Vincent Ho Chak-yiu stormed back to his very best at Sha Tin on Sunday, capping a four-timer with victory aboard a horse trainer David Hayes believes could be the best in his stable.

With victories on Tailor Made, Light Of Wanshi and Copartner Ambition already in his keeping, Ho fired debutant Naboo Attack home in the Class Two Amah Rock Handicap (1,200m) to land his first quartet since international day in December.

“I’m very happy with the results. It had been pretty quiet for six or seven meetings up until last Wednesday when I had a winner and after today hopefully I can be strong until the end of the season,” said Ho, who went four weeks between drinks before saluting aboard A La King at Happy Valley.

Australian import Naboo Attack achieved the rare feat of winning in Class Two on his Hong Kong debut and Ho said the 1,360-pound monster gave him a unique feel.

“He is one of the biggest horses in Hong Kong and when he stretches out, you don’t feel like he is that fast but because his stride is so big he stays very strong to the line. He is definitely a nice horse,” the jockey said.

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After travelling just behind midfield, Naboo Attack built his momentum in the straight and mowed down leader and second favourite Lucky Patch in the final 50m to salute in a swift time of 1:07.92.

“He’s definitely I think the best horse in the stable – to do that today, I think he’s just got a lot of upside,” Hayes said.

“The unbeaten horse [Fantastic Treasure] started [off as an unraced horse] so it’s a bit different but I don’t think there’d be much between them.”

Trained by Steve Tregea in Australia, Naboo Attack won five of seven starts when known as Command’N’Conquer pre-import and Hayes is itching to find out what the four-year-old is capable of.

“My friend that helps me with the form said that if you’d bought this horse in Australia you’d be bringing him straight down [to Melbourne} for the [Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and the Cantala Stakes], so he was a Group One horse in waiting and I’m just thrilled to get him to here because he’s the sort of horse you need here,” the trainer said.

“His trainer sent him to me in great order and he doesn’t know what he could do – he said he could be a better miler or a better sprinter. When you can sprint like that they sometimes send you a message so we’ll keep him sprinting at the moment but you know he’s got the scope to get a mile.”

The win was Hayes’ 28th of the season and the 58-year-old said he was confident Naboo Attack could get the result despite being sent out a $17 chance against the likes of Sight Success, Trillion Win and The Crown.

“We were pretty hopeful he could win first-up the way he’d been working and trialling,” he said of the son of Warhead, who only trialled twice before his first-up run – a second on the turf under Zac Purton and a fourth on the all-weather track with Ho aboard.

“I was pretty confident the way he trialled with Zac Purton on that he was a very special horse. He just didn’t like the dirt, which probably confused a few people.”

Hayes will now target a 1,200m Class Two on June 26 with the galloper before putting him away for a spell.