Hong Kong 2011 ~ 2012
 

A little late but I always overdo HK :o :D :wf so I guess it's okay.

On opening day Joy and Fun won...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20110912a.asp

New trainer (new to Hong Kong anyway,not new new) Richard Gibson is off the mark, superstar-to-be Smart Giant won, the Raiders discussed on the Centaur thread.

Smart Giant winning...

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

Nice field shaping up for the Kwangtung H. this weekend with Brave Kid, Cerise Cherry, Super Satin and California Moon.

Lots of off-season retirements of course but no huge names to note...

Carthage finally won one...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=6&venue=ST

Brightexpectations had her first HK start... not great. Pretty One (Prebble) won that one (the Guangzhou Cup).

Handsome Zulu is entered at Happy Valley on Wednesday and for our friends from NZ :) Military Move just had a barrier trial but I mean he wasn't really asked for much and besides.. Penglai Xlaizi (sp) with Chadwick up was in that one so...

Retired...

Bayview Greyslew
Kildare
Blue Sky
Praising
Everlasting
Joyful Years
Implied Volatality
Premier Horse

Thanks for the memories, kids.

Little Bridge won't run in the National Day Cup...

He'll face off with Sacred Kingdom in the Sprint Trophy instead.

Lock of the night... Smart Giant in R6.

R7... good luck to Sacred Kingdom of course. I think it might be Sweet Sanette / Sacred Kingdom / Little Bridge.

Great field as is the following race with Ambitious Dragon, Beauty Flash (my choice), Xtension, Cerise Cherry, Sight Winner, Sunny King, etc. Just ****ing stellar!

Medic Fortune won a barrier trial... batch 4, Chadwick up.

Please Mr. Millard give this kid the mount.

This horse is 7 and out of 32 HK starts has never won...

(He is the former NZ trained Pierre Joseph).

Matt Chadwick even got Regency Horse to win one...

Do it!

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

Gerald Mosse will leave to ride Immortal Verse in the QEII (beat frankel! :eek::D) and then Dream Peace in the EP Taylor at Woodbine next weekend.

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Retired... one of the only girls in HK, the diva from SAF... Sweet Sanette.

NO idea why. :(

This is her beating Sacred Kingdom, Able One and One World...

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

She retires with a rating of 117 which puts her around #19 in the Top 50 list.

Her SAF form...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/pp_formsheet/fse_L103.pdf

HK records / replays...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/O...p?HorseNo=L103

While I keep up to date I've been terrible about posting anything on this thread...

I guess after years and years of being alone on the HK thread(s) it gets, well.... whatever.

Hey CSC... if you're around your boy Collection was just transfered :eek: to Derek Cruz...

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How good is Mathew Chadwick?

Geez i love the old guy Medic Fortune (to be fair back when he was Pierre Joseph in NZ he did win 2)... but after 34 starts I officially decided to give up. I mean 7 years old and years over there... just figured that's okay it will never happen.

It's like what happened with Regency Horse... he hadn't won since 2006 with Felix up and Chadwick gets on him and wins two in a row.

I am thrilled that the rest of the world will know this kids name after the big races next weekend!

Medic Fortune winning for the very first time today...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2011&raceno=02

I would like to know if you could take a photograph of your forehead only and display it as your avytar.

My punches always land on her chin what are you implying? I cant aim?

And you ,sir, are a Japanese Mormon.




And you tie dye women's boa's.

Well gee isn't this nice to have some company on the HK thread

Ummm okaaaay.

I won't dwell on this but Matt Chadwick wins what... 2 races yesterday and so does Frankie and Frankie wons?

Okay. That's the way it goes.

I know, I know his races were "more important". :wf

On the continuing tale of Good Ba Ba and his lying ******* of an owner (not just this... it went on for a long time with firing trainers, bad choices, etc)...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20111213c.asp

Unbelievable.

This horse deserves to be retired somewhere nice and not running in Macau cause of greed.

Green Birdie and Brightexpectations retired...

Bear Hero doing much better and back (R2, Griffin Trophy)..

Good luck to Good Job... 19 starts, 0 wins, rating of 21 :eek:, Douggie up...

Upset of the night... I think it's Elite of Chiu Ton (the former South Central who is not exacctly a win machine), Chadwick up.

(That's a nice field, btw... Helene Witty, Mighty Sun, Bullish King could draw in...)

Special good luck wishes to my favorite horse running tonight, Eight Plus Nine, in the final (won't win but whatever).

8 years old, 49 starts, used to be Adept and in his one and only start back home (NZ) Vosne Romanee was 2nd to him (field of 14).

Guyon has the mount for the first time...

This horse recovered from Colic back in 2007 and basically has one win a year so hopeful tonight is it but if not that's just fine.

