Breaks my heart every time I see his name...
Sleep Well, the former AOB trained Achill Island, in another Class 4 race AND as if that's not bad enough he started this season with a 78 and now has a rating of 43. Poor guy.
On to good news...
Hawthorne (well I like him anyway
) is a standby starter in R9, very nice field for R11... just full of horses who are so good but who haven't done well lately (Billion, Best Friend, Berio, Lu Yue) and then there's this...
Race 8 - THE STANDARD CHARTERED CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP
Sunday, May 30, 2010, Sha Tin, 16:05
Turf ,"B" Course ,2400m
Prize Money: $8,000,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1
Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear
1 1/3/6/4/6/7 VIVA PATACA 126 D Beadman 4 J Moore 126 2 H
2 9/8/2/1/3/2 MR MEDICI 126 G Mosse 7 L Ho 124 -2
3 5/11/11/6/1/6 PACKING WINNER 126 M Du Plessis 3 L Ho 122 -2
4 3/1/2/1/1/1 SUPER SATIN 126 D Whyte 5 C Fownes 120 5
5 7/2/5/4/11 SUPER PISTACHIO 126 M Chadwick 6 A S Cruz 112 0 TT
6 2/5/1/3/3/3 KING DANCER 126 O Doleuze 2 S Woods 110 3 SR
7 1/6/9/2/5/1 FAT CHOY ICHIBAN 126 Y T Cheng 1 C H Yip 109 13 TT
B : Blinkers BO : Blinker with one cowl only E : Ear Plugs H : Hood
P : Pacifier PC : Pacifier with cowls SR : Shadow Roll SW : Side Winkers
TT : Tongue Tie V : Visor SB: Sheepskin Browband SO: Side Winker 1 side
"1" : First time "2" : Replaced "-" : Removed CC: Cornell Collar
XB: Crossed Nose Band
Notes:
"Horse Wt. (Declaration)" : Horse weight on two days before the race day
"Stakes Won" : Stakes acquired in current racing season
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We were gelded!
Irian
Soverign Falcon
Noble Flyer
Engol
Dreams Maker
Dragon Fighter
Pizzazz
Handsome Batchelor (I know, but this is how its spelled)
Vinsanto
For Szesze San
Surrounded
King on Earth
Surrounded
Lucky Nine
Retired... King's Falcon, Morning Green, Mocha Coffee, Good Neighbor, Morning Smiles and sorry for leaving out the rest but I can't remember!
Barrier trials... (Bullish King!)
(... and Bullish Win did okay)
http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp
Scheduled for barrier trial tomorrow... the newly-gelded Lucky Nine (one to watch! Son of Dubawi who has hit the board in all 3 HK starts).
(He's the former Luck or Design, who I had never heard of).
http://www.hkjc.com/english/pp_formsheet/fse_L259.pdf
Good luck to 10 year old Pacific Alliance too. I'm assuming he'll retire at the end of the season (?).