Flashing Guy might be a late call-up to the Craigengower Cricket Club Challenge Cup (1,000m) at Happy Valley tonight, but the sprinter looks to have landed in the right time and place to claim the feature.
Flashing Guy (Brett Prebble) was listed as a reserve for the race until yesterday, but the withdrawal of Jun Dao has given the Manfred Man Ka-leung-trained five-year-old a start, a good gate and a top jockey in a race which is just begging to be won.
Until Flashing Guy's inclusion, finding the winner loomed as a tough ask - those in form like Super Plus (Ben So Tik-hung) and Hawthorne (Terry Wong Chi-wai) had drawn poorly, and there are question marks over disappointing horses like Supreme Jewellery and Xi Ying Men.
And the betting public loves Danewin Winning (Matthew Chadwick), but his form simply has not measured up yet to that estimation.
It was tough to know where to go - until Flashing Guy got the run.
Two starts ago in Class Four, he did all but win when the very much in-form Make It grabbed him in the final strides over 1,200m. Since then, he finished fifth to Mentor last week in this grade over 1,200m when forced to work three-wide throughout from his outside gate.