Heads up, Horse to watch "Collection" for J. Moore. Very promising debut race last night.

Yeah nice horse. He'd won the Hampton Court Stakes. :)

His pre-HK record...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/pp_formsheet/fse_K217.pdf

His 2nd to Express Win (Diego Garcia) last night...(for anyone else interested)...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=8&venue=ST

Waiting for news on... Rocket Win. :(


RACE 9(395)
Hong Kong Group Two - 1800 Metres
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY TRIAL
HK$ 3,000,000.00

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=9&venue=ST

1 3 UNIQUE JEWELLERY(H196) O Doleuze 126 4 - 1.48.93
2 1 KINGS FALCON(J185) D Beadman 126 9 SH 1.48.95
3 9 LEGEND OF COLOUR(K003) Z Purton 126 1 3/4 1.49.05
4 10 REDRAGTOABULL(J292) W C Marwing 126 10 3/4 1.49.07
5 5 ROMA PEGASUS(K115) B Prebble 126 3 1-1/2 1.49.18
6 2 THUMBS UP(K005) C Soumillon 126 5 2-1/2 1.49.34
7 4 MORE BOUNTIFUL(J094) D Whyte 126 2 3 1.49.42
8 8 BEAUTY FOREVER(K074) G Mosse 126 13 3-3/4 1.49.53
9 12 QUICK TOUCH(J196) Y T Cheng 126 11 4-1/4 1.49.62
10 6 ARION OF CHIU TON(K136) M Du Plessis 126 8 4-1/2 1.49.63
11 13 ABOVE ALL(J215) J Victoire 126 14 5 1.49.73
12 11 VIGOR DELIGHT(K070) S Dye 126 12 5-3/4 1.49.84
13 7 GALAXY TREASURE(K220) J Winks 126 7 12-3/4 1.50.95
14 14 SLEEP WELL(K036) W M Lai 126 6 15 1.51.34

Racing Incident Report
On jumping, KINGS FALCON was taken back. ROMA PEGASUS began awkwardly, bumped the inside gate of its stall, then due to the slow tempo in the early stages proved difficult to settle and near the 1400 Metres was checked away from the heels of MORE BOUNTIFUL which was also proving difficult to settle. When ROMA PEGASUS was checked, it shifted in and caused crowding on its inside to LEGEND OF COLOUR. Shortly after this, MORE BOUNTIFUL, which was continuing to over-race, shifted out and bumped SLEEP WELL which in turn caused ABOVE ALL to be steadied and carried wider. In the Straight, THUMBS UP hung in, near the 300 Metres shifted ground and raced tight outside LEGEND OF COLOUR, then near the 200 Metres got its head on the side and shifted in behind LEGEND OF COLOUR as that horse shifted out. BEAUTY FOREVER was sent for an official veterinary inspection. A veterinary inspection of BEAUTY FOREVER after the race did not show any significant findings. THUMBS UP, UNIQUE JEWELLERY and KINGS FALCON were sent for sampling.



Breed of the Winning Horse-Online
UNIQUE JEWELLERY Sire: O'Reilly
Dam: Aulide

Yes, I was watching Sunday morning's broadcast and the HK announcers interviewed John Moore, he said he was very high on him and the horse was setback by picking up a virus/bug in Peru. He's had a few setbacks infact, that was nice effortless move in a tough race off the shelf.

He's getting a ton of press on SCMP...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20090217.asp

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20090216c.asp

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Time to swoon and faint!

22/02/2009 Sha Tin Track : Turf

Race Name : THE CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP Distance : 2000m
Race Class : Hong Kong Group One Sec./Div. No : 1

VIVA PATACA (G096)
J Moore 126 - 131 -3 -
PACKING WINNER (E334)
L Ho 126 - 123 0 -
VIVA MACAU (H110)
J Moore 126 - 117 0 -
JACKPOT DELIGHT (J101)
C Fownes 126 - 115 2 -
SIGHT WINNER (J049)
J Size 126 - 113 0 -
EYSHAL (J099)
J Moore 126 - 112 6 -
BULLISH CASH (H049)
A S Cruz 126 - 109 0 -
EVER BRIGHT (G223)
P O'Sullivan 126 - 106 -2 -
AMBITIOUS GENERAL (J066)
D J Hall 126 - 102 -1 -

22/02/2009 Sha Tin Track : Turf

Race Name : THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE Distance : 1200m
Race Class : Hong Kong Group One Sec./Div. No : 1

SACRED KINGDOM (G268)
P F Yiu 126 - 130 0 -
ENTHUSED (H303)
J Size 126 - 122 0 -
GREEN BIRDIE (H245)
C Fownes 126 - 122 0 -
SUNNY POWER (G203)
K W Lui 126 - 120 -1 -
SUNNY KING (H105)
J Moore 126 - 118 3 -
RIVER JORDAN (G194)
J Moore 126 - 117 0 -
SANZIRO (E208)
C Fownes 126 - 117 -1 -
YELLOW DIAMOND (D246)
Y O Wong 126 - 115 5 -
KILDARE (J198)
D Cruz 126 - 113 5 -
DIM SUM (H226)
J Moore 126 - 107 0 -


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Rocket Win now listed as "retired". Hope he's alright.

