The cards look to have fallen in favour of Japan's Kongo Rikishio, who looks set to lead all the way and capture the biggest race of his career in today's HK$16 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin.
With the five-year-old being the only established leader in the Group One event, following the Thursday scratching of Egyptian Ra, it will take a brilliant performance from one of his rivals to gun down the bold front-running entire.
The Kenji Yamauchi-trained visitor was devastating in winning the Group Two Yomiuri Mile three starts back at Hanshin after having an unchallenged lead and in the process broke the track record.
He took on the big guns at his next outing in the Group One Yasuda Kinen and was very brave in being narrowly beaten by Daiwa Major, leaving in his wake Hong Kong's Good Ba Ba, who ran a respectable seventh.
In his last outing, the Stravinsky entire stepped to 1,800 metres but was pressured in the lead and peaked on his run to end up a three-length sixth to Chosan.
From gate one, jockey Shinji Fujita will have no trouble finding the lead and Kongo Rikishio can repeat the feat of previous Japanese Mile winners Hat Trick and Eishin Preston.
It has been a while since the classy Floral Pegasus has been put into an on-pace role, but from a wide barrier he should press forward and can prove the main danger.