Also from trainer Cheng’s yard, Dragon Cavallo turns in a smart gallop on Aug 19

Our Jet's trial at Sungai Besi on July 22 was his first and only official hit-out in Malaysia, and true to his name, he took off and soared.

Such was his dominance that, when the finish loomed, he had put three lengths on his stablemate and the second-placed Momochiko.

The Winson Cheng-trained galloper also pounded home the message, when he broke the minute mark for the 1,000m by running out the trip in 59.69sec.

Until then, the Bradbury's Luck five-year-old had been kept under wraps. That trial was the first time racegoers had seen him in an official outing.

On the morning of Aug 19 and, on a track rated good, Our Jet was put through his paces on the training track at Sungai Besi.

Just like he did in that impressive trial a month ago, the Australian-bred again turned in a performance when he ran the 600m in a flashy 37sec.

That piece of work was enough to suggest that Cheng's runner could play a big part in the Novice event (1,150m) on Aug 24.

Besides, until being flown to Kuala Lumpur to continue his racing career, Our Jet – who was then known as Salt Lake Shake – won once and placed four times in Australia.

That win was in a Maiden contest over the 1,000m on Oct 29, 2023.

The Alan Leung-owned gelding will be taking on some other proven runners on Aug 24, but he looks up to the task.

Cheng will also be looking for a good showing from Dragon Cavallo.

Down to contest the Class 4B sprint over the 1,020m on Aug 24, he turned in a nice workout when running the 600m in 38.7sec.

Dragon Cavallo may be an "old-timer" at nine years old, but the son of Spirit Of Boom still has what it takes to threaten younger rivals.

Take his last run in the Class 4B race (1,020m) on Aug 2, he teased his rivals with a front-running show, only to be caught in the closing stages.

He eventually had to settle for third behind the winner Smart One.

Dragon Cavallo, who used to race as Boom Shakalaka when prepared by Tim Fitzsimmons and Shane Baertschiger at Kranji, is not yet ready to be put out to pasture.

The eight-time winner, who last won in a Class 4B sprint (1,020m) on March 9, still looks capable of adding money to the kitty.

Another runner who knows how to win a race at the Selangor Turf Club is Infinity Victory, who ran out the 600m in 39sec on Aug 19.

From the stables of Simon Dunderdale, Infinity Victory scored a smart win at his last start when, in pouring rain, he beat Family Delight by a short head in a Class 4A (1,700m) event on Aug 9. Troy See did the navigating.

That was Infinity Victory's second win in 11 starts.

The son of Alpine Eagle had opened his account on June 7 when, in yet another Class 4A race over 1,700m, he beat Elite Boy by 1¼ lengths.

He goes over the shorter 1,600m in a Class 4B event on Aug 24, but it should not pose any problem.

After all, it was on April 6 that the six-year-old ran a gallant second to Enticing in an Open Maiden race over the mile.

Then, from the training track, there was Khan Pegasus.

Lowly rated at 23 points, he worked above his grade when running the 600m in 36.2 sec.

An eight-year-old by Deep Field, the Ananthen Kuppan-trained gelding has been finding it hard to add to his six career wins.

The best he did in recent times was finishing fourth behind Forget Romance  in a Class 5B race (1,600m) three starts ago on June 22.

That day, when ridden by Lim Aun Kean, he was slowly out of the gates and last of 14 runners at the 1,000m mark.

However, he started racing at the top of the home stretch and was doing his best work late. The ex-Singapore galloper eventually finished just 2¼ lengths behind the winner.

On his workout, Khan Pegasus begs to be included in those novelty bets.