From RACING POST HKwww.racing.scmp.comThe 2009-10 season finished in Perfect Style for the two "Kings of the Valley", trainer Caspar Fownes and jockey Brett Prebble, who claimed the feature race of the night to cap highly successful seasons which saw them finish second in their respective premiership titles. Despite bowing out of the epic premiership duel with Douglas Whyte just a couple of races earlier, Prebble drove Perfect Style to a deserved win with as much energy as if he was on

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The 2009-10 season finished in Perfect Style for the two "Kings of the Valley", trainer Caspar Fownes and jockey Brett Prebble, who claimed the feature race of the night to cap highly successful seasons which saw them finish second in their respective premiership titles. Despite bowing out of the epic premiership duel with Douglas Whyte just a couple of races earlier, Prebble drove Perfect Style to a deserved win with as much energy as if he was only just starting the term.

Perfect Style claimed Willing Storm by a neck on the line, with a further neck to early leader Norman Invader - despite both placegetters getting much the better of a noticeable track bias favouring the rail.

"It was a nice way to finish the season for me, and the horse really deserved to win tonight," Prebble said. "There was a horrible rails bias all night, and I had the chance to stick to the inside, but I weighed up my options and decided it was better for the horse to keep his momentum than try and worry about how the track was playing.

"I was following two good chances in the race and we always had them covered in the run," he added.

Prebble was given a severe reprimand by chief steward Kim Kelly for his ride, however, after he was judged to have allowed Perfect Style to shift in during the run to the post.

Darren Beadman also had a night to remember, booting home a double and making the most of some inside runs to get the John Moore-trained Kenobe and the John Size-trained National Treasure home.

"The rails runs were just gold tonight, I had the right draws to use that bias and both the winners just travelled sweetly throughout," Beadman said.

"Kenobe is a bit of a Happy Valley specialist now and he's been very consistent since he arrived in John's yard mid-season.

"National Treasure is just in a real purple patch of form, and he showed a really nice turn of foot tonight which should see him win a few races yet."

Trainer Me Tsui Yu-sak also bagged a pair before the summer break, leading Record High and Cosmo Successor into the winner's stall for a race-to-race double. He was quick to credit apprentice Keith Yeung Ming-lun for the win of Cosmo Successor - a victory that helped ensure the promising young rider held his position at the top of the claimer's list and was crowned Champion Apprentice after the final event of the night.

"Cosmo Successor won because of the efforts of the jockey, it was as simple as that," Tsui said. "When the other speed horses didn't jump to the front, he used his initiative to go forward, but then he brought the horse back underneath him in the middle stages and let him have a rest.

"He doesn't normally have the stamina to run the trip right out if he is pressured all the way, and tonight Keith was able to rate him beautifully in the lead."

Weichong Marwing capped off a late-season burst of winners with another success last night, winning on How Wonderful, a result that pleased owner and chairman John Chan Cho-chak.

"I just hope I can come out of the break with the same momentum that I've finished the season with," Marwing said. "It has given me a lot of confidence and I have been riding on a real high of late."