Gerald Mosse fell in love with Bullish Champion the moment he climbed aboard him and the colt lived up to the Frenchman's opinion with a giant-killing Class Two win.
Stepping back to 1,200m, Bullish Champion led all the way and dented a couple of reputations while enhancing his own.
The rising four-year-old made light work of barrier 13, crossing the field and then dictating a classy field of sprinters.
The bubble burst for odds-on favourite Longwah Supreme - he hit his customary flat-spot with 300m to go, but seemed anchored by 133 pounds and managed just fourth. Runner-up King Mossman was another left in the Tony Cruz-trained sprinter's wake.
Bullish Champion began his career off 90 on the strength of two stakes placings in Europe. He was fifth against a similar field in his Hong Kong debut, in which Mosse said he felt the tell-tale sign of a quality horse - genuine acceleration.
'From the first day I jumped on I said he was a good horse ... he has huge potential,' Mosse said.
'The way he moves and accelerates - he gave me a nice, strong kick up the straight. Good horses, they get right down near the ground and they kick ... he is a really serious animal.'