After making a fast start to her short-term stint in the city with a winner with just her fourth ride, Hollie Doyle has picked up a couple of Group Two mounts at next weekend’s Longines Hong Kong International Races lead-up meeting.

Doyle will ride Divano in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m) and Sunlight Power in the Group Two Jockey Club Mile, two gallopers she is familiar with.

Doyle partnered Divano in a loaded Sha Tin all-weather trial on Friday morning, with Francis Lui Kin-wai’s galloper running a nice third behind the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising.

“It was a strong trial, obviously,” said Doyle. “The track was very wet today and I was in the inside stall, so I just spent a bit of time trying to get him out of the kickback because an older horse like that doesn’t need to be facing that at this stage of his life.

“He’s very honest, he came good towards the end and I was happy.”

Doyle was aboard the Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained Sunlight Power for his promising fourth behind Encountered in last weekend’s Group Three Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse (1,800m) and is looking forward to joining forces with the six-year-old over a mile.

“He ran really well the other day,” she said.

Another galloper Doyle is familiar with is the David Hayes-trained Harmony N Blessed, who lines up in Saturday’s Class Two Lukfook Jewellery Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin.

Doyle won on the veteran way back in the 2020 edition of the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship and is hoping for more success aboard a galloper that is showing no signs of slowing down.

“He seems to have come back into some good form,” said Doyle of the nine-year-old, who heads into Saturday off the back of a last-start Class Three win at Happy Valley.

“Obviously he’s done most of his winning around Happy Valley, so we’ll have to see how he acts around Sha Tin, but he has tackled the track before and we’ve got a good draw in five.

“He’s in good form and when these older horses come into a bit of form, they can take a bit of stopping.”

Doyle is also looking forward to riding Me Tsui Yu-sak’s Hong Kong debutant Pegas, who tackles the Class Three Lukfook Jewellery Diabling Shimmering Gold Collection Handicap (1,000m) after one win from five starts when trained by James Cummings in Australia.

“I galloped him and quite liked the feel of him but obviously on debut you just never know what you’re up against. He’ll come on for the experience but he gave me a nice feel in the morning,” she said.

Doyle has a healthy book of nine rides as she continues to settle into her seven-week stay.

“It’s good to be here. Obviously I hadn’t done an extended stint before, I’d been in and out, and it’s definitely different,” said Doyle, who started her contract on November 5.

“It’s taken me quite a while to learn the ropes and get into the swing of things. The system is very different and it’s quite intense, but it’s going well.

“I got off to a good start but I’ve got to keep it going now. It’s easier said than done and just because I’ve had one winner doesn’t mean I’m going to have a flood of them.”