INTERNATIONAL Bowl favourite Concert King will be out on the track this morning none the worse for a temperature scare a few days ago.
With more horses than usual a touch off colour on the Sha Tin complex, Concert King went down with a temperature in the middle of last week.
But last night trainer Derek Cruz confirmed: ''He was perfectly all right a day later.
''I think it could have been nothing more than a reaction by the horse to coming back into work as he ran the temperature after I'd asked him to do a couple of rounds of work for the first time since resting him.
''It barely lasted 24 hours. He ate up well immediately and his blood count was fine when I sent a sample for testing.'' Cruz, sharing the lead in the trainer standings with Patrick Biancone and John Moore during a brilliant second season with a licence, went on: ''I feel I've got to know this horse like the back of my hand and am very confident of having him in top shape for the Bowl.
''This is the race which matters to me above everything else. I want to win it for myself and the connections as well as for Hongkong racing.'' There was also good news yesterday of Brian Kan Ping-chee's top English import Gold Yue Yee.