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09-03-2008, 11:33 PM
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Happy retirement, City of Troy.
Survey Survey leaves Cruz for Man. Interesting... Name changes! Export General is now Winsome Reflection Buca di Bacco is Blessing (awwww) Dazzle Me is Power Return Quinch is now Fortune Pug El Zircone is Plot Ratio Twoice is Legend Ramble On is Power and Gold (oooh, nice!) Terry's Tip is Flying Gallop ... and last but certainly not least, the one and only Achill Island is Sleep Well. From SCMP..... 'Bleeders' given leeway ALAN AITKEN Horses with internal bleeding problems will be given an extra "strike" before facing compulsory retirement. In the past, any horse categorised as a bleeder has been banned for three months and then for life after a repeat, but a rewriting of the rules may offer one more three-month ban for a second attack and then a third strike before retirement. "We reviewed the bleeding rules around the world to see how we compared and there are some wide variations - Japan and UK have no restrictions, nor does Dubai, but they are looking into the issue. On the other hand it's three strikes in Singapore and Malaysia and two in South Africa," said the club's chief vet, Dr Brian Stewart, yesterday. "Some trainers have told us we're too hard here with two bleeds before compulsory retirement and we decided that going to a third time would bring us more into line with international thinking. "There is still discretion within the rules ... to recommend retirement for any horse where we feel there are health issues - bleeding or otherwise - impacting on consistency of performance, race safety and the welfare of the horse itself," he said. 
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09-05-2008, 12:02 AM
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Arriving on Saturday, from NZ...
FRIDAYS OFF FORTUNE SPIRIT IL DIVO DISCRETION SHINKSHO REUBEN THORN KILFLYNN
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09-05-2008, 11:49 AM
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Cheers to Tsui, Cruz (Derek, not Tony), and O'Sullivan... the only trainers to take part in the opening day trainer's race. The winner receiveds HK$200,000 of Jockey Club funds to donate to the charity of their choice (the rest get HK$100,000 for charity).
* * * Friday barrier trials... http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp It's just as well I can't view it right now (green screen?)... "and Bullish Luck weakened to be last".
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09-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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Sacred Kingdom has a possible hairline fracture, will NOT go to Japan for the Sprinters Stakes.
 Very sad.
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09-07-2008, 01:49 AM
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From our friends at SCMP.....
Injury means Kingdom's Tokyo trip cancelled ALAN AITKEN Trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fie is still hopeful of getting world champion sprinter Sacred Kingdom to the post to defend his Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint in December, despite an injury which will keep him sidelined for the immediate future. A tilt at the Sprinters' Stakes in Japan next month is now off the agenda, replaced by at least six weeks of rest after Yiu revealed a possible hairline fracture of Sacred Kingdom's sesamoid bone on the near foreleg. Sacred Kingdom had indicated all was not perfect with him when he trialled "only fairly" last Tuesday morning and he was found to be lame with a suspected stone bruise in a subsequent veterinary examination. "After he was a little disappointing in his barrier trial, we thought he had a bruised toe which would come right quickly. And after two or three days he was sound but just not moving as comfortably as he usually does," Yiu said at yesterday's Happy Valley barrier trials. "He seemed 95 per cent sound so we decided to check everything over again and we found a faint shadow on the sesamoid. I expect he will be OK in a couple of days but not sound enough to put any hard work into him for Japan, so that trip is cancelled." Yiu said the path for Sacred Kingdom now would involve "six or seven weeks of just going steady". However, he was not ruling out having the gelding ready for a first-up start in the Hong Kong Sprint on December 14, the race which he won in such devastating style last year to vault to the top of world sprint rankings. "We will x-ray the injury again in about four weeks, and obviously what we do then depends on the progress of it," Yiu said. "At this stage, I am still optimistic that he can be fit for that race but if there is any doubt, his preparation will stop. "The owner and myself, we have all the patience in the world and if we have to miss the international race then it isn't the end of the world. There are plenty of nice races later in the season for Sacred Kingdom." While the trainer was disappointed at the injury, he wasn't describing the problem's emergence as bad luck but as a blessing. "Maybe it was good luck because we found it. If we had kept going with him, Sacred Kingdom could have been very badly injured with no chance to come back again," Yiu said.
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09-09-2008, 04:00 PM
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Can't we all just get along?
On Lee and Yip... http://www.hkjc.com/english/news/news_2008090919752.htm Barrier trials (cool updated stuff... if you're familiar with the HKJC site you'll notice immediately)... http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp (Snowdrops if you're lurking Joyful Winner had a trial!) Retired... Clear Win, Spare a Dime, Time to Win, Winnessy. On Felix... http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20080907.asp Racing Post... Lisvale to race in Hong Kong (no author listed) LISVALE, a Listed-race winner at the Curragh in June, has left David Wachman's stable to race in Hong Kong. The son of Danehill Dancer, fourth of sixto Plan last time out in the Group 3 Keeneland International Stakes, was also runner-up in the Gallinule Stakes this season. After being sold through McKeever St Lawrence, he will race in Hong Kong for the new season, due to start this month.
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09-10-2008, 01:28 PM
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It's almost heeeeeeeeeeeere!!!
 15/09/2008 Sha Tin Track : Turf Meeting No : 01 Course : "A" Course Race Name : THE HKSAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S CUP (HANDICAP) Distance : 1200m Race Class : Class 1 Sec./Div. No : 1 Rating Range : 120-095 Horse (Brand No) Trainer Wt. WFA. Rtg. P Remarks JOYFUL WINNER (E045) J Moore 133 - 119 - SANZIRO (E208) C Fownes 132 - 118 - SCINTILLATION (C228) C S Shum 131 - 117 - FRIENDLY GAINS (G300) K L Man 125 - 111 - ENTHUSED (H303) J Size 119 - 105 - KING ENCOSTA (G247) A S Cruz 119 - 105 - TIBER (D155) J Moore 118 - 104 - MY CHOICE (C283) D J Hall 116 - 102 - NORMAN INVADER (J231) A S Cruz 115 - 101 - SKYVIEW BAR (G024) A Lee 115 - 101 - PRIME SCORE (G280) D J Hall 114 - 100 - LU YUE (H278) C H Yip 113 - 99 - ALWAYS GIGGLE (G086) A Lee 112 - 98 -
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