Hong Kong maiden now on attractive mark and poised to land the money

Champion’s Way
7.20 Sha Tin
2pts win

Righteous Doctrine
8.25 Sha Tin
2pts win

Golden Sixty
9.00 Sha Tin
2pts win

Astute trainer Michael Chang has arguably the most interesting runner on today’s ten-race card at Sha Tin, where there are several good opportunities for punters.

Chang saddles French import Righteous Doctrine (8.25), a maiden in Hong Kong after 11 starts but now on an attractive handicap mark 17lb lower than when he arrived.

He is ready to land the money, with former Italian champion Umberto Rispoli in the saddle for the first time in this Class 3 mile handicap.

The four-year-old’s last three starts have been on the all-weather surface, which he handles — he was twice a winner at Deauville on Polytrack — but he was also good enough to finish a close-up seventh on good ground in the 2018 French 2,000 Guineas at Longchamp, won by Olmedo.

Drawn well on the inside in stall three and receiving weight all round, Righteous Doctrine can oblige this time at a juicy price. Band Of Brothers and Packing Warrior are the chief dangers.

Chang has held a licence for 14 years and won fame as the first Hong Kong-based trainer to saddle a winner in North America when Rich Tapestry won the Santa Anita Sprint Championship in 2014.

Australian jockey Regan Bayliss is set to capitalise on the absence of suspended Joao Moreira by partnering the John Size-trained Champion’s Way (7.20) to victory in the Chevalier Cup, a Class 1 mile handicap that has attracted a decent field.

Champion’s Way looked something special when winning six of seven starts in his first season, but he was then surprisingly beaten into seventh in a 7f handicap first-up this term. It may pay to put a line through that run and to give him another chance.

The other horse to keep an eye on today is Golden Sixty (9.00), who will be a short-priced favourite To land the finale, a Class Two handicap over 7f. But despite the cramped odds, he should go in.

Golden Sixty has won five of his six starts and has the perfect draw (gate five) to be seen to effect against typically strong opposition in this grade. He is a credit to his trainer Francis K W Lui.

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