I errored when I said he picked up a bug in Peru, actually it was Turkey.

As long as he's better now! :)

Race 7 - THE CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP
Sunday, February 22, 2009, Sha Tin, 16:00
Turf ,"A+3" Course ,2000m ,Good

Prize Money: $8,000,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1

1 3/4/1/1/2/3 VIVA PATACA 126 D Beadman 6 J Moore 131 -3 1090 H
2 7/5/7/1/4/5 PACKING WINNER 126 D Whyte 1 L Ho 123 0 1094
3 12/6/13/1/11/4 VIVA MACAU 126 K T Yeung 7 J Moore 117 0 1166 SW/TT
4 3/8/13/3/4/2 JACKPOT DELIGHT 126 C Soumillon 4 C Fownes 115 2 1135 B
5 5/6/8/2/1/9 SIGHT WINNER 126 G Mosse 5 J Size 113 0 1070
6 1/3/1/2/1/2 EYSHAL 126 W C Marwing 2 J Moore 112 6 1165 B/TT
7 12/3/14/3/10/11 BULLISH CASH 126 O Doleuze 3 A S Cruz 109 0 1042 TT
8 8/8/5/2/4/7 AMBITIOUS GENERAL 126 B Prebble 8 D J Hall 102 -1 1090 B1/CC2/TT-


Race 8 - THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE
Sunday, February 22, 2009, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"A+3" Course ,1200m ,Good

Prize Money: $4,500,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1

1 4/1/2/1/2/1 SACRED KINGDOM 126 O Doleuze 1 P F Yiu 130 0 1175 TT
2 3/2/4/1/5/1 ENTHUSED 126 D Whyte 8 J Size 122 0 1249
3 7/2/3/1/7/3 GREEN BIRDIE 126 C Soumillon 2 C Fownes 122 0 1083
4 7/6/5/2/8/1 SUNNY POWER 126 B Prebble 6 K W Lui 120 -1 1126 H-/SW
5 5/2/2/5/2/3 SUNNY KING 126 G Mosse 7 J Moore 118 3 1187 XB/H/TT
6 6/7/8/5/4/8 RIVER JORDAN 126 D Beadman 5 J Moore 117 0 1126 TT
7 12/6/3/3/8/1 SANZIRO 126 Z Purton 10 C Fownes 117 -1 1170 B/XB/TT
8 2/3/3/10/4/6 YELLOW DIAMOND 126 C K Tong 3 Y O Wong 115 5 1159 B
9 5/1/1/5/2/1 KILDARE 126 W C Marwing 9 D Cruz 113 5 1145 SR
10 10/5/10/4/2/9 DIM SUM 126 J Winks 4 J Moore 107 0 1062 SW-/B1

A very good race by Viva Pataca, I thought he raced without cover for the most part but it didn't really matter, in the end he showed his class.

Green Birdie in the Chairman's sprint was very unlucky, he was making a move up the rail and was stopped cold, otherwise he looked like he was getting up in time.

Wow, shocked when I saw results...

Replays for Viva...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=7&venue=ST

... and Dim Sum. :eek:

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=8&venue=ST

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Regency Horse was retired????? Noooooo! Why?

Anyone know? He was having a wonderful season. Crying face here... :(

That's the beauty of HK racing, good prices, great riders, zero tolerance for hanky panky shenanigans...Also I mean which track boasts 4 better riders at the moment than Soumillion, Whyte, Beadman and Prebble? I'm convinced this is the best racing at the moment for fans. I'm sure you agree Miss Stormcat. Especially on Intl days... ;)

In addition this is a trip handicapper's paradise, Shatin in particular.

YES!!!!! :D

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Updates on the kids... HK / Macau Trophy is this weekend (where's War Cat??? Damnit. The only macau runner I know). :D

Feel better, Magic Practitioner and Victory Style.

Retired... Beauty Plus (awww) , Magi Joy, Enchanted, Miracle Fortune.

Waiting for news on... Ankh Morpork

We were gelded! Century Knight, Wealthy Boss, Winning pal, High Luck (the former City Diamond), Diego (Generous Thought) , Sounds Fantastic (Fabrigas) , True Intelligence.

Instead of the entries for the best races this weekend, how about some love for the cellar dwellers...

