A barnstorming finish has delivered Te Akau Racing with a stunning late Christmas present as underrated galloper What You Wish For came from last on the home bend to take out the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) in front of a bumper holiday crowd.
Last seen in Australia running second to his stablemate Maison Louis in the Group I Queensland Derby, Kiwi bred four year-old King of Thunder opened his account at Sha Tin on Saturday racing under his new name Numbers.