Chris Hyland has no qualms pitting cheap buy Gloop against the impeccably bred Beluga Caviar in Saturday’s Hong Kong Jockey Club Handicap at Flemington.

Beluga Caviar is closely related to Black Caviar through her Group Two-winning dam Scandinavia, which is the grand-dam of the unbeaten champion.

Beluga Caviar fetched $1.2 million as a yearling while $1000 was enough to buy Gloop at auction.

The Mick Price-trained Fitna, a $400,000 purchase for Dubai royal family member Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, will also debut in the race.

Gloop’s owners bought the two-year-old for $2000 out of a paddock a week after he went through the sales ring.

Punters think Beluga Caviar can make a successful start to his career, backing him from $4.60 into a $4.40 second favourite behind Fitna at $4.20 while Gloop has eased from $10 to $13.

Gloop has already repaid his purchase price many times over courtesy of his Moonee Valley win on June 21 and Hyland is sure his charge can be competitive with the expensive buy.

“He hasn’t got a clue he was so cheap and he doesn’t know what the other horses cost,” Hyland said.

“He’s just been cruising along since his last win and I’ve been really happy with him.”

Hyland is chasing the winner’s share of the $30,000 in Super VOBIS bonuses on offer in the Flemington event, which also carries a $20,000 VOBIS payout to eligible horses.

The trainer has spaced Gloop’s races as he attempts to stretch the promising performer’s campaign as far as possible in a bid to get him to 1400 metres in the early part of the spring.

“We thought why not space his runs and give him three or four weeks between races,” Hyland said.

“If he happened to win, we’d be able to pick a target in about four weeks time and go from there.”

Daniel Stackhouse rode Gloop to his Moonee Valley win and will continue his partnership with the youngster at Flemington.