Tasty Croissant
Mr Croissant (118lb) will chase some Saturday silverware in the Class 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Trophy Handicap (1200m).
Chris So’s charge is another bright young prospect and aims for a hat-trick at start four. Regan Bayliss maintains the partnership after driving the three-year-old to a neck success last time over Racing Fighter.
“He beat a quality field and the form’s been franked with Racing Fighter coming out and winning on Wednesday night,” the Australian hoop said.
“I’m happy the way he’s going, he’s had a trial in between, he’s been ticking over lovely and he’ll make his presence felt, for sure.”
Mr Croissant trialled over 1050m on the all-weather 10 days ago and passed the post an easy short-head to the good.
“It was a lovely trial, I just let him relax early and once I brought him to the outside and he changed his lead leg he really was strong the last little bit,” Bayliss said. “He’s a nice horse on the way up and he keeps improving with each piece of work so I’m looking forward to riding him.”
The opposition includes the Frankie Lor-trained and Zac Purton-ridden Big Party (124lb), impressive when winning his first two starts but a seemingly below par fifth behind Mr Croissant last time