The dominant debut win of Jade Christy not only delivered Ricky Yiu Poon-fai the first half of a training double, it broke a frustrating run of seconds for jockey Zac Purton.
Purton must have been wondering where his next winner would come from after not hitting the line first since October 9 and consistently 'finding one better' ever since.
Since riding Humongus to victory last month, Purton had finished runner-up an astonishing 12 times, including in the opening two events yesterday.
Jade Christy had put the writing on the wall with an impressive barrier trial up the Sha Tin straight early last month and followed that with a accomplished Class Four performance over the same course yesterday.
Purton stalked the leaders on the four-year-old son of Danehill Dancer and put rivals away with a sustained burst of speed from the 400m mark to score by 1 1/2 lengths.
'He has shown a bit in the mornings and his last trial was quite nice,' Purton said. He is still very raw and not the finished product yet.'