Great field! How on earth could anyone make a pick here??!! :D

Race 7 - THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Happy Valley, 22:15
Turf ,"B" Course ,1800m ,Good

Prize Money: $2,400,000.00, Rating: 90+, HONG KONG GROUP 3


1 4/6/11/1/12/10 NOBLE CONQUEROR*** 133 Z Purton 8 C Fownes 121 -1 1172 B
2 8/9/17/4/3/1 MIGHTY HIGH 132 B Doyle 6 J Moore 120 -2 1069 H
3 11/11/13/3/1/7 SIGHT WINNER 130 T Angland 7 J Size 118 -2 1093
4 9/5/5/8/6/12 SUPER SATIN 125 O Doleuze 12 C Fownes 113 0 1132
5 1/2/6/1/6/4 MILITARY MOVE 122 N Callan 4 J Moore 110 7 1110 H/XB
6 9/12/1/4/5/2 JACOBEE 120 D Beadman 5 J Moore 108 0 1066 H/TT
7 7/2/5/9/1/5 PURE CHAMPION 120 G Mosse 10 A S Cruz 108 0 1142 TT
8 11/3/6/1/2/3 SUPER PISTACHIO 120 G Cheyne 9 A S Cruz 108 0 1042 TT
9 6/2/1/3/3/4 FAMILISTS 117 T Clark 1 D J Hall 105 0 1079 H
10 12/1/3/5/4/11 HANDSOME ZULU 114 Y T Cheng 3 L Ho 102 0 1097 B
11 10/7/2/3/1/1 PACKING OK 114 J Lloyd 2 J Moore 102 0 1079 H
12 12/8/5/7/10/1 RIDE WITH THE WIND 113 M Du Plessis 11 J Size 100 -2 939 B/TT


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 FREE JUDGEMENT 1158 113 91 5 7/7/4/8/8/5 S Woods P-/B1
2 HAPPY GUYS 1172 113 90 6 2/2/11/6/6/12 P F Yiu B


*** Probably the swansong for the old man. :)

Ooh, great field. Going for MM and HZ of course, but so much respect for the others.

Completely surprised by the results and while I was rooting for half the field none of mine won.

Pure Champion (who was Steinbeck earlier in his career) won.

The thing is I checked and two of his three owners had owned poor Absoute Champion so yeah... very nice for them.

Our kids will do better next time!

Hong Kong Group Three - 1800 Metres - (090+)
THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP)
HK$ 2,400,000.00
Race Replay Pass Through Analysis

Going : Good
Course : Turf - "B" Course
Race Time : (13.53) (36.02) (1.00.36) (1.24.94) (1.48.61)
Sectional Time : 13.53 22.49 24.34 24.58 23.67

Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 7 PURE CHAMPION(M178) G Mosse 120 10 - 1.48.61
2 11 PACKING OK(L372) J Lloyd 114 2 1/2 1.48.69
3 1 NOBLE CONQUEROR(G169) Z Purton 133 8 4-1/4 1.49.26
4 2 MIGHTY HIGH(L096) B Doyle 132 6 4-1/4 1.49.27
5 6 JACOBEE(L179) D Beadman 120 5 4-1/2 1.49.32
6 9 FAMILISTS(M102) T Clark 117 1 5-1/4 1.49.46
7 10 HANDSOME ZULU(M024) Y T Cheng 114 3 6-1/4 1.49.61
8 5 MILITARY MOVE(M077) N Callan 122 4 6-1/2 1.49.63
9 3 SIGHT WINNER(J049) T Angland 130 7 7-3/4 1.49.84
10 4 SUPER SATIN(K116) O Doleuze 125 12 8-1/4 1.49.93
11 12 RIDE WITH THE WIND(L183) M Du Plessis 113 11 9-3/4 1.50.15
12 8 SUPER PISTACHIO(L099) G Cheyne 120 9 15-3/4 1.51.13

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

Not too likely but that would be fantastic if Sacred Kingdom could win this for the 3rd year in a row.

They're taking it one race at a time now so I'd imagine he could be retired if he doesn't do well on Sunday.

Of course if he wins he beats the record for wins set by Silent Witness.

We shall see. :)

Very nice field...


