Ho set for a starry night against Frankie Dettori and co at the Valley

Vincent Ho travelled to Happy Valley on Wednesday night seeking to snap a 50-race losing streak at the city track but returned home with a double and in doing so secured his place in a battle against some of the world's best riders next month.

Hong Kong's leading homegrown rider has kicked on since a summer spell that included a winner at the Shergar Cup and Wednesday's double on Loriz and Naboo Star leaves him fourth in the Hong Kong jockeys' table with 13 winners who have collected a little under £2m in prize-money.

A date with Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore, Silvestre de Sousa and Oisin Murphy for the Longines International Jockeys' Championship at the Valley on December is inked in his diary now, but Ho also has an important date at Sha Tin on Saturday when he gets back on one of the most progressive handicappers in town.

Sixty on a Golden run

Francis Lui's Golden Sixty has won five out of six, improving from a mark of 52 to 94, and a 10lb rise for his latest course-and-distance success means he has to concede weight all round in the Chevalier Property Investment Handicap at 9.00.

An ability to quicken off a strong pace has been the key weapon in keeping the four-year-old ahead of the handicapper and the form of Golden Sixty's reappearance win – where he ripped home in 21.65s – received a healthy boost when runner-up Encouraging broke Beauty Generation's 1,400m track record on his next start.

Sha Tin's ten-race card on Saturday

"It's exciting. The feeling he gives me is that he is one of the top ones in Hong Kong for sure," said Ho. "Top weight over 1,400m won't be easy. I think he can still handle it, but whether he wins or not is another question."

Strong pace to the key to Saturday feature

Saturday's feature event is the Chevalier Cup at 7.20 and, with Mission Tycoon and Encouraging on deck, the shape of the race is easy to predict.

Encouraging set blazing fractions under 10lb claimer Alfred Chan two weeks ago, but he doesn't have the edge of that claim this time and his prime role could be to set things up for a finisher.

Neil Callan: Good Standing should give him another good rideCredit: Hugh Routledge

Step forward Good Standing and Harmony Victory as two likely lads to have a major say once the early leaders begin to flag.

Good Standing couldn't quite get past Encouraging two weeks ago but has a major pull in the weights now.

He should give Neil Callan another good ride as the Irishman tries to extend his recent strong form, while Harmony Victory should get the end-to-end pace that suits him ideally for the first time this season and is another to note as he tries to give Danny Shum the 600th winner of his Hong Kong training career.

Japanese raider Indy out to dethrone a champ in Mile

With entries for next month's Longines Hong Kong International Races now public it seems clear that Japan's stellar year on the global stage could have distance yet to run.

Indy Champ (red cap): could be a key player in the MileCredit: Masakazu Takahashi

Star filly Almond Eye will be the clear headline act when she attempts her seventh Group 1 win in the Hong Kong Cup, but one of the only three horses to finish ahead of her could also prove a key player in the Mile.

Indy Champ, who had an unlucky Almond Eye back in third when he landed the Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo in June, is the horse in question.

The four-year-old emulated the exceptional Maurice when adding last week's Mile Championship at Kyoto to his Tokyo success.

Regular HKIR followers will be aware that Maurice dethroned a Hong Kong legend when he mastered John Moore's Able Friend in the 2015 edition of the Hong Kong Mile.

Indy Champ faces another Moore star when he takes on Beauty Generation on December 8. And the parallels with 2015 are there for all to see after Beauty Generation's two shock defeats this season.

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