The combination of the Caspar Fownes-trained Peppermint and jockey Brett Prebble can provide a reliable banker in the second leg of Thursday's Triple Trio at Happy Valley.
The HK$11 million estimated dividend looks an achievable one, at least by TT standards, headed by Fownes' consistent gelding.
The four-year-old comes in off an eye-catching first-up run over 1,400m and gets up to what looks like his best trip in a Class Four over 1,650m.
First time at Happy Valley, top weight and a tricky draw (nine) complicate matters for Prebble, but offsetting the negatives is what should be a suitably hot speed that will allow him to slot back in the field and storm home late.
There are at least half a dozen horses that like to get forward and sometimes that can be a trap as jockeys out-think themselves and all hold up, but Peppermint should get the race run to suit.
Last start Peppermint was dragged back out of the gates and stormed home for a fast-finishing fourth over 1,400m at Sha Tin, looking every bit the miler that he is.