Race 8 - THE KENT & CURWEN CENTENARY SPRINT CUP
Sunday, January 15, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"C" Course ,1000m

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

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 10/2/6/2/2/2 SACRED KINGDOM 126 Z Purton 9 P F Yiu 127 -1 1197 TT
2 1/5/2/2/3/2 LUCKY NINE 126 T Angland 8 C Fownes 125 3 1093
3 4/1/2/9/2/14 LITTLE BRIDGE 126 G Mosse 7 C S Shum 123 0 1147 TT
4 2/5/4/1/6/6 JOY AND FUN 126 B Doyle 10 D Cruz 122 5 1183 SW
5 7/3/4/2/9/3 SUNNY KING 126 T Clark 1 J Moore 121 -1 1195 H
6 6/4/1/8/4/2 RICH UNICORN 126 D Whyte 6 J Size 117 0 1213
7 2/6/6/3/4/8 LET ME FIGHT 126 J Lloyd 3 J Moore 113 2 1055 H/XB
8 8/3/10/8/8/1 DYNAMIC BLITZ 126 N Callan 5 P F Yiu 112 -3 1137 XB
9 5/8/10/14/10/5 FINAL ANSWER 126 D Beadman 11 J Moore 107 -2 1123 B/XB/TT
10 1/11/1/1/2/1 EAGLE REGIMENT 126 O Doleuze 4 K L Man 106 6 1193
11 1/2/8/5/1/6 AT MOMENT IN TIME 126 M Guyon 12 C S Shum 105 7 1009 SR
12 11/2/7/8/2/1 BLAZE KING 126 C Y Ho 2 A S Cruz 103 0 1183 TT

Umberto Rispoli arrives next month (crazy times in Italy)...

Andreas Suborics in March.

I keep going back and forth with this and really don't think he can win tonight but good luck to Sacred Kingdom... extraordinary horse, stellar career, deserves retirement now. I know it might be his final race... I hope that it is either way.

Come home safe.

The Eagle lands it...

Another close one for Joy and Fun, Sacred Kingdom 5th.

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

THE KENT & CURWEN CENTENARY SPRINT CUP
HK$ 4,500,000.00
Race Replay Pass Through Analysis

Going : Good
Course : Turf - "C" Course
Race Time : (13.47) (34.28) (57.05)
Sectional Time : 13.47 20.81 22.77


Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 10 EAGLE REGIMENT(M011) O Doleuze 126 4 - 0.57.05
2 4 JOY AND FUN(H014) B Doyle 126 10 N 0.57.08
3 7 LET ME FIGHT(L176) J Lloyd 126 3 N 0.57.10
4 6 RICH UNICORN(L410) D Whyte 126 6 1/2 0.57.12
5 1 SACRED KINGDOM(G268) Z Purton 126 9 1/2 0.57.14
6 2 LUCKY NINE(L259) T Angland 126 8 1-1/4 0.57.25
7 3 LITTLE BRIDGE(L285) G Mosse 126 7 2 0.57.36
8 5 SUNNY KING(H105) T Clark 126 1 2-1/2 0.57.46
9 12 BLAZE KING(K104) C Y Ho 126 2 2-1/2 0.57.46
10 8 DYNAMIC BLITZ(J339) N Callan 126 5 4-1/2 0.57.77
11 11 AT MOMENT IN TIME(L211) M Guyon 126 12 8 0.58.31
12 9 FINAL ANSWER(L178) D Beadman 126 11 9 0.58.50

Racing Incident Report

JOY AND FUN began awkwardly. FINAL ANSWER blundered at the start. LUCKY NINE began awkwardly and shortly after the start raced in restricted room between SACRED KINGDOM and LITTLE BRIDGE. Near the 500 Metres, SUNNY KING was carried in by RICH UNICORN which shifted in to obtain clear running. Approaching the 400 Metres, LITTLE BRIDGE got its head on the side and shifted out towards the heels of JOY AND FUN. LUCKY NINE, which was following, was inconvenienced in consequence. After this, LUCKY NINE had some difficulty obtaining clear running until near the 300 Metres. After the race, the Veterinary Officer reported that SACRED KINGDOM had lost its left front plate. A veterinary inspection of AT MOMENT IN TIME after the race including an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea. Before being allowed to race again, AT MOMENT IN TIME will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. LITTLE BRIDGE, EAGLE REGIMENT and JOY AND FUN were sent for sampling.

Massive number of barrier triials...

Batch 1... Ambitious Dragon, Able One, Xtension

Batch 2... awesome! A new Helene! He's the former Richard Hannon trained Pausanias. (didn't win but always nice to see another Helene haha!).

... and a whole bunch more!

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

King Dancer has been aded to the retirements thread. Hope he gets to go somewhere nice.

