BASIL Marcus yesterday went into overdrive with a superlative 440-1 five-timer at Happy Valley's massively popular Saturday night meeting.
The defending champion jockey, who never knows when he is beaten, opened his account with a typical pillar-to-post victory on Ivan Allan's Allocate in the first.
He wasted no time in making it two when riding Alex Wong Yu-on's Right Stuff from up on the pace in the second to land a tidy little touch for connections.
It was a similar show on Compradore in the fifth for retaining trainer David Hill before the South African made it four, this time coming from behind on David Oughton's favourite Clean Them Up in the sixth.
His night was made complete when bringing Allan's Active King home an easy winner in the last.
''And it could have been six,'' laughed Marcus afterwards. ''I thought Snowmass was going to wear them down in the seventh but he just raced a bit greenly.
''Not that I'm complaining - it has been a most fantastic night, probably the best single day's racing I've experienced.