase for his last-start win.
On paper, Quantum Power has drawn awkwardly in gate 12, but astute video watchers may consider the outer gate a positive for Yiu's horse after a huge second-up run when he was caught without cover was followed by a nerve-wrenching win from an inside draw.
Purton called on all his skill to re-balance Quantum Power in the straight after the horse was heavily bumped in moving off the rail to make his bid. It wasn't until he drifted outside horses and found clear running, that the son of Fusaichi Pegasus really knuckled down to his task and chased down the leaders to claim a neck win over Super Genki, Scent Of Osmanthus and subsequent winner Peppermint, who finished three-quarters of a length away in fourth.
His prior run was far more impressive and, to get within three-quarters of a length of Dispatcher after a wide trip, rang the bells that Quantum Power was a promising three-year-old.