Mr Stunning is the obvious standout among John Size's weekend Group One challengers but Hong Kong's emerging sprint star is not the only runner from the stable with claims on big-race glory this Sunday (7 May).
Size is hoping that a return trip to Dubai has not had an adverse effect on Chairman's Sprint Prize contender Amazing Kids. The five-year-old Falkirk gelding failed to show his best running when sixth in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) at Meydan at the end of March.
"Amazing Kids, he looks ok to us. We don't think there's any reason why he couldn't run and you'll probably find out race day if he's taken any harm from the trip. He hasn't shown us much to suggest he shouldn't be running. It was only an ordinary barrier trial last week, but he's done that many times and he's come out and won so we can't be too concerned about it."
Amazing Kids was ninth of 13 in that star-packed turf trial over 1000m on 25 April. This weekend's partner, Brett Prebble, was in the plate on that occasion and is satisfied with the New Zealand-bred's effort, in which he finished one spot ahead of Champions Mile favourite Rapper Dragon.
"That was a slick sort of trial in that they went pretty fast," he said. "He's normally quite a lazy horse in the morning, he doesn't do very much at all. When Joao trialled him before Dubai, I think they went a bit slower early and he stood up on the speed and just travelled nicely – that looked a more impressive sort of trial.
"I'm not overly concerned. He's a racehorse and he normally doesn't show you anything in the morning, so I'm excited to get back on him. I've always had an opinion of the two horses, him and Lucky Bubbles."
Amazing Kids has two Group Three wins under his belt this term, the National Day Cup Handicap and the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap, both down the 1000m straight.
"He's the only horse among the sprinters to have won two Group races this season," Prebble pointed out. "Luck in running will come into it – most of the horses with chances seem to have good barriers that suit. If Aerovelocity runs, well, he'll go forward from nine and if he doesn't, Peniaphobia will do his own thing – he makes his own favours, he always turns up.
"Dubai doesn't even come into my consideration, not with this trainer. He wouldn't even take the risk to run if he had any doubt that the horse hadn't travelled well. He's got a couple of runners in the race so he doesn't need an extra one for the sake of it. Unless the horse is showing that it's healthy, he doesn't run them. The patience John has is extraordinary." -HKJC
Size is hoping that a return trip to Dubai has not had an adverse effect on Chairman's Sprint Prize contender Amazing Kids. The five-year-old Falkirk gelding failed to show his best running when sixth in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) at Meydan at the end of March.
"Amazing Kids, he looks ok to us. We don't think there's any reason why he couldn't run and you'll probably find out race day if he's taken any harm from the trip. He hasn't shown us much to suggest he shouldn't be running. It was only an ordinary barrier trial last week, but he's done that many times and he's come out and won so we can't be too concerned about it."
Amazing Kids was ninth of 13 in that star-packed turf trial over 1000m on 25 April. This weekend's partner, Brett Prebble, was in the plate on that occasion and is satisfied with the New Zealand-bred's effort, in which he finished one spot ahead of Champions Mile favourite Rapper Dragon.
"That was a slick sort of trial in that they went pretty fast," he said. "He's normally quite a lazy horse in the morning, he doesn't do very much at all. When Joao trialled him before Dubai, I think they went a bit slower early and he stood up on the speed and just travelled nicely – that looked a more impressive sort of trial.
"I'm not overly concerned. He's a racehorse and he normally doesn't show you anything in the morning, so I'm excited to get back on him. I've always had an opinion of the two horses, him and Lucky Bubbles."
Amazing Kids has two Group Three wins under his belt this term, the National Day Cup Handicap and the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap, both down the 1000m straight.
"He's the only horse among the sprinters to have won two Group races this season," Prebble pointed out. "Luck in running will come into it – most of the horses with chances seem to have good barriers that suit. If Aerovelocity runs, well, he'll go forward from nine and if he doesn't, Peniaphobia will do his own thing – he makes his own favours, he always turns up.
"Dubai doesn't even come into my consideration, not with this trainer. He wouldn't even take the risk to run if he had any doubt that the horse hadn't travelled well. He's got a couple of runners in the race so he doesn't need an extra one for the sake of it. Unless the horse is showing that it's healthy, he doesn't run them. The patience John has is extraordinary." -HKJC