Champion trainer John Size is enjoying the ride with Sky Jewellery as his rising star looks to climb another rung of the Hong Kong ladder in Sunday’s Group Three Lion Rock Trophy (1,600m).
Last season’s Champion Griffin won three of his five starts in his debut campaign and came into this term a hugely exciting prospect, but his supporters were made to wait for his return after he bled from both nostrils in a trial at Sha Tin in November.
He made his reappearance in April by making a mockery of Class Three rivals, sprinting clear from the rear of the field to win by a very easy one and a quarter lengths, and he took the rise into Class Two company seamlessly on his next start.
His win in the Members Cup (1,600m) was an eye-catching performance, as he came through difficult soft ground conditions with the minimum of fuss to beat the likes of Beauty Eternal and subsequent winner Packing Angel.
Andrea Atzeni reported that he had not handled conditions that day, which does not bode well for his next set of rivals, but Size is having to be cautiously optimistic with the threat of his health issues re-emerging.
