Frankie Lor aiming to jump-start his season as promising Classic Series hope enters the fray

Frankie Lor Fu-chuen has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to his four-year-olds this campaign and Solid State is the first of his potential Classic Series contenders to get their season rolling at Sha Tin on Sunday.

The Snitzel galloper failed to win in seven Australian starts when owned by the Coolmore powerhouse, but he had shown plenty of ability when finishing fourth in the Group Three Pago Pago Stakes (1,200m) and sixth in the Group Two Spirit of Boom Classic (1,200m).

That...