Three last-start winners and two gallopers who placed second last time out comprise five of Jamie Richards’ six-strong squad heading to Happy Valley on Wednesday night as the Kiwi handler hopes to achieve his goals and help Zac Purton realise his record-breaking dream.

To Infinity, Magniac and Rattan Kingdom go for back-to-back victories and Tronic Mighty and Seasons Wit bid to go one better than their last-start runner-up results, with Happy For All rounding out Richards’ roster for the nine-race card at the city circuit.

Purton, who requires 34 wins from this term’s remaining 16 meetings to surpass Joao Moreira’s single-season mark of 170 victories, has a full book of rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, including Tronic Mighty, Happy For All and Magniac for Richards.

Occupying a mid-table spot in this term’s trainers’ championship with 31 wins against his name, Richards probably cannot wait for Wednesday nights to come around. Twenty of the Hong Kong rookie’s 31 victories have occurred under the lights at Happy Valley, and he could enter the winner’s enclosure again this week.

Chief among Richards’ hopes appears to be Australian import Magniac, who was rewarded for his consistency when he saluted at Happy Valley this time last month.

Having failed to finish worse than fifth in his first four starts in Hong Kong, Magniac ran out an easy winner over 1,200m under Purton, who kept things simple on the three-year-old son of Lucky Street.

In Wednesday night’s competitive Class Three Snapdragon Handicap (1,200m), Magniac is not the only last-start winner, with John Size-prepared sprinter A Americ Te Specso picking up his second victory this season when he was successful over course and distance three weeks ago.

Rattan Kingdom has been another model of consistency for Richards, winning three of his eight starts and finishing outside the prize money once since he transferred to the Kiwi trainer’s new stable.

A two-time winner over 1,200m towards the end of last year, Rattan Kingdom proved his versatility by winning over 1,650m on April 12, responding favourably to the patient approach of Karis Teetan, who retains the ride he gained from Purton because of his lighter frame.

Richards keeps Rattan Kingdom to the mile in Wednesday night’s Class Three Iris Handicap (1,650m), but it remains to be seen if he has hit the ceiling of his ability after going up 24 points in the ratings since joining Richards from Richard Gibson in August.

Rattan Kingdom probably has most to fear from Winning Dragon, who is chasing his fourth victory this term, and Eighteen Palms, who broke through for Danny Shum Chap-shing on his fifth career appearance recently.

Richards has also extracted plenty of improvement from To Infinity after inheriting the four-year-old miler from departing Kiwi handler Paul O’Sullivan.

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To Infinity has rattled home from well off the pace to win two of his past three races, with Derek Leung Ka-chun on his back for both of his recent triumphs.

With the exception of Gang Of Brothers, who carries the top weight of 135 pounds, most of To Infinity’s opponents in Wednesday night’s first section of the Class Four Hyacinth Handicap (1,650m) are out of form.