THIS is the horse that everyone in Hong Kong is talking about.

Pakistan Star has now run twice and won twice but it is the style of his last two first wins that has captured the attention

The Tony Cruz-trained Pakistan Star, a German-bred son of Shamardal produced one of the performances of the season to win his debut two months ago.

A HK$6 million buy in March at the Jockey Club’s international sale, he posted a finishing sprint of 21.2 seconds, seven-tenths of a second faster than the next best all day and one of only two horses to crack 22 seconds on his debut.

On Sunday, in a seven furlong Group 3, the imported colt was a casual last from the gates, but Pakistan Star motored home from the back of the field to win by a length and a quarter under jockey Matthew Chadwick, completing the final 400m in a breath-taking 21.44s. Hong Kong sectional timing experts have suggested that only one horse has run the final 400m of a seven-furlong race at Sha Tin in a faster time.

"Matthew was so confident about this horse," Cruz said. "He just left him alone and around the bend I could see he was really changing his gears; he was really coming with a bigger explosion than last time - he has that powerful turn of foot. Once he straightened to the outside I knew he was going to win and Matthew took it easy, too, he didn't hammer him."

Pakistan Star is set to step-up in grade after his latest win and Cruz hopes he will become a Hong Kong Derby horse.