JUST a solitary barrier trial on the Sha Tin all-weather surface yesterday morning but there looked to be a future winner, or possibly even two, on show.
The lonely trial reflected the marathon session on Tuesday when nine were run off down the straight 1,000-metre course.
All the same it looked a most informative heat yesterday morning with Stephen Leung's Happy Cheers confirming some decent trackwork.
The New Zealand import is, like his trainer, in his first season and has been rated to a mark of 67 in Class Three.
The basic rule with backing these first-season imports is that any of them rated into Class Three have been given that extra chance of winning early on in their career.
It is much, much harder to win first-up in Class Two.