SHINING Winner is strongly fancied to bounce back to his best form by taking this evening's second event on an enthralling card at Sha Tin.
The Geoff Lane-trained Shining Winner can be an infuriating customer as he has mixed his form a bit and has been hard to catch right.
But I have him so far clear on my Topspeed figures that his claims are impossible to ignore.
He is rated 81 on his best form and he hasn't just run to that figure once, he's run around that adjusted rating (adjusted for tonight's weight) on a few occasions.
That figure of 81 also puts him a staggering 10 Topspeed pounds clear of the next highest rated horse in the race - the Neville Begg-trained Diablo.
So given Shining Winner is so far clear of his rivals and given he has run to that figure on more than one occasion, he just has to be taken a chance on tonight. What's more he should be at reasonable odds as the general betting public may well have given up on him, especially after two modest last outings.