Hong Kong 2010 ~ 2011

[my miss storm cat]

The Derby is tonight!

I think Little Bridge (who I'd assume is the heavy favorite) wins but good luck to Military Move and Handsome Zulu as well.

[my miss storm cat]

Ambitious Dragon wins the Derby...

RACE 8(484)
Hong Kong Group One - 2000 Metres
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY 2011
HK$ 16,000,000.00
Course : Turf - "A" Course
Race Time : (25.31) (49.04) (1.13.99) (1.38.41) (2.01.50)
Sectional Time : 25.31 23.73 24.95 24.42 23.09


Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Trainer Actual Wt. Declar.
Horse Wt. Draw LBW Running
Position Time Win Odds

1 2 AMBITIOUS DRAGON (K399) M Guyon A T Millard 126 1198 14 - 11 11 11 9 1
2.01.50 2.3
2 3 XTENSION (M097) J Lloyd J Moore 126 1120 1 3/4 4 3 3 3 2
2.01.62 4.6
3 4 LET ME HANDLE IT (L287) B Doyle C Fownes 126 1167 11 4-1/2 12 12 12 11 3
2.02.22 7.6
4 6 JACOBEE (L179) Z Purton J Moore 126 1061 9 6 10 10 10 10 4
2.02.47 9.2
5 14 SEMOS (M125) W C Marwing D E Ferraris 126 1091 3 6 6 5 5 6 5
2.02.48 42
6 8 MILITARY MOVE (M077) D Oliver J Moore 126 1102 5 6-1/2 5 6 6 5 6
2.02.53 17
7 7 OUTDOOR PEGASUS (L173) H W Lai P F Yiu 126 1060 2 6-3/4 7 9 7 7 7
2.02.59 62
8 13 VICTOR DELIGHT (M121) G Mosse C Fownes 126 1064 6 7 9 7 8 8 8
2.02.61 18
9 10 FAT CHOY OOHLALA (L250) B Prebble C H Yip 126 1095 12 7-1/4 13 13 13 13 9
2.02.65 14
10 5 FREE JUDGEMENT (M163) O Doleuze S Woods 126 1101 8 11-1/2 14 14 14 14 10
2.03.36 34
11 9 HANDSOME ZULU (M024) M Du Plessis L Ho 126 1058 13 14 2 2 2 2 11
2.03.75 64
12 11 MARK UP (K247) G Cheyne C Fownes 126 1136 4 16 1 1 1 1 12
2.04.06 99
13 12 TREASURE LANDS (L407) D Whyte A T Millard 126 1225 10 23 3 4 4 4 13
2.05.18 51
14 1 LITTLE BRIDGE (L285) Y T Cheng C S Shum 126 1110 7 45-1/4 8 8 9 12 14
2.08.73 30

Racing Incident Report
VICTOR DELIGHT and SEMOS were slow to begin. FREE JUDGEMENT began awkwardly and in the early stages got its head up on a number of occasions. Passing the 1000 Metres, MILITARY MOVE proved very difficult to settle and near the 900 Metres shifted out away from the heels of TREASURE LANDS when awkwardly placed behind that horse. After this, MILITARY MOVE continued to prove difficult to settle. VICTOR DELIGHT was held up for clear running in the early part of the Straight. B Doyle (LET ME HANDLE IT) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that rounding the Home Turn he directed his mount out when not clear of FAT CHOY OOHLALA, resulting in those horses making contact and FAT CHOY OOHLALA being badly hampered and taken out across the rightful running of FREE JUDGEMENT which in turn was also badly hampered and taken wider. B Doyle was suspended from riding in races for a period to expire on Sunday, 10 April 2011 on which day he may resume race riding (2 Hong Kong racedays). The commencement of the suspension was deferred until after the Sha Tin racemeeting on Sunday, 3 April 2011. In addition, B Doyle was fined $50,000 in lieu of a suspension for a period incorporating two further racedays. H W Lai (OUTDOOR PEGASUS) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that approaching the 200 Metres he permitted his mount to shift out, resulting in JACOBEE being severely checked and losing the running to which it was rightfully entitled when taken out onto the hindquarters of LET ME HANDLE IT which also became unbalanced. H W Lai was suspended from riding in races for a period to expire on Thursday, 14 April 2011 on which day he may resume race riding (2 Hong Kong racedays). The commencement of the suspension was deferred until after the Happy Valley racemeeting on Wednesday, 6 April 2011. In addition, H W Lai was fined $70,000 in lieu of a suspension for a period incorporating two further racedays. Throughout the race, LITTLE BRIDGE travelled wide and without cover and in the Straight gave ground. Before being permitted to race again, both LITTLE BRIDGE and TREASURE LANDS, which finished tailed out, will be required to perform competitively in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. A veterinary inspection of LITTLE BRIDGE and FREE JUDGEMENT after the race did not show any significant findings AMBITIOUS DRAGON and XTENSION were sent for sampling.