THE STEWARDS' CUP - 1600 Metres - Sha Tin - Sunday 29 January 2012 - ENTRIES

16/01/2012

THE STEWARDS' CUP
(HONG KONG GROUP 1 – HK$8,000,000)
(FIRST LEG OF THE 2011/2012 TRIPLE CROWN)
1600 Metres - Sha Tin - Sunday 29 January 2012
(For 3 year olds and upwards)


ABLE ONE
AMBITIOUS DRAGON
BEAUTY FLASH
CALIFORNIA MEMORY
DESTINED FOR GLORY
FLYING BLUE
HANDSOME ZULU
IRIAN
LET ME HANDLE IT
MIGHTY HIGH
OUTDOOR PEGASUS
SICHUAN SUCCESS
SIGHT WINNER
THUMBS UP
XTENSION

Race 8 - THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC MILE
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:05
Turf ,"A" Course ,1600m

Prize Money: $6,000,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 2/1/2/1/3/3 CAPTAIN SWEET 126 J Lloyd 5 J Moore 116 1 1176
2 4/7/3/1/5/3 ADMIRATION 126 T Clark 4 J Moore 115 0 1090 H1
3 1/1/1/1/2/1 FAY FAY 126 D Whyte 2 J Size 110 11 1137
4 5/1/2/1/1/1 SMART GIANT 126 D Beadman 6 J Moore 105 0 1100 XB/TT
5 1/3/4/6/10/14 ZAIDAN 126 N Callan 9 J Moore 105 5 1113
6 5/8/3/2/1/2 SWEET ORANGE 126 W C Marwing 3 D E Ferraris 101 2 1097 TT
7 11/4/1/1/1 LONGWAH SUPREME 126 B Prebble 10 C Fownes 98 0 1117 B2
8 9/9/10 NEW DEERFIELD 126 T Angland 1 D Cruz 88 -2 1026 SW-/B1/TT
9 7/10/14 PACKING TYCOON 126 G Mosse 7 A S Cruz 86 -2 1104 TT
10 12/12/9 HORACE'S EMPIRE 126 B Doyle 8 S Woods 81 -3 1108

Beauty Flash didn't look too great in his barrier trial... hope he's okay.

I honestly don't know what I'm talking about here but it wouldn't shock me to see Handsome Zulu get in and for Beauty Flash to be withdrawn...

29/01/2012 Sha Tin Track : Turf
Meeting No : 39 Course : "A+3" Course
Race Name : THE STEWARDS' CUP Distance : 1600m
Race Class : Hong Kong Group One Sec./Div. No : 1


AMBITIOUS DRAGON (K399)
A T Millard 126 - 132 0 -
CALIFORNIA MEMORY (L135)
A S Cruz 126 - 128 0 -
ABLE ONE (G108)
J Moore 126 - 126 2 -
IRIAN (L187)
J Moore 126 - 125 2 -
XTENSION (M097)
J Moore 126 - 125 0 -
THUMBS UP (K005)
C Fownes 126 - 124 0 -
FLYING BLUE (L389)
D Cruz 126 - 122 0 -
BEAUTY FLASH (K314)
A S Cruz 126 - 121 -1 -
DESTINED FOR GLORY (M207)
J Moore 126 - 121 0 -
SICHUAN SUCCESS (L307)
J Size 126 - 120 0 -
MIGHTY HIGH (L096)
J Moore 126 - 119 -1 -
SIGHT WINNER (J049)
J Size 126 - 115 -3 -
LET ME HANDLE IT (L287)
C Fownes 126 - 105 0 -
OUTDOOR PEGASUS (L173)
P F Yiu 126 - 102 -1 -

Reserve :
No. Horse (Brand No) Trainer Wt. WFA. Rtg. Rtg.+/- P Remarks
1 HANDSOME ZULU (M024)
L Ho 126 - 102 0 - -

Bullish Luck has never been featured in any of the albums so I had to post this...

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...0490348&type=3

I'm still waiting for my dream come true... a picture of Bullish Luck and Silent Witness together. :)

I should have updated this...

http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/201...n-stewards.asp

(So cool that they have the replays from past winners all in one place).

Vets report says Beauty Flash has a blood abnormality...


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In happier news be still my heart...

Race 8 - THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE
Sunday, February 05, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"B+2" Course ,1200m

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

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 6/1/5/2/2/3 LUCKY NINE 126 B Prebble 3 C Fownes 125 0
2 5/10/2/6/2/2 SACRED KINGDOM 126 G Mosse 12 P F Yiu 125 -2 TT
3 7/4/1/2/9/2 LITTLE BRIDGE 126 Z Purton 7 C S Shum 123 0 B1/TT
4 2/2/5/4/1/6 JOY AND FUN 126 B Doyle 10 D Cruz 122 0 SW
5 8/7/3/4/2/9 SUNNY KING 126 T Clark 5 J Moore 120 -1 H
6 1/1/11/1/1/2 EAGLE REGIMENT 126 O Doleuze 2 K L Man 119 13
7 3/2/6/6/3/4 LET ME FIGHT 126 J Lloyd 1 J Moore 117 4 H/XB
8 4/6/4/1/8/4 RICH UNICORN 126 D Whyte 6 J Size 117 0
9 7/5/1/8/7/3 LEADING CITY 126 N Callan 8 J Moore 115 0
10 10/8/3/10/8/8 DYNAMIC BLITZ 126 M Du Plessis 11 P F Yiu 109 -3 XB
11 9/11/2/7/8/2 BLAZE KING 126 M Guyon 4 A S Cruz 103 0 TT
12 11/9/11/4/11/3 CALIFORNIA CHOICE 126 M Chadwick 9 A S Cruz 101 -2 TT

Score one for the old guard!

