Hong Kong!

[my miss storm cat]

Syllabus wins!

http://www.hkjc.com/english/news/news_2008122820821.htm

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

... as does Regency Horse!

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=9&venue=ST

Thank you, Matthew Chadwick.

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20081221e.asp

Uh oh...

5. Suspensions
Race 3: E Saint-Martin (CHATER DE LAGO) for improper riding in the vicinity of the 800 Metres (29 December 2008 - 23 February 2009 on which day he may resume race riding - 16 Hong Kong racedays).

P H Lo (STORM DESTINY) for improper riding in the vicinity of the 800 Metres (29 December 2008 - 25 January 2009 on which day he may resume race riding - 8 Hong Kong racedays).

SCMP...


Furious French ace calls it quits
Saint-Martin says career in HK is over after ban

MURRAY BELL


An irate Eric Saint-Martin declared last night he was finished with Hong Kong racing after stipendiary stewards slammed him with an improper riding charge and a two-month suspension of his licence.
Saint-Martin, 43, had intended retiring from the saddle at the end of the season anyway but has been enjoying a purple patch of form, making yesterday's actions and his subsequent outburst all the more surprising.

Saint-Martin stormed out of Sha Tin at 6.40pm last night after private discussions with stewards' panel member Philip Dingwall, but repeated that he was "finished" in Hong Kong.

"They have given me two months, they obviously do not want me here," Saint-Martin said. "If they don't want me here, I don't need to be here. I am finished - I will be leaving Hong Kong tomorrow. You can put that in the paper - I am leaving."

Saint-Martin and seven-pound claimer Paul Lo Pak-hin had engaged in a barging match down the back straight in the third event at Sha Tin, the Sai Wan Shan Handicap (1,650m), in which the Frenchman had handled Chater De Lago for trainer David Ferraris.

Lo was steering his mount Storm's Destiny in across Chater De Lago and the interference continued for about 100 metres until Saint-Martin apparently became exasperated and defended himself by pushing Lo out of the way with his elbow.

Lo retaliated by continuing to push an inward course on his mount and eventually raised his right elbow and pushed into the neck of Chater De Lago.

Stewards spent much of the afternoon dealing with the matter but Saint-Martin showed his class, riding a superbly judged race to win the feature event, the Gome Cup (race eight), on topweight Syllabus and completing a double by landing the last for John Moore on Rewarding Star.

Saint-Martin pleaded not guilty to the improper riding charge and argued vigorously against the panel taking action against him, but stewards found he had crossed the line.

"Bearing in mind jockey Saint-Martin's prior record in matters of this kind, he was suspended from riding in races until February 23, with immediate effect," said chief stipe Jamie Stier.

Lo, who had never previously transgressed beyond normal careless riding infringements, was also charged with improper riding. He pleaded guilty and was suspended for eight meetings.

Last season, Saint-Martin was also suspended on a improper riding charge for deliberately steering his mount into a horse ridden by Terry Wong Chi-wai after the winning post.

When licences were issued for 2008-09 at the end of last season, Saint-Martin was given his with a warning - that a repeat offence could see his situation reviewed. He is understood to have given a verbal commitment to never re-offend.

Saint-Martin has now been suspended four times for improper riding in a Hong Kong career that began in 1982.

His double yesterday took him to 19 wins for the season and equal fourth place on the jockeys' premiership, while his career tally in Hong Kong moved to 424.

Stier showed the patrol footage to the media last night and said that there was no excuse for a jockey taking matters into his own hands and elbowing an errant fellow jockey out of the way.

"We do not accept that he was in danger of being brought down by interference, and the correct course of action should have been to hold his position and leave the punishment [of jockey Lo] to the stewards," Stier added.

[my miss storm cat]

Lady First last in barrier trial...

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

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Feel better, Imperial Applause.

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Welcome back, Brett!

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Pick(s) of the day... Warrior in R8, Redragtoabull / Bullish Win in R11.


Seriously nice fields tonight, especially in the 10th and 11th...


Race 10 - THE CHINESE CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP)
Thursday, January 01, 2009, Sha Tin, 17:15
Turf ,"B+2" Course ,1400m ,Good To Firm

Prize Money: $2,300,000.00, Rating: 95+, HONG KONG GROUP 3

1 7/1/1/2/2/1 FELLOWSHIP 133 Z Purton 7 P O'Sullivan 118 0 1155 TT
2 6/11/12/5/9/4 JOYFUL WINNER 129 B Prebble 3 C H Yip 114 -2 1086 TT
3 7/4/3/4/7/8 JOY AND FUN 128 W C Marwing 9 D Cruz 113 0 1136 SW2
4 2/5/2/3/3/2 SUNNY KING 128 D Beadman 2 J Moore 113 2 1187 XB/H/TT
5 14/3/10/11/4/9 BULLISH CASH 124 E Saint-Martin 8 A S Cruz 109 0 1053 TT
6 1/1/1/1/6/8 BRILLIANT CHAPTER 122 D Whyte 10 J Size 107 7 1102
7 6/1/12/9/1/9 SKYVIEW BAR 121 H W Lai (-2) 1 A Lee 106 0 1207 SW
8 4/2/6/3/6/2 GALLANT LION 120 O Doleuze 11 C Fownes 105 0 1117 H
9 9/1/6/2/3/6 REGENCY DRAGON 119 W M Lai (-2) 6 D E Ferraris 104 0 1187 B/TT
10 8/8/3/7/1/1 MASTER POWER 118 K T Yeung (-5) 4 J Moore 103 -1 1048 B
11 11/6/5/4/5/7 NEVER LOOK BACK 118 Y T Cheng (-2) 12 P O'Sullivan 103 -2 1123 TT-
12 - IMPERIAL APPLAUSE
(Withdrawn)
- - - - - - - -
13 8/5/7/7/13/10 KING ENCOSTA 113 J Victoire 5 A S Cruz 98 -2 1205 TT


Race 11 - LANTAU PEAK HANDICAP
Thursday, January 01, 2009, Sha Tin, 17:50
Turf ,"B+2" Course ,1400m ,Good To Firm

Prize Money: $1,150,000.00, Rating: 95-75, Class 2

1 10/5/13/6/6/8 LU YUE 129 Y T Cheng (-2) 1 C H Yip 92 -2 1237 H
2 4 DIEGO 128 D Whyte 4 J Size 91 0 1150
3 ENERGIZED 128 M Du Plessis 9 Y S