So Nice has a rating of 17? :eek: I shall root for him. :D

01/03/2009 Sha Tin Track : Turf
Meeting No : 46 Course : "C" Course
Race Name : GUIA HILL HANDICAP Distance : 1600m
Race Class : Class 5 Sec./Div. No : 1
Rating Range : 040-010

Horse (Brand No) Trainer Wt. WFA. Rtg. Rtg.+/- P Remarks
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY (J015)
K L Man 133 - 40 -1 1
OSCAR PRINCE (J052)
T K Ng 133 - 40 -1 1 +
PACIFIC ALLIANCE (C230)
S Woods 133 - 40 5 1 *
ACCELERATOR (G179)
S Woods 130 - 37 -2 2
LITTLE BIG BOY (J012)
D E Ferraris 127 - 34 1 1
PRIMIATA (G226)
A Lee 125 - 32 0 1
FREEBIRD (C319)
D Cruz 124 - 31 0 1 +
GALAXY DANCER (H179)
K W Lui 123 - 30 0 1 +
KINGSTON TEMPLE (H234)
Y S Tsui 123 - 30 -2 1
CHEERFUL HAPPINESS (E220)
T W Leung 122 - 29 0 1 +
SPEED OF LIGHT (C333)
B K Ng 117 - 24 0 1 +
ENERGETIC BOY (H153)
J Size 114 - 21 0 1 +
TRIUMPHANT GLORY (B368)
T K Ng 113 - 20 -2 2
SO NICE (G110)
T W Leung 110 - 17 -1 2

Reserve :
No. Horse (Brand No) Trainer Wt. WFA. Rtg. Rtg.+/- P Remarks
1 TALE OF FRIENDSHIP (H184)
Y S Tsui 125 - 32 -2 2 -

Retired... Lifeline Pegasus.

Good luck to Windicator Returns and South China Elite tonight (R7), Three Clubs (R10) and He Can Tango (no shot but who cares, I love him! :eek: :) ) in R11.

Lock of the night... Finn MacCool in R8 (Brett up).

HK / Macau Trophy (R9)... One World / Express Win / Brillinat Chapter (but good luck all of you and Go, Hong Kong!) :D

Hawkes Bay wins for HK... :)

Retired...

Wonderful Blessing
Danacourt
Freebird
Lightning Speed
Thunder Valley
Don Ricardo
Imperial Applause
and Boulevard Star.

Thanks for the memories.

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Barrier trials (Good Ba Ba, Egyptian Ra and Medic Power in batch 3)...

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

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Lock of the day (for Wednesday at Sha Tin)...

Warrior in R2.

Good luck to Couldn't Care Less in R4 and Joyful Winner, Watch What Happens and Sunny Golf in R7.

Come home safe.

Feel better, Spy Kng.

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For CSC.....:)

Race 10 - CHAI WAN HANDICAP
Saturday, March 07, 2009, Sha Tin, 17:45
Turf ,"C+3" Course ,1800m ,Good to Yielding

Prize Money: $1,400,000.00, Rating: 105-80, Class 1

1 1/6/4/8/3/8 FEARLESS 133 D Whyte 6 D E Ferraris 102 5 1145 B
2 2 COLLECTION 132 D Beadman 5 J Moore 101 5 1113 TT
3 2/1/2/7/2/3 SPECIAL DAYS 128 Z Purton 7 J Size 97 2 1160
4 -/14/14/6/11/10 PLASTIC POLYMER 127 C K Tong (-3) 3 D Cruz 96 0 1018 TT-
5 10/12 ARION OF CHIU TON 122 G Mosse 1 Y S Tsui 91 -2 1105
6 2 MR MEDICI 121 H W Lai (-2) 8 L Ho 90 2 1054
7 2/8 PRIME CHAMPION 121 B Prebble 2 D J Hall 90 2 1167
8 11 BOOK OF KELLS 120 J Winks 9 C Fownes 89 0 1049
9 3/3/4/1 PLAN EX 120 Y T Cheng (-2) 14 C H Yip 89 2 1125 B
10 10/6/10/6/1/3 GREAT LAND'S STAR 116 P H Lo (-7) 11 C Fownes 85 -2 1198 XB
11 1/4/1/4/2/5 SPECIAL DRAGON 115 M Chadwick (-10) 4 A S Cruz 84 6 1105 TT
12 9/4/2/6/7/8 YOUNG HERO 115 M L Yeung (-10) 13 A Lee 84 -1 1019
13 4/1/8/4/2/10 BLUE SKY 113 W M Lai (-2) 12 C Fownes 82 0 1119 PC/H
14 4/5/9/12 UNWRITTEN RULE 113 K C Leung (-10) 10 Y S Tsui 82 1 1081

You know who I like. ;)

Good luck to you!

Plan Ex is my favorite horse here (you GO, Mr. Yip!) but he won't hit the board.

I'm liking Special Days and Prime Champion here... don't know if they can beat Collection but I think both will be in the money.

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My pick of the day is Dynamic Blitz in R8.

Thanks Miss Stormcat, that was just too impressive a race by Collection huh? I doubt I/we will get a price on him in the derby after last night.:tro:

Where is NoseDrops?


Make her come back....she amuses me.