The Danny Shum Chap-shing has established an early season foothold near the top of the trainers' premiership with predominantly Class Four and Five gallopers, but he may have unearthed one ready to climb much higher in Griffin Trophy winner Fionn's Treasure.
Shum has 17 wins, already approaching his tally of 19 for the whole of the 2010-11 season.
While the trainer gains his bread-and-butter results in the lower tiers, Fionn's Treasure seems likely to climb into the higher grades on the strength of the restricted-race win, where he upset quality sprinter Bear Hero at 1,400m.
Jockey Gerald Mosse certainly thinks the three-year-old has what it takes to be at least a Class One galloper, given time.
'He has nice potential and is a lovely horse,' Mosse said. 'He could be a top one. If everything is OK, he will keep improving and he can go high.'
With just one start worth of experience, a soft Class Four win, Mosse was forced to push the raw colt through a barely-there gap late.