Botany Bay looks awfully hard to beat in this afternoon's sixth event at Sha Tin which sees a Triple Trio jackpot of $19.2 million.
Despite his outside draw, leading English rider Alan Munro won't have to go via the cape on his mount as there is plenty of speed in the race and Botany Bay, himself, has the natural pace to go forward.
The likes of Full Throttle, Startrice and Free As The Wind should ensure this is a truly-run event rather than a sit-and-sprint affair.
The tempo should suit Botany Bay who stays a mile well as he showed last time when a half-length second to Basketball Leader.
That effort came in much the same kind of race as today's but was probably not such a good run from Botany Bay as when he was second to Fortune Tycoon over Sha Tin's 1,400 metres, battling on bravely to deny dual subsequent scorer Classic Boy the quinella spot.
This form has worked out strongly as apart from Classic Boy, Winning Blossom (fifth), Rugby Supreme (ninth) and Regular Win (12th) have all also won since while Quick Commander (fourth) and Tambora Star (10th) have placed.
