Trainer Eddie Lo has been something of a quiet achiev er in recent weeks with a couple of winners taking his tally for the season into double figures.
And there is no doubt that in the promising El Viento, he has a galloper capable of adding to that score in the closing weeks of the season.
Yesterday, Lo sent the flashy grey out to work with King's Premium and Scenic Star and after striding leisurely through the first 800 metres of the workout, El Viento dashed away from his stable companions in the final 200 metres when his riding boy asked him to go.
El Viento has only had the three starts, winning impressively on debut for Kieren Fallon before failing to handle the Valley second-up.
But it was his last effort which stamped him as a most progressive galloper.
He was well beaten by the potential topliner Toy Warrior, but there were some excuses and he looks a sure-fire winner in Class Three - there may not be any fancy price about him but a winner is a winner.