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Race 2 sounds like a nightmare...


After being loaded, DIVIDEND CHAMPION became fractious and got out under the front gates. When this occurred, the saddle fitted to DIVIDEND CHAMPION was dislodged. As DIVIDEND CHAMPION was breaking out under the front gates, FIRST CLASS became fractious in the barriers, reared and got down. When FIRST CLASS got down, it kicked out on a number of occasions and in doing so kicked MING HOI GLORY which was boxed in the barrier stall immediately to the inside of FIRST CLASS. When kicked by FIRST CLASS, MING HOI GLORY also became fractious and got its left hind leg on the barrier platform. DIVIDEND CHAMPION was returned to the Start and FIRST CLASS and MING HOI GLORY were removed from the barriers. All three horses were examined by the Veterinary Officer who said that each horse was not suitable to race. Accordingly, DIVIDEND CHAMPION, FIRST CLASS and MING HOI GLORY were withdrawn by order of the Stewards. Before being allowed to race again, DIVIDEND CHAMPION and FIRST CLASS will both be required to perform satisfactorily in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. Before being allowed to race again, MING HOI GLORY will be required to perform satisfactorily in a stalls test and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. In this incident, D Beadman, the rider of MING HOI GLORY, injured his right leg and was stood down from riding by the Club medical officers. The Stewards ruled that all horses be removed from the barriers and the start of this race was delayed. When being initially loaded into the barriers, SOMETHING SPECIAL momentarily made contact with the starting stalls, was examined by the Veterinary Officer and passed fit to race. When being reloaded, SOMETHING SPECIAL proved difficult to load. Before being allowed to race again, SOMETHING SPECIAL will be required to perform satisfactorily in a stalls test.

[my miss storm cat]

Barrier trials... Cruz and Chadwick win batch 1 with California Memory and batch 2 with California Choice. Crown Witness 2nd.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp

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Lest I forget...

http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/201...p?sid=12&rid=1

Good luck, kids!

[my miss storm cat]

03/04/2011 Sha Tin Track : Turf
Meeting No : 57 Course : "C" Course
Race Name : THE CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY Distance : 1600m
Race Class : Hong Kong Group Two Sec./Div. No : 1
Rating Range : -

Horse (Brand No) Trainer Wt. WFA. Rtg. Rtg.+/- P Remarks


VIVA PATACA (G096)
J Moore 128 - 121 -2 -
MR MEDICI (K218)
L Ho 128 - 118 -2 -
THUMBS UP (K005)
C Fownes 123 - 127 0 -
IRIAN (L187)
J Moore 123 - 125 0 -
FELLOWSHIP (G292)
P O'Sullivan 123 - 117 -3 -
SPECIAL DAYS (H236)
J Size 123 - 117 -1 -
BRAVE KID (K391)
J Size 123 - 115 5 -
LET ME FIGHT (L176)
J Moore 123 - 115 0 -
SIGHT WINNER (J049)
J Size 123 - 113 -2 -
MULTIGLORY (L168)
A S Cruz 123 - 109 0 -
FLYING BLUE (L389)
J Size 123 - 106 7 -
FREE JUDGEMENT (M163)
S Woods 123 - 102 0 - #

