Zac Purton produced a magic ride on the former Aidan O'Brien runner and came through the field in one of those "knife through butter" rides which resulted in the Yip trained horse to win in record time at only his second start in Hong Kong.

Galaxy Patch was only a head away in second and the run-away Ka Ying Generation got collared in the end and had to settle for third.

Post race Bowman thought that the trip may have been too far for Helios Express.