Glorious Days confirmed his Group One quality with a tough second to Lucky Nine in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup three weeks ago, and shot out an ominous warning to his next rivals by showing off his devastating turn of foot in a Sha Tin trial on Friday.
The John Size-trained star was four from four going into his set-weights clash with Lucky Nine over 1,400m and lost no admirers when he was beaten by a head in a slugfest.
He now steps up to a mile for the first time in the Group Two Chairman's Trophy, with the son of Hussonet likely to start shot-odds under the favourable set-weight conditions.
Glorious Days had his rating jump 10 points to a lofty 124 after his last game effort, so there's no more easy options in the foreseeable future, and next Sunday he will carry equal weight with experienced milers Able One and Thumbs Up.
Powering through a 1,200m all-weather track hit out under Douglas Whyte, Glorious Days was allowed to travel under his own steam in midfield, before he was let slip the tiniest amount of rein in the straight and displayed the breathtaking acceleration that will make him so hard to beat.
The four-year-old was still fifth at the 400m, but was within striking range of the leader at the 200m pole and zoomed to the line under a decent hold, in the fastest time of the morning (1.10.3).