He may not have reached the heights he was expected to scale in quick time at the end of his first season but Lord Of Warriors is good enough to win the featured Ewo Trophy at Sha Tin today.
Lord Of Warriors looked a class act in the making last season but he has been somewhat disappointing this time around.
He has run creditably enough on several occasions but big-time victories have eluded him.
This is a combined Classes One and Two event and the 1,800 metres will suit the Tony Cruz-trained topweight who is out of a Secretariat mare and ran arguably his best race of the season when just touched off over 1,900 metres by Northern Fireball who re-opposses today but whose recent form has been poor.
Lord Of Warriors finished a good third to Sweetheart in the final race before Christmas over 1,600 metres and the four-year-old gelding seemed to have every chance.
But he was doing his best work close home and the handicapper has upped him merely a point for the effort, so he does remain very competitively placed in this 12-runner event.