In his 51st start, 8 year old Joy and Fun shows them how it's done!

Please please please let Sacred Kingdom's owners let him retire now. It's time and he's earned it many times over.

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=57820

RACE 8(378)
Hong Kong Group One - 1200 Metres
THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE
HK$ 4,500,000.00

Going : Good
Course : Turf - "B+2" Course
Race Time : (23.42) (45.72) (1.08.98)
Sectional Time : 23.42 22.30 23.26


Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 4 JOY AND FUN(H014) B Doyle 126 10 - 1.08.98
2 1 LUCKY NINE(L259) B Prebble 126 3 3/4 1.09.14
3 5 SUNNY KING(H105) T Clark 126 5 1 1.09.15
4 9 LEADING CITY(K298) N Callan 126 8 1-3/4 1.09.26
5 8 RICH UNICORN(L410) D Whyte 126 6 2-1/2 1.09.38
6 3 LITTLE BRIDGE(L285) Z Purton 126 7 2-3/4 1.09.43
7 12 CALIFORNIA CHOICE(M114) M Chadwick 126 9 3-1/2 1.09.55
8 7 LET ME FIGHT(L176) J Lloyd 126 1 3-3/4 1.09.59
9 6 EAGLE REGIMENT(M011) O Doleuze 126 2 4-1/4 1.09.68
10 10 DYNAMIC BLITZ(J339) M Du Plessis 126 11 5-1/4 1.09.83
11 2 SACRED KINGDOM(G268) G Mosse 126 12 8-1/4 1.10.29
12 11 BLAZE KING(K104) M Guyon 126 4 10 1.10.59


Racing Incident Report

LITTLE BRIDGE and RICH UNICORN bumped at the start. From the outside barrier, SACRED KINGDOM was taken across behind runners shortly after the start. Making the turn near the 850 Metres, LET ME FIGHT got its head up and proved difficult to settle when being steadied away from the heels of LITTLE BRIDGE which shifted in when only just clear. After the 400 Metres, RICH UNICORN was shifted out to obtain clear running after being momentarily held up behind EAGLE REGIMENT and inside JOY AND FUN. Throughout the race, BLAZE KING travelled wide and without cover. A veterinary inspection of SACRED KINGDOM, EAGLE REGIMENT and LET ME FIGHT after the race did not show any significant findings. JOY AND FUN and LUCKY NINE were sent for sampling.



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

... but then why do that when they can run him into the ground instead?

Let's see...

Won 17 times?

Check!

Of those 7 were Group 1's?

Check!

Won $46 million in HK dollars (about $6 million here)?

Check!

Oh but wait... no matter how badly he runs now lets go for that Silent Witness record and get 18 wins and then hey why not try to beat it?

Jesus Christ. Poor horse gets a break but they're looking at the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy on April 1st.

For anyone who thinks I'm being idiotic come on he's 8, he hasn't won in over a year, he almost died...

http://formguide.cyberhorse.com.au/2...-for-life.html

That old line about he's done enough?

Well HE has.

Prebble out with a broken collarbone, Ho out with a broken arm. No word on the horses involved but I haven't seen them listed as "retired" which is a good sign. Cheng (idiot) only got 7 days for his part. Did I mention he's an idiot?

Noble Conqueror from Fownes to Lee. Hmmm.

Mercedes Benz Classic Cup is this weekend... Smart Giant, Captain Sweet Fay Fay et al. Looks like it will be a really nice field!

Hate to see him go.

Masterful on good old Able One!

Aaah well.

