Young Glorious Feeling shows fancy footwork

Jockey Club steward Anthony Chow Wing-kin looks to have another promising horse on his hands with Glorious Feeling, a gelding that has more than a little in common with Chow's better-known Towering Feeling.

Chow races both horses in partnership with Michael Tong Hing-yuen from the yard of David Ferraris and while Towering Feeling (five wins and over HK$2.8 million in prize money) has a decent head start on the newcomer, a strong barrier trial performance on Tuesday suggests Glorious Feeling will quickly reduce the margin between them.

Glorious Feeling, ridden by Eric Saint-Martin, won the sixth trial over the straight 1,000 metres course.

He may have had only a short head in his favour from the late-closing Plan B (Christophe Soumillon) but the manner in which the three-year-old performed to his task was impressive.

Saint-Martin had Glorious Feeling in a handy position, some two lengths off the lead in the early stages, and the youngster was always travelling well.

He took control at the 300m and for the rest of the trial stayed under a hold from the Frenchman.

Plan B should give us a good guide to the ability of Glorious Feeling because he's a proven horse from England, imported by trainer Sean Woods for owner Brian Moss after winning three of his seven starts as a juvenile in 2007. He arrives on a domestic rating of 76.