Hong Kong 2010 ~ 2011

[my miss storm cat]

I haven't watched either yet but a shame for MM.

Here's to next time I guess. Maybe he's not happy there.

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OKay I just watched the big race...

Nice to see that Beauty Flash killed them before he leaves for Dubai but it's just a little sad to witness the changing of the guard... watching the old guys give up their thrones.

I wish Good Ba Ba were given back to his real trainer and to jockeys who know him instead of what the owner is doing... going all over the place.

I just watched it again and not to be Miss Critical here but did you see how wide Murtagh had him in the turn? I'm surprised Doleuze didn't smack him after the race . Nice riding by him... that was an awfully nice run for Sunny King.

Some of these horses are so good... Let Me Fight, Lucky Nine, Brave Kid (and of course the old champions) so yeah that was really a fantastic win and I'm thrilled he's going to Dubai.

He'll show them!

[my miss storm cat]

Race 8 - THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"A" Course ,2000m

Prize Money: $16,000,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1
Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 5/1/8/3/1/1 LITTLE BRIDGE 126 Y T Cheng 7 C S Shum 114 0 TT
2 1/1/1/6/1/1 AMBITIOUS DRAGON 126 M Guyon 14 A T Millard 113 20 B
3 4/2/2/4 XTENSION 126 D Beadman 1 J Moore 110 0 XB/H
4 3/1/2/1/4/1 LET ME HANDLE IT 126 B Doyle 11 C Fownes 106 5
5 11/1/10 FREE JUDGEMENT 126 O Doleuze 8 S Woods 102 0 XB/H
6 3/1/1/1/3/1 JACOBEE 126 Z Purton 9 J Moore 102 0 H/TT
7 5/4/5/10/11/1 OUTDOOR PEGASUS 126 H W Lai 2 P F Yiu 102 4 TT
8 5/9/2/3 MILITARY MOVE 126 D Oliver 5 J Moore 99 0 XB/H
9 1/9/7/4/5/6 HANDSOME ZULU 126 M Du Plessis 13 L Ho 97 7 B
10 1/2/3/3/2/3 FAT CHOY OOHLALA 126 B Prebble 12 C H Yip 94 11 B
11 12/8/5/6/1/1 MARK UP 126 G Cheyne 4 C Fownes 94 -1 B-
12 7/3/7/13 TREASURE LANDS 126 D Whyte 10 A T Millard 94 0 SR
13 2/6/4/8/13 VICTOR DELIGHT 126 G Mosse 6 C Fownes 92 2 TT
14 3/4/3/7/2 SEMOS 126 W C Marwing 3 D E Ferraris 88 1 SR


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 DESTINED FOR GLORY 126 95 4 3/7 J Moore SR/H
2 MULTIGLORY 126 109 4 12/11/1/11/4/4 A S Cruz TT


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Jockey stuff...

Sample Irregularity – Jockey O Doleuze

It was previously announced that the urine sample supplied by Jockey O Doleuze at the Happy Valley racemeeting on Wednesday, 9 March 2011 had shown the presence of acetazolamide. It was also announced that having regard to the nature of the substance involved and the circumstances of the case, the Stewards decided not to stand O Doleuze down from his race riding engagements for the Happy Valley racemeeting scheduled to be conducted tonight pending the results of a urine sample which was supplied by Jockey Doleuze late yesterday evening.

The Club's Head of Racing Laboratory, Dr T S M Wan, has today advised the Stewards that the urine sample supplied by Jockey Doleuze on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 was found to be negative for prohibited substances. Accordingly, the Stewards have approved for Jockey Doleuze to fulfil his declared race riding engagements at tonight’s racemeeting.

An inquiry into the analyst’s finding relative to the urine sample supplied by Jockey Doleuze on 9 March 2011 is adjourned until a date to be fixed.

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Permission has been granted for the following jockeys to be absent from Hong Kong in order to partner the relevant horses listed below at the Dubai World Cup race meeting scheduled to be conducted at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai on Saturday, 26 March 2011:

Jockey
Horse
Date to depart HK
Date to return to HK

Darren Beadman
DIM SUM
23 March 2011
27 March 2011

Gerald Mosse
BEAUTY FLASH
24 March 2011
27 March 2011

Olivier Doleuze
DYNAMIC BLITZ
24 March 2011
28 March 2011


Jockey Beadman will depart Hong Kong on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 in order to ride DIM SUM in its final gallop. As a consequence, he will not accept race riding engagements for the Sha Tin race meeting scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday, 23 March 2011.

Due to their return flight schedules, Jockeys Beadman and Mosse will not be able to accept race riding engagements for the first 3 races of the Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday, 27 March 2011 but will be eligible to ride in all remaining races on that programme.

On 27 March 2011, Jockey Doleuze will commence periods of suspension incurred for careless riding offences at the Happy Valley race meeting on 9 March and the Sha Tin race meeting on 12 March 2011. He is currently eligible to resume riding in races on 10 April 2011.

It has previously been announced that Club Jockeys Brett Prebble and Zac Purton would be absent from the Sha Tin race meeting on 27 March 2011 in order to ride GREEN BIRDIE and JOY AND FUN respectively in Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) in Japan on that day. As the connections of GREEN BIRDIE and JOY AND FUN have subsequently advised that they do not intend to contest the abovementioned race, Jockeys Prebble and Purton will now be available to accept race riding engagements for the stated Sha Tin race meeting.

Jockey Piere Strydom has advised Management that he has been informed by the connections of J J THE JET PLANE that he will not be required to ride that horse in the Al Quoz Sprint (G2) at the Dubai World Cup race meeting on 26 March 2011. As a consequence, Jockey Strydom will also be available to accept race riding engagements in all races at the Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday, 27 March 2011.

It has also been previously announced that due to the expected shortage of riders for the Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday, 27 March 2011, leading New Zealand Jockey James McDonald would be available to accept race riding engagements to assist connections in their choice of jockey. As Jockeys Prebble, Purton and Strydom have now become available to accept race riding engagements for the Sha Tin race meeting in question, it has been decided that it will not be necessary for Jockey McDonald to travel to Hong Kong and ride at the said meeting. Jockey McDonald has been made aware of the change of circumstances and fully understands the Club’s reasons for no longer requiring his services for this race meeting.

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(From this am but...)

The Stewards were this morning advised that Stable Jockey D Beadman had been dislodged from MASTER GUNNER after that horse galloped on the course proper during track work this morning. As D Beadman is indisposed the Stewards have approved the following riding replacements for this evening’s Happy Valley race meeting:-

Race 4: EMPIRE CITY – C W Wong
Race 5: EN MASSE – H W Lai
Race 7: SUPER BRAND – G Cheyne
Race 8: CHEVALIER KING – P Strydom

Prior to being permitted to resume race riding, Jockey Beadman will be required to be cleared by the Club’s medical practitioner. A further release will be issued at the appropriate time. At this time, it is not the intention of the Stewards to order standby riders to be declared for Jockey Beadman’s intended race riding engagements for the Sha Tin race meeting scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, 20 March 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