The open spaces at Marcus Wilson's Hunter Valley property suit Hong Kong import Helene Brilliant who is primed to recapture winning form in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.The young trainer won the PJ Bell Championship at Randwick earlier this month with Carrizo Creek who also came from Hong Kong.On the same day, Helene Brilliant failed by just a neck to give Wilson a city double when beaten by Parfumier."I have a few horses that have come from Hong Kong and it takes them a while to acclim

The open spaces at Marcus Wilson's Hunter Valley property suit Hong Kong import Helene Brilliant who is primed to recapture winning form in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.

The young trainer won the PJ Bell Championship at Randwick earlier this month with Carrizo Creek who also came from Hong Kong.

On the same day, Helene Brilliant failed by just a neck to give Wilson a city double when beaten by Parfumier.

"I have a few horses that have come from Hong Kong and it takes them a while to acclimatise and a few runs to hit their straps," Wilson said.

"Helene Brilliant is enjoying the atmosphere in Australia and ran a good race at Randwick.

"He over-raced a bit and had to work hard.

"He carried four kilos more than the winner so it was a good effort."

As a young horse racing as Doctor Brown in England, Helene Brilliant beat Cockney Rebel who went on to win the English and Irish 2000 Guineas.

Doctor Brown also ran second to Excellent Art in a Group Two race before being sold in 2007 to Hong Kong where he was renamed and won two races.

The Bart Cummings-trained Kroner was installed favourite for Wednesday's feature in TAB Sportsbet's first markets.

He was at $3.20 on Monday ahead of Grand Rhumba ($7.5) and Innings and Welkom Gold ($8.50).

Helene Brilliant was at $21 but Wilson said he had a few things in his favour.

"He's got a good barrier with nine and a good jockey in Kerrin McEvoy," he said.

"He has also won a barrier trial at Gosford on a heavy track so I know he can handle it."

The son of trainer John Wilson, Marcus has had his own licence for three years and prepares his team at a state of the art facility on 200 acres at Singleton.

"The property is owned by one of my clients John Burton who is an owner and a breeder," Wilson said.

"We have a 1200 metre all weather track to train on with a 400 metre straight.

"There's a walking machine, a swimming pool and also 18 day yards.

"It's a great atmosphere for the horses."

Kroner has earned his favouritism with four wins from his past five starts, three on heavy tracks.

Nuclear Medicine is expected to back up from his fourth to News Alert in the Saturday's Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm.

The Gordon Yorke-trained gelding has won seven races, six on slow or heavy.

Gosford was a heavy 10 on Monday with some improvement predicted with fine weather over the next couple of days.