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The persuasive powers of French riding ace Gerald Mosse have worked a miracle on several underperforming horses this season and he now looks set to turn around the fortunes of capable  Dragon And Gold when they team up in the opening leg of tomorrow night's Triple Trio at Happy Valley.

With the TT being only partially won last week, the main prize on offer is expected to reach over HK$14 million and the front-running Dragon And Gold looks a standout banker given the lack of depth in the event.

This season, Mosse has managed to get the best out of reluctant horses Durable, Noble Zoom, Palio King, Cypress Hill and Rocket Win and even made veteran Red Pepper produce his best after a winless 33 months.

While it has only been 14 months since Dragon And Gold's last success, the Last Tycoon gelding has proved to be a disappointment.

He now finds himself very well placed in Class Four, however, given that his last success came in Class Three.

The Dennis Yip Chor-hong-trained gelding resumed from a spell four weeks ago and turned in a sound performance to finish third to Beauty Plus after pushing hard early from the outside barrier and then setting a hectic speed under apprentice Terry Wong Chi-wai.

Dragon And Gold has drawn poorly in gate nine, but there doesn't appear to be a great deal of speed on his inside and Mosse should have little trouble in arresting the lead and is unlikely to be subjected to too much pressure.

Under such circumstances, the five-year-old will be clearly the one to beat, with his main danger likely to come from the Paul O'Sullivan-trained Red Storm Rising, who looks nicely placed with the drop in class.

The Faltaat gelding has been well held at his two assignments this season but both efforts have had considerable merit because he was slow away from the barriers on each occasion.

His last-start effort to finish just under four lengths from Lucky Stravinsky after missing the start by a conservative six lengths was excellent and, provided he gets a clean getaway, he should be right in the finish.

First starter Silent Dragon stays under notice on the back of some recent smart trials performances, while Tiger Prawn looks set to improve on his satisfactory debut effort after coming up with a good barrier.

The middle pin looks tricky and the best banker option appears to be Danehill Warrior thanks to a drop in class and an inside barrier for Douglas Whyte.

The seven-year-old struggled first-up behind Flying Bishop before turning in a good effort in an event won by Seasons Treasure.

He should be gifted the run of the race from gate two and prove hard to run down, with his dangers likely to come from I'm No Square, Buddies Power, Desert Strike and likely leader New Command.

In the final leg, Mosse is the man to follow again on board the Manfred Man Ka-leung-trained Military Option, despite the gelding's failure to register a win in over two years. The six-year-old turned in very good efforts at his first two runs of the season and then looked unlucky not to be right in the action last start after being held up for a run for the final 200m of the event.

From gate two this time, Mosse should be able to give the Red Ransom gelding an energy-saving journey, which will give him a chance to land a well-deserved victory.

The biggest dangers are the on-speed runners Happy Kid and The Only One, while other runners entitled to consideration are Right Choice, Super Fantasy and King Of Spades.



Mosse looks set to get the best out of Dragon And Gold