Matthew Chadwick hopes Beauty Waves can continue his progression in Sunday’s Group Two Premier Bowl (1,200m) after picking up the ride on Pierre Ng Pang-chi’s up-and-coming sprinter.

Chadwick will hop aboard Beauty Waves for the first time with Alexis Badel, who has guided the four-year-old to victory in two of his past three starts, set to ride Helios Express in the feature.

After following home Ka Ying Rising in the Class One HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (1,200m) on the opening day of the season, Beauty Waves broke through at Group Three level at the first time of asking in the National Day Cup (1,000m).

“I’m looking forward to riding him,” Chadwick said.

“He was the one to beat last time. [Magic Control] had the first-up form but he was rock-hard fit and he was always going to get a run to suit down the straight.

“We never went that fast which made it easier for him to latch on and travel well with a light weight, and he was always going to outstay the rest.”

After knocking on the door on his five starts for Douglas Whyte, Beauty Waves moved to Ng’s stable in February and notched consecutive victories over the Happy Valley 1,000m.

He continued to race consistently and completed his campaign with an impressive win in July on his return to Sha Tin over 1,200m.

Beauty Waves found Ka Ying Rising too strong first up this term but took his record to four wins from 12 appearances on October 1, where the well-backed $2.2 favourite surged home under Badel to finish half a length clear of Chadwick, who was on Magic Control.

“He was strong at the line and he kept on running after the post,” Chadwick said of Beauty Waves. “He gets in with another light weight [115 pounds] and hopefully he can find a nice position and run through the line again.”

While Beauty Waves will clash with rising star Ka Ying Rising once again, Chadwick is certain his galloper will not be disgraced on his return to 1,200m.

“If he gets a nice gate, he’ll get every chance and we’ll see what he’s made of,” Chadwick said.

“It looks like he relaxes well enough and it depends on the pace of the race. I don’t think it’s necessary for him to be the rabbit of the race because I think he’s pretty versatile.”

Before turning his attention to Sunday’s Premier Bowl, Chadwick will bid to continue his good start to the season on Wednesday’s eight-race card at Happy Valley.

Sitting fifth in the jockeys’ championship with six wins this term, Chadwick will hop aboard eight gallopers at the city circuit for what he believes is an even book of rides.

“It was a good start in September and it’s been a bit slow recently,” Chadwick said. “Hopefully we’ll pick it back up soon.

“It’s sort of my normal bunch of horses at Happy Valley and I’ve been a bit unlucky with the draws. If they get a bit of luck in the run they can run their race, but if not, then we’ll try and have to pull something out of the hat.”

Meanwhile, Alfred Chan Ka-hei is hopeful of only a short stint on the sidelines after escaping a trial fall in Conghua last Thursday with only minor injuries.

Chan hit the Conghua all-weather track after falling from Danny Shum Chap-shing’s Big Dynasty in the final stages of last week’s hit-out, with the jockey confirming the former Joseph O’Brien-trained galloper suffered a fatal heart attack.

“I’ve hurt my left thigh and hip muscles badly but nothing’s broken thankfully and I didn’t hurt my head or upper body,” said Chan, who was last seen at the races last Wednesday.

“I’m not too sure just yet [how many meetings I’ll miss], but I’ll probably still be out for the next week because I can barely bend my left leg to 90 degrees.”