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.
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