Brett Crawford is hoping to see PI Legend transfer his winning form from the all-weather track to the turf when he looks to go back-to-back in Sunday’s Class Three Joy And Fun Handicap (1,200m).

The son of I Am Invincible won at his only start for Crawford since being transferred from Dennis Yip Chor-hong when showing plenty of determination to run down the smart Turquoise Velocity by a neck over the trip on the dirt.

Sunday will see the four-year-old son maintain the services of Karis Teetan after almost a month between runs, with Crawford expecting to utilise the same tactics from barrier six.

“I thought it was a good win, the only question mark is how he’ll go back on the turf. His work is good, he looks really well and I think with the way he won – I see no reason why he can’t run well on the turf,” Crawford said.

“From gate six I think we can get him in a good position and give him a couple of horses to run at, so I think we’ll definitely keep the same tactics for sure.”

Lovero steps out for Crawford in the Class Three All You Wish Handicap (1,400m), where he’ll need to overcome barrier 10 when carrying 130lb to score his second win for the season.

“He’s performed really well this season. Unfortunately we do have a wide barrier on Sunday, which does make things just a little bit more difficult. But in saying that, he’s in good form, he looks exceptionally well and I think he’s a really honest horse,” Crawford said.

“I think he’s a versatile horse, between 1,400m and a mile I really don’t see any issue. He’s got good gate speed, so hopefully we can get him into a good position early without having to use him too much. There’s one or two horses in the race that have got some really nice form, but I’m sure once again he’ll put in a really strong effort.”

Hymnbook is well down in the weights when taking on the Class Three Sight Winner Handicap (1,600m), carrying just 115lb with Keith Yeung Ming-lun aboard, but he has also drawn wide in barrier 12.

While the Acclamation gelding has had just five starts in Hong Kong, he has shown plenty of ability in his last three runs and was impressive late when finishing third behind Lucky Sam Gor most recently.

“It was a really encouraging run last time from a wide draw. He’s just a horse that’s taken a little bit of time to adapt to Hong Kong, but he’s definitely settled in now, and I feel he’s improving with each and every run,” Crawford said.

“If we can get him into some sort of position on the weekend, depending how the track is running – hopefully the track is affording the horses that are sitting off them to run at them, then I have no doubt he’ll finish well again.”

Silver Up is another recent addition to the Crawford stable who will also be ridden by Teetan when contesting the second section of the Class Four Pingwu Spark Handicap (1,400m).

The Caravaggio galloper ran on exceptionally well last start when placing fourth behind Come Fast Fay Fay, but he has a challenging task from gate 12.

“He actually ran a really good race last time out, he had one of the fastest 400m finishes. He’s a horse that the more we’ve got to learn about, he’s just got better and better with each and every start,” Crawford said.

“He doesn’t have a kind gate, but he is a horse that does seem to like to race from off the speed, so we won’t change that.”

While a rating of 40 presented an opportunity to run in Class Five, Crawford chose to keep him in Class Four company with a light weight of 117lb.

“It was an option, but Class Five is so difficult to get into at this time of year, so we opted to rather keep a light weight on his back and keep him in that division,” Crawford said.

Beauty Missile returns after three months between runs in the Class Five Miraculous Handicap (1,800m).

“He had a little setback after his last start, so it was a little bit of an enforced break, but we just gave him the time to get over it. He seems to be doing very well at home. He’s a horse that we’ve given some trials but we haven’t put him under a lot of pressure, it was just to up his fitness, so I think he’ll be ready for the weekend,” Crawford said.

“A poor gate of 14, but it is 1,800m, so we do have a bit of time on the back straight to try and work out where we need to place him. I think he’s a horse that’s capable in this class, for sure. His runs over 1,800m to date have been good so I see no reason why, if we can’t get him into a good position early, he’ll be competitive.”

Lunar Dash has drawn well in barrier one in the first section of the Class Four Big Profit Handicap (1,200m) and will be ridden by Zac Purton.

“His last start I think we can draw a line through completely. He had absolutely no luck in transit, got caught wide the whole way, nothing worked out for him at all. But his run before that was really good – he came also from a poor draw, sat in behind and I thought it was quite a strong field. I think My Mars is a decent horse in the making, so to run a length and three quarters behind him was good,” Crawford said.

“It’s his second run back into Class Four and we have put the blinkers on him, we just had the feeling that he just wasn’t quite putting his best foot forward, and I think from gate one he has to be a runner for sure.”

Crawford will also have Win Speed, Gor Gor, Kings Arrow and Amo Ergo Sum lining up for him on Sunday.