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Victoire Pisa to the QEII Cup...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20110329a.asp

[my miss storm cat]

BMW Champions Mile (Group 1) - Selected Runners

(3rd leg of the Asian Mile Challenge)
Monday 25 April 2011 – 1600 m – Sha Tin – Turf
(HK$12 million / US$1.548 million)


Presvis
Able One
Red Jazz
Beauty Flash
Mufarrh
Musir
Flying Blue
Royal Bench
Lucky Nine
Sunny King
Thumbs Up
Xtension
Sight Winner
Melito


Reserves :

1. Good Ba Ba
2. Let Me Fight
3. Sparkling Power
4. Fellowship

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Race 7 - THE CHOW TAI FOOK BAUHINIA SPRINT TROPHY (HANDICAP)
Saturday, April 09, 2011, Sha Tin, 16:05
Turf ,"C+3" Course ,1000m

Prize Money: $2,300,000.00, Rating: 90+, HONG KONG GROUP 3
Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 1/2/2/1/1/1 ABLE ONE 133 D Beadman 4 J Moore 130 0 1136 H
2 2/1/3/5/1/1 SACRED KINGDOM 132 B Prebble 3 P F Yiu 129 -1 1205 TT
3 4/4/5/13/1/10 ONE WORLD 123 W C Marwing 11 J Moore 120 -1 1073 XB/H/TT
4 11/8/14/1/14/1 ULTRA FANTASY 122 C Y Ho 6 P F Yiu 119 -2 1204 B/TT
5 8/3/9/10/3/2 SWEET SANETTE 116 G Cheyne 10 A T Millard 113 0 1154 TT1
6 6/6/1/9/2/5 TAI SING YEH 114 M Du Plessis 8 K L Man 111 0 1010
7 9/4/8/8/9/3 VITAL FLYER 113 J Lloyd 1 C W Chang 105 -1 1175 TT
8 11/3/2/1/1/3 ROMANTIC CITY 113 W M Lai 2 P F Yiu 102 0 1208
9 11/4/7/3/11/1 NO MORE GREEN 113 K C Leung 9 A S Cruz 95 -1 1164 TT
10 7/14/1/12/3/4 EL ZONDA 113 M W Leung 5 A S Cruz 90 0 1068 TT
11 9 PROLIFIC CHAMPION 113 M Chadwick 7 A S Cruz 92 0 995 TT

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Did I already mention this?

Corporal Jones...

Right fore medial suspensory branch injury (Poor guy).

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R10 on Saturday...

Hopefully a piece of cake for Military Move.

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Horses of note in barrier trials tomorrow...

Chater Way and Best Friend.

[my miss storm cat]

I think Be Grateful died on the track yesterday but with wording not entirely sure.

Big big news...

Cape Blanco is out (The Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup)

AOB decided not to make the trip.

Who knows.

This leaves Victoire Pisa, Gitano Hernando, River Jetez and Wigmore Hall as the international runners (Red Jazz has a quarter crack and is out of the CHampions MIle - Mufarrh and Melito out...) ands opens the door for Good Ba Ba and Let Me Fight and Sparkling Power (Macau).

Presvis, Musir and Royal Bench are the intl runners for the Champions Mile.


Retired...

Ultra Fantasy
Best Military
Care Free Midas
Windicator Returns
Sambouyant
Dyalight Express
Enthused

How depressing.

Congrats to Ms. Sweet Sanette for this...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2011&raceno=07

... and sopeaking of girls in HK (cause there are so few), good luck to Ms. River Jetez.