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=58006

Race 8 - THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC CUP
Sunday, February 19, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"A" Course ,1800m

Prize Money: $6,000,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 7/2/1/2/1/3 CAPTAIN SWEET 126 T Clark 12 J Moore 116 0
2 2/1/1/1/1/2 FAY FAY 126 D Whyte 9 J Size 110 0
3 1/5/8/3/2/1 SWEET ORANGE 126 W C Marwing 13 D E Ferraris 110 9 TT
4 4/5/1/2/1/1 SMART GIANT 126 J Lloyd 11 J Moore 105 0 XB/TT
5 8/1/3/4/6/10 ZAIDAN 126 O Doleuze 3 J Moore 105 0
6 12 CHEERS JOY 126 T Angland 5 J Size 95 0 XB/P1
7 10 DOMINANT 126 N Callan 6 J Moore 94 0 H/XB1
8 5/7/10/14 PACKING TYCOON 126 G Mosse 10 A S Cruz 92 6 TT
9 3 DAN EXCEL 126 D Beadman 7 J Moore 91 2 SR
10 13/3/5/3 BEAUTY TOUCH 126 M Chadwick 1 A S Cruz 87 0 TT
11 13 CHEF 126 K C Leung 2 R Gibson 87 0 H/SR
12 8/8 BANKSTERS BONUS 126 Y T Cheng 8 Y S Tsui 84 -2 B/SR1
13 12/6/9/3/2/5 LIBERATOR 126 M Du Plessis 4 D E Ferraris 82 -1 B-/H-/TT
14 6/12/12/9 HORACE'S EMPIRE 126 Z Purton 14 S Woods 81 0


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 WRATH OF FIRE 126 73 4 4/1/1/4/7/7 D Cruz
2 WINNING APEX 126 73 4 1/5 C W Chang

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Oliver permitted to ride in Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup

16/02/2012

Permission has been granted for Jockey Damien Oliver to ride IRIAN, trained by John Moore, in the Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup (HK Group 1) scheduled to be conducted at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 February 2012. Jockey Oliver is permitted to ride in this race in accordance with the criteria previously approved by the Racing Committee in respect of the approval for overseas jockeys to ride in principal races in Hong Kong.

As a Visiting Jockey, Damien Oliver will be permitted to accept race riding engagements in all races run at the aforementioned race meeting.

He has advised his minimum riding weight as 120 lbs.

Thank God cause man if it can't be Brettie or Beadman it sure as hell shouldn't be others who have had the chance (cough cough Mosse, Lai, etc). :D

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Lock of the day...Crown Witness, Chadwick up, R6. If you're reading this you know he's owned by the De Silvas (Silent Witness).

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Retired... Sugar on Top. 6 seasons, 1 win, rating of 30. The former Mr. Jinky (NZ)... hope he gets to go home.

His one win...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2010&raceno=04

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Way cool mini-site...

http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/201...W_highlights_e

Beadman injured in a barrier trial this am... a broken cheekbone, no idea which horse was involved or what happened.

It was really interesting that he chose the lowest rated horsie from the Moore stable, Dan Excel... now he's out too (3 of them).

Oliver will come to replace him on Sunday.

edit - The horse involved was Lucky Together. No idea if he's okay.

edit - This isn't a good sign... he's only three, 6 starts and already listed as "retired" so yeah... I can't say for sure but i don't think it's a good sign at all. Poor guy.

Supplementary Circular – Horses Withdrawal for 19/2/2012 meeting

18/02/2012

Race 5 Horse 13 SUPER CAGA (K054) has been scratched. (Reason: Inappetance)
Standby Starter FIERY PATROL promoted, rider is C W Wong.

Race 6 Horse 4 HELENE SPIRIT (M310) has been scratched. (Reason: Galloped riderless at trackwork) ***
Standby Starter KYARA promoted, rider is D OLIVER.

Race 9 Horse 14 SIR EAGLES (M403) has been scratched. (Reason: Cut left forearm)
Standby Starter PROLIFIC CHAMPION promoted, rider is T CLARK.

*** That's too bad. Was looking forward to seeing this one in the CW race...

I realize so many people care about this race :D... had to just say that while the experts seem to think it's between Fay Fay and Sweet Orange (fantastic runners both!) I'd go with Captain Sweet or Smart Giant.

Just sayin...

A night of surprises...

(Oh except for Crown Witness winning the 6th). :)

Here's that one...
http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=6&venue=ST


RACE 8(414)
Hong Kong Group One - 1800 Metres
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC CUP
HK$ 6,000,000.00

Course : Turf - "A" Course
Race Time : (13.84) (36.34) (1.00.82) (1.25.44) (1.48.70)
Sectional Time : 13.84 22.50 24.48 24.62 23.26


Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 5 ZAIDAN :eek: (M234) O Doleuze 126 3 - 1.48.70
2 3 SWEET ORANGE(M289) W C Marwing 126 13 NOSE 1.48.70
3 7 DOMINANT(N169) N Callan 126 6 1-1/2 1.48.93
4 2 FAY FAY(L284) D Whyte 126 9 2 1.49.03
5 13 LIBERATOR(L240) M Du Plessis 126 4 2 1.49.03
6 4 SMART GIANT(L405) J Lloyd 126 11 2-3/4 1.49.14
7 9 DAN EXCEL(N195) D Oliver 126 7 3 1.49.16
8 10 BEAUTY TOUCH(N001) M Chadwick 126 1 4-1/2 1.49.40
9 1 CAPTAIN SWEET(L354) T Clark 126 12 5-1/2 1.49.57
10 14 HORACE'S EMPIRE(N002) Z Purton 126 14 5-3/4 1.49.63
11 12 BANKSTERS BONUS(N113) Y T Cheng 126 8 9 1.50.13
12 8 PACKING TYCOON(N010) G Mosse 126 10 9-1/2 1.50.22
13 11 CHEF(N108) K C Leung 126 2 9-3/4 1.50.26
14 6 CHEERS JOY(N184) T Angland 126 5 20-1/4 1.51.94


Racing Incident Report

PACKING TYCOON began awkwardly. BEAUTY TOUCH and CHEF bumped at the start. DOMINANT was slow to begin and then shortly after the start was steadied away from the heels of CHEERS JOY which shifted out after being bumped by LIBERATOR. From wide barriers, SWEET ORANGE and HORACE’S EMPIRE were taken across behind runners shortly after the start. After the 1200 Metres, LIBERATOR was left racing wide and without cover and then approaching the 700 Metres was taken wider again by CAPTAIN SWEET which was taken out by CHEERS JOY which shifted to the outside of PACKING TYCOON. Approaching the 800 Metres, FAY FAY proved very difficult to settle and was severely checked away from the heels of CHEF. SMART GIANT and DOMINANT, which were following, were badly hampered in consequence. After this, FAY FAY continued to prove difficult to settle and near the 750 Metres was checked away from the heels of ZAIDAN. When FAY FAY was checked away from the heels of ZAIDAN, it shifted out, resulting in DAN EXCEL being taken wider. DOMINANT, which was following, was again hampered in consequence. DOMINANT had difficulty obtaining clear running in the early part of the Straight and near the 350 Metres became unbalanced when shifted out across the heels of CHEERS JOY which commenced to give ground. Near the 400 Metres, FAY FAY and DAN EXCEL bumped. In the Straight, SMART GIANT hung in. After the race, J Lloyd reported that SMART GIANT coughed on a number of occasions on pulling up. A veterinary inspection of SMART GIANT after the race including an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea. Before being allowed to race again, SMART GIANT will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. The performance of CHEERS JOY, which finished tailed out, was considered unacceptable. Before being allowed to race again, CHEERS JOY will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. When questioned, W C Marwing stated that passing the 600 Metres he positioned SWEET ORANGE behind HORACE’S EMPIRE with a view to shifting to the outside of that horse at the entrance to the Straight. He said however that near the 500 Metres SWEET ORANGE got its head on the side and lay in which positioned SWEET ORANGE to the inside of the heels of HORACE’S EMPIRE. He said rounding the Home Turn he considered improving inside HORACE’S EMPIRE to take advantage of a run should it develop between FAY FAY and SMART GIANT which was some lengths ahead of him at that time. He added however that after the 400 Metres SMART GIANT shifted out to race directly to the inside of FAY FAY and for this reason he immediately shifted SWEET ORANGE to the outside of HORACE’S EMPIRE to make its finishing run. A veterinary inspection of CAPTAIN SWEET after the race did not show any significant findings. FAY FAY, ZAIDAN and SWEET ORANGE were sent for sampling.
http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=8&venue=ST

Brett (swoon) Prebble back on Monday only 16 days after that horrible fall (so he will ride Lucky Nine in the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Yea!).

IN a way I don't really care who wins tonight cause I lovethem all... I just ****ing hate the idea of Mosse on Thumbs Up.

Maybe it's me.

Anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg :D


Race 7
THE CITIBANK HONG KONG GOLD CUP
Sunday, February 26, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:05
Prize Money: $8,000,000.00, Rating: (Null), Hong Kong Group One
Turf, "A+3" Course, 2000m, Good

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Trainer Age Horse Wt. (Declaration) Rtg. Jockey Draw Sex Sire Dam Best Time Owner Gear

