By his lofty standards, Jason Ong should be higher up in the chase for training honours.

But, even with his race-to-race double from Silver Dragon and The Wild Goal on May 10 which hoisted him to 20 winners for the season, the two-time Singapore champion trainer and reigning Malaysia champion trainer still sits in fifth spot – nine wins behind the leader Johnny Lim Boon Thong.

But we are only into the fifth month of the season and some of the big guns are still holstered.

Ong has entered a modest string of 11 horses for the 11 races at the Selangor Turf Club on May 17.

Among them, racegoers should look closely at Cheval Pegasus and Pacific Power.

On the morning of May 12 and on a training track which was rated “good”, they came away looking like winners.

Sent out together, the pair were like Siamese twins when running the 600m in 37.5sec.

They look to be in sizzling form and should hold their own in their respective races on May 17.

Cheval Pegasus, who will contest the Supreme C sprint (1,400m), gets into the action on the back of a smack-up fourth to Mega Ace on April 25.

Pacific Power has been winless in eight Malaysian starts, but he is getting there.

Sparingly raced by his Singaporean handler, the son of War Decree has had just one start in the current season on Jan 25.

That day, with Jerlyn Seow Poh Hui in the saddle, he carried moderate support, but his chances were ruined when he was inconvenienced near the 800m mark in the Class 5A contest (1,020m).

Ong has him down to contest the Open Maiden event (1,200m) in his ninth start.

Like Cheval Pegasus, the three-year-old gelding will enjoy tackling the slightly longer trip on May 17.

Photo: Selangor Turf Club