Ferraris to find some flare at Sha Tin

Leading trainer Pierre Ng aims to keep the ball rolling on the allweather track at Sha Tin today as five-year-old Frantanck seeks to secure his first local win in the Class 3 race over 1650m.

This week marks Frantanck 's eighth local start, and he looks to overcome two successive minor placings with a victory in Hong Kong.

Trying this track and distance for the first time a month ago, Frantanck drew barrier No 11 and was forced to do more early work than the eventual winner, Adefill, who enjoyed all the favours from barrier No 3.

Despite the early exertion, Frantanck put up a good fight in the straight, with Adefill only overtaking him in the shadows of the post to win by a neck.

From barrier No 4, Frantanck should secure a more energysaving run in the early stages, hopefully reversing the finishing position against Adefill, who will start from one barrier inside of Frantanck.

Elsewhere, in-form five-yearold Diamond Flare aims to make amends for a luckless last-start defeat when contesting the Class 4 race over 1200m.

Diamond Flare secured an easy three-length all-the-way win at this track and distance two starts ago.

However, in his subsequent attempt to repeat the performance, things went awry as he jumped only fairly, settling ninth in the run – an uncommon sight for this galloper.

Nevertheless, he still managed to run a big race, finishing strongly to claim second place.

With winning jockey Luke Ferraris back in the saddle and anticipating a clean jump, Diamond Flare is favoured to bounce back to his winning ways.