Almighty Bullet has won more than $210,000 in stakes in his 40-start career but a moderate autumn preparation ensured his rating dropped low enough to be handicapped with 59.5kg in the Benchmark 75 contest.
"We couldn't get him right and he was running in bad races and his rating dropped pretty low but it might have done us a few favours actually,” Hyam said.
"There's a good opportunity this prep to win a couple more city races with him really.”
Almighty Bullet started his campaign with a third to Counter Spin in Benchmark 82 company on August 15, a race that Hyam said the son of God's Own should almost have won in a welcome return to form.
"He won the most consistent racehorse in SA two years ago but we've had a couple of niggling injuries and that kind of stuff with him but we've given him a nice spell,” Hyam said.
"I said the owners before his first-up run, 'he's back to where he was two years ago'.
"He probably should have won
Almighty Bullet has pleased Hyam with his work since his first-up run. Apprentice Emily Finnegan will ride the seven-year-old again in his $40,000 assignment.
Sportsbet has Almighty Bullet as a $10 chance to score a second-up win despite the gelding's record of three wins and two seconds from nine outings on the tricky Morphettville Parks track.
The Victorian galloper Lord Esprit, from the Balaklava Cup-winning Andrew Noblet stable, is the $2.30 favourite ahead of the $6 equal second favourites Mio Dio and Ample On Offa.