There was a sense of deja vu at Sha Tin on Sunday as John Size reeled off his sixth treble there in as many weeks and ended yesterday with the "D" word bandied about for unbeaten Brave Kid.The Dream Team of Size and champion jockey Douglas Whyte strung together victories with hotpots National Treasure, Presto and Brave Kid on an afternoon that rained favourites, but it was the almost four-length margin for Brave Kid that had Size watering down any talk of the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong De
There was a sense of deja vu at Sha Tin on Sunday as John Size reeled off his sixth treble there in as many weeks and ended yesterday with the "D" word bandied about for unbeaten Brave Kid.
The Dream Team of Size and champion jockey Douglas Whyte strung together victories with hotpots National Treasure, Presto and Brave Kid on an afternoon that rained favourites, but it was the almost four-length margin for Brave Kid that had Size watering down any talk of the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby.
"He's an entry for the race - a lot of horses are - but at this stage that is not the plan," Size said.
"The plan is to keep trying to find races that Brave Kid can win. If he is able to keep winning and going up the ratings to the point where it makes some sense to look at a race like the Derby, then we can, but we'll wait and see. He won with a 70-rating today so it's a way off."
Both Size and Whyte pointed out that, in contrast to four-year-old's narrow victory under difficulties last time, nothing at all went wrong for him this time from a good draw.
"Off a bad draw last run, he raced fiercely down the back early. From a good gate, Brave Kid got cover early, settled quicker and therefore put more into his finish today," said Size.
Yet indications are already that Brave Kid will handle further than the 1,400m and Whyte said the gelding was deceptively strong once in front.
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