Caspar Fownes heads to Happy Valley tomorrow night with a strong team and he looks set to bolster his impressive city circuit statistics through Blue Sky and Ocean Wide in the second and third legs of the Triple Trio.
With the TT failing to go off at the last Valley meeting, the main prize is expected to swell to HK$16 million, and Fownes holds the aces with two promising gallopers.
Forty-three of the last 257 runners Fownes has saddled up at Happy Valley have hit the line first to give the former premier trainer the impressive strike rate of 16.7 per cent.
Private purchase Blue Sky has taken time to hit his straps since arriving with promising credentials from Australia, but it has been hard not to be impressed with the way the four-year-old has found the line at his last two starts.
He had blinkers and pacifiers added for the first time two starts back and hit the line full of gusto to finish second to promising Bolero, before again catching the eye last start at his Happy Valley debut when running on late behind Longwah Rising.
All indications are he will appreciate the rise to 1,650 metres for the first time and should open his account, with his toughest opposition set to come from Luminous, Kenobe, Add The Fun and Multo Expresso.