Pierre Ng Pang-chi did more than train at least one winner at the 13th consecutive Hong Kong meeting on Sunday – the second-season sensation extended his championship lead to 13 with a Sha Tin treble.

Ng entrusted only five gallopers with continuing his winning sequence that began at Sha Tin on November 5 when I Give and Drombeg Banner saluted.

Super Commander finished seventh in the Class Four Lukfook Jewellery Diapure Handicap (1,000m). Master Of Fortune was slow away before he ended 11th in the Class Three Lukfook Joaillerie Handicap (1,600m). However, Mugen, Aestheticism and Jumbo Fortune were triumphant.

Mugen won the Class Three Lukfook Jewellery Beloved Collection Handicap (1,200m) under Karis Teetan by a two-and-a-quarter-length margin, lowering the colours of a couple of previously undefeated youngsters, Wunderbar (second) and Ka Ying Victory (eighth).

Luckless in both of his post-import races late last term, Mugen is two-for-two this season following his dominant success in Sunday’s card-closing contest.

“The first day he came into my stable, his connections told me he’s impressive,” Ng said of Mugen, who won a Moonee Valley maiden by four lengths on the second of his two appearances in Australia for Clinton McDonald.

“We tried him towards the end of last season, and it didn’t work out well. We gave him time. We sent him to Conghua. Last start, he was impressive. Now he’s more mature, he’s more impressive. Hopefully, he can get higher ratings later on and run in something bigger.”

Like Mugen, Aestheticism posted his second win on the bounce when he beat Super Wise Dragon by three-quarters of a length in the Class Four Lukfook Jewellery Heirloom Fortune Collection Handicap (1,600m).

Unlike five-year-old Mugen, the Classic Series is open to four-year-old Aestheticism, whom Ng may step up to 1,800m following his mile victories under Zac Purton.

“There’s a Class Three over 1,800m on New Year’s Day for which I think Zac is available,” Ng said. “There’s another really good race on January 13 as well – a Class Three over 1,600m restricted to four-year-olds.

“We’ll see. Hopefully, he’ll get more points. I’m looking at bigger races for him,” added Ng, no doubt with the Hong Kong Classic Mile (February 4), Classic Cup (March 3) and Derby (March 24) in his thoughts.

When Jumbo Fortune passed the post first in the Class Four Lukfook Jewellery Dear Q Handicap (1,400m), he not only ensured Ng’s streak of successful meetings reached a baker’s dozen but also delivered his high-flying handler’s 22nd individual winner of the campaign.

Ng, whose closest challenger in the championship is Danny Shum Chap-shing on 22 victories in total, said Jumbo Fortune’s first Hong Kong win had been coming.

“He was unlucky last start, and in his previous start, he didn’t get a clear run as well,” Ng said of Jumbo Fortune, the first leg of Teetan’s Sha Tin double.

Even though Ng enjoys a healthy lead in the title race and so many of his one-time winners may not yet be in the grip of the Jockey Club handicappers, the 40-year-old is refusing to buy into talk of a championship triumph.

“We’re only 28 meetings in, and we have 88 in total,” Ng said. “We hope we have horses who have chances in every meeting. I think I’ll start looking at things like the title when we get up to 60 meetings.”