The trainers' championship may already be over by the time the Sha Tin Mile Trophy arrives this afternoon but, if it is not, then John Size has a great chance to seal the result with Wonderful Moments.

There is no let-up in the pitched battle between Size and Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin today, with Fownes numerically better placed but Size, the narrow leader, having some trump cards to play. Not the least of them will be Luger as he clashes head-on with Fownes-trained Dining World in the Hong Kong Racehorse Owners Association Trophy, but the advantage of numbers will lie with Size in the final race if things are not settled before then.

The top four trainers provide 12 of the 14 runners in the Class One over 1,600m, with Size, unusually, having four of them to the two for Fownes, and he also has a big hand in the way the race will be run with lightly-weighted forward runners Khaya (Karis Teetan) and Wonderful Moments (Joao Moreira), and even Happy Era is capable of taking a handy position at this distance.

Tony Cruz also saddles up pace influences in Helene Super Star and Penglai Xiazi, but what is in Size's favour is that his runners have shown some versatility.

Wonderful Moments sat in behind a leader last time and produced probably his most impressive performance ridden like that, so he is no one-trick pony.

Key at this late hour of the season is that Wonderful Moments is still fresher than many of his opponents after a lengthy mid-season break from racing until late March, and the three starts he has had recently have been well spaced.

On the negative side, he has still to show he is as good at 1,600m as he is at 1,400m - and that vulnerability should get a workout in a very decent field of milers - but no weight and the likelihood of a dream run are factors to help him run it well.

Still, the race is deep and there are many dangers to Wonderful Moments and no runner deserves to be considered a standout.

Stablemate Khaya had little go right last time and is normally very reliable so he can improve, John Moore-trained Secret Sham (Douglas Whyte) has an awkward draw but is well up to winning this and so is the horse he beat at Happy Valley in April in a similar event, Fownes-trained Lucky Double Eight (Mark du Plessis).

He has the tactical talent to take advantage of his good draw and, if the title race is still in the balance, Lucky Double Eight will give Fownes a serious hope that he can swing it.

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