On her overseas record, Banker’ssweetheart looked a shoo-in to win on her Malaysian debut.

Alas, when the mare did go to the races on March 15, her supporters would have felt jilted.

They sent the mare off as the $22 pick, but their “sweetheart” let them down when finishing sixth in that 1,100m sprint at the Selangor Turf Club.

So it was, they left her out in the cold at her last start on March 29 and it proved to be a wise decision as the Safeguard five-year-old did everything wrong.

She “fly-jumped” when the gates opened and never got going.

She eventually beat just one home and, as expected, the racing stewards deemed that she needed a starting test before her next start.

Trainer Johnny Lim Boon Thong did not waste much time. He sent her out for that jumpout on April 7 and she passed the test with flying colours under Farhan Ghazali.

Indeed, in winning her trial she showed glimpses of her Australian form when she romped in by three lengths in a really smart time of 59.35sec.

Banker’ssweetheart should now be primed and poised to add a first Malaysian victory to the five she scored when racing as Miss Flirtacious in Western Australia.

As has been the norm at the trials of late, t...