1 1/4/2/1/1/1 AMBITIOUS DRAGON 126 A T Millard 5 1200 132 D Whyte 6 g Pins Golden Gamble 2.01.50 Johnson Lam Pui Hung & Anderson Lam Hin Yue B
2 3/1/4/1/8/2 CALIFORNIA MEMORY 126 A S Cruz 6 989 128 M Chadwick 3 g Highest Honor Kalpita 2.01.63 Howard Liang Yum Shing
3 13/5/8/6/9/1 COLLECTION 126 D Cruz 7 1135 125 Y T Cheng 4 g Peintre Celebre Lasting Chance 2.01.60 07/08 Derek Cruz Trainer Syndicate (T1)
4 10/2/3/7/3/4 IRIAN 126 J Moore 6 1068 125 D Oliver 5 g Tertullian Iberi 2.01.69 Siu Pak Kwan H
5 2/3/5/2/5/1 XTENSION 126 J Moore 5 1127 125 J Lloyd 1 h Xaar Great Joy 2.01.62 Mr & Mrs Steven Lo Kit Sing H/XB
6 4/2/1/3/11/10 THUMBS UP 126 C Fownes 7 1191 124 G Mosse 7 g Shinko King Regelle 2.01.61 Leung Chung Shan
7 2/1/7/2/5/9 PURE CHAMPION 126 A S Cruz 5 1154 119 T Angland 9 h Footstepsinthesand Castara Beach 2.01.65 Mr & Mrs Eddie Wong Ming Chak and Kameny Wong Kam Man TT
8 7/4/8/9/17/4 MIGHTY HIGH 126 J Moore 6 1084 118 T Clark 2 g Peintre Celebre Bernimixa 2.01.87 Albert Hung Chao Hong H
9 1/2/10/7/2/3 PACKING OK 126 J Moore 5 1080 111 M Du Plessis 10 g Redoute's Choice Abbadena 2.02.68 Raymond Lee Man Chun H
10 6/12/11/3/6/1 SUPER PISTACHIO 126 A S Cruz 6 1049 104 O Doleuze 8 g Danehill Dancer Pharapache 2.02.87 Eugene Chuang Yue Chien TT

HK race7 2.26.1
 

Selections:
1 Ambitious Dragon actually should carry 132 lbs but with level weights has major advantage. Also gets the services of leading rider Whyte.

5 Xtension will close and make a race of it.

2 California Memory always gives a great effort but may get too far back

6 Thumbs Up will be further back than California Memory

current odds
#5 2.1/1
#5 12/1
#2 3.1/1
#6 13/1

Good luck tonight.

I'll stick with Thumbs Up. I've liked him ever since I was at the track for his maiden win here in NZ.

Nice one, Bill!

So ed... I just cannot stand Mossee having that mount.I wonder if Chadwick had... oh well never mind!

Besides the winner who isn't HOY for nothing and the 2nd and 3rd place finishers gotta say that was a really nice run by Pure Champion.

If Tye hadn't taken him out a little wide at one point.....

Oh and I know Beadman is out and you can't fault Lloyd for staying on Xtension but Cheng? Come on if they wanted Collection to have any chance at all they'd have gone with someone a little better, no?

Exciting race and congrats to the winnah who I guess might go to Dubai.

RACE 7(431)
Hong Kong Group One - 2000 Metres
THE CITIBANK HONG KONG GOLD CUP
HK$ 8,000,000.00


Going : Good
Course : Turf - "A+3" Course
Race Time : (25.61) (50.47) (1.16.38) (1.39.79) (2.02.88)
Sectional Time : 25.61 24.86 25.91 23.41 23.09


Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 1 AMBITIOUS DRAGON(K399) D Whyte 126 6 - 2.02.88
2 5 XTENSION(M097) J Lloyd 126 1 1-1/4 2.03.07
3 2 CALIFORNIA MEMORY(L135) M Chadwick 126 3 1-1/2 2.03.10
4 7 PURE CHAMPION(M178) T Angland 126 9 1-3/4 2.03.15
5 6 THUMBS UP(K005) G Mosse 126 7 3 2.03.35
6 4 IRIAN(L187) D Oliver 126 5 3-1/2 2.03.44
7 3 COLLECTION(K217) Y T Cheng 126 4 6-3/4 2.03.98
8 9 PACKING OK(L372) M Du Plessis 126 10 8-1/2 2.04.25
9 10 SUPER PISTACHIO(L099) O Doleuze 126 8 9 2.04.32
10 8 MIGHTY HIGH(L096) T Clark 126 2 9-1/2 2.04.41


Racing Incident Report

THUMBS UP was replated after the horse broke its right front plate in the stable. THUMBS UP was examined by the Veterinary Officer who said in his opinion it was suitable to race. XTENSION began awkwardly. Near the 900 Metres, COLLECTION commenced to prove difficult to settle and got its head up on a number of occasions when awkwardly placed close to the heels of CALIFORNIA MEMORY. XTENSION had difficulty obtaining clear running in the early part of the Straight. After the race, the Veterinary Officer reported that IRIAN had sustained a small wound to the right front fetlock and that MIGHTY HIGH had lost its right front plate. AMBITIOUS DRAGON and XTENSION were sent for sampling.

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

International
 

Thanks! Watched the race as expected Ambitious Dragon with the weight break was simply too much. Very nice run by Xtension and Pure Champion