DOUGLAS Whyte’s
NORDIC WELLSTAR looks the star bet, on an intriguing and highly competitive nine-race programme, at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
This is a big week for the former 13-time champion jockey turned trainer, who will be looking to his ex-Australian four-year-old as a launch pad for success when the he lines-up in the Durham Handicap (1:45pm) over five furlongs.
Whyte saddles his first runner and leading contender Russian Emperor in Sunday’s £2.2 million BMW HK Derby at Sha Tin and with his stable in the middle of a relatively quiet spell, will be hoping for a change of fortune.