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Local hero will be chasing 19th career success.

Golden Sixty  delighted trainer Francis Lui in a workout on Tuesday ahead of his bid to create history in Sunday's Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin.

The six-year-old will aim to register back-to-back victories in the Group One and extend his winning sequence of 16 by capturing his 19th career win in Hong Kong – a local record.

After watching Hong Kong's champion clock 1m 18.2s over six furlongs alongside stablemate Valiant Dream, Lui said: "He's good – Vincent (Ho) was happy with him – he's ready.

"I just asked Vincent to roll him into it, let him work into it and he did it with a partner horse.

"He will gallop again on Friday and it'll just be similar again."

Lui revealed the other side of Golden Sixty's character with news the horse bit Ho on the hand on Monday.

"I asked Vincent what happened, normally he always goes in the box after the gallop with the horse to communicate with him and he just sat outside the box and Golden Sixty maybe wanted to play with him and he just had a bite," Lui said.

"Normally he's a good horse, they have their own character, and he has his."

Golden Sixty's incredible career has encompassed earnings of HK$80.633 million, 18 wins from 19 starts, four Group Ones, 2020 BMW Hong Kong Derby glory, three Group Two triumphs and two Group Threes.

"I liked his last run it was good to see – I hope he can carry on and that we can get more and more good horses to train," Lui added.