He’s not expecting five winners – he’d be happy with one – but Keith Yeung Ming-lun admits it’s nice to be heading to the races at Sha Tin on Sunday with a book of “quality” rides.

Winners have been few and far between for Yeung in the past couple of seasons and he’s weathered some lengthy droughts, often partnering gallopers at long odds with little chance.

He’s done it all with a smile on his face, however, and he’ll arrive at Sha Tin with a little extra spring in his step this weekend.

“I think all five of my rides are quality rides, so I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “Normally one or two chances is already considered a good day for me, sometimes I don’t even get on any chances. Hopefully I can go home with some good results.”

Yeung anointed the David Hayes-trained Sunny Baby as his best chance in a wide open Class Four Sunbird Handicap (1,400m) after he partnered the four-year-old to a fast-finishing third over six furlongs on opening day.

“Sunny Baby will be hard to beat, he’s a good each-way chance,” Yeung said.

Another who hit the line strongly under the 33-year-old a fortnight ago is the Caspar Fownes-trained Zebrowski, who was sent around as a $102 chance in his Hong Kong debut after placing at Group One level in Australia.

The five-year-old son of Savabeel steps out an extra furlong for the Class Two Woodpecker Handicap (1,600m) and has drawn nicely in gate two.

“He gave me a good feel in his Hong Kong debut, he was a little bit keen when they slowed down the pace but he still finished strongly. He definitely needs the extra 200m, I think he will go further than a mile but it is definitely better than 1,400m,” Yeung said.

While Yeung doesn’t expect to be collecting a winner’s cheque in the Class Three Tailorbird Handicap (1,400m), he suspects Derby prospect Helene Allibor has enough ability to make his presence felt in time.

“I only rode him in a gallop [on Friday] morning but he feels like a good horse to me,” the jockey said. “He feels good but it will take a little bit of time for me to get to know him better. I was happy with his gallop though.”

A Group Two Sandown Guineas winner in Australia, Helene Allibor – also trained by Hayes – was a largely one-paced ninth at his Hong Kong debut in July and will have his work cut out from gate 13 against consistent performers such as Hall Of Champ, Charity Grace and Perfect Pair.

Yeung continues his association with Lucky Victor in the Class Five Lark Handicap (1,650m) on the all-weather track after saluting aboard the Jimmy Ting Koon-ho-trained gelding in his last outing in June – a win that boosted his rating to 26 and saw him escape compulsory retirement for being rated 25 or lower at season’s end.

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The five-year-old will jump from the perilous gate 12, from which only 2 per cent of runners have saluted since the start of the 2019-20 season, but carries only 118 pounds.

The Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained Soulmate, who finished third in his final run of 2020-21, rounds out Yeung’s book.