Sure, they came at him in that run to the post. But they were never going to put a dent into his lead and Big China cruised in to beat Top Show by 1/2-length.
It was his fourth win from 26 starts and trainer Johnny Lim Boon Thong must have been truly impressed with what he saw.
How else to explain the quick return to racing?
Yes, Big China will see action in the Class 5 Division A race which will be run over the mile at the Sungai Besi racecourse on Oct 26.
It is 100m shorter than the 1,700m he covered on Oct 12 but, if anything, it should be right up his alley.
Still, and to leave no stone unturned, it was on the morning of Oct 22 that Lim sent his charge out for a gallop on the training track.
It was an easy piece of work and Big China disposed of the 600m in 40.5sec.
The ghostly grey by Vert De Grece can win by racing from the front, as we saw on Oct 12 with apprentice Uzair Sharudin aboard.
He can also come off a spot in midfield to catch his rivals when winning a Class 5 1,200m race, under apprentice Nuqman Rozi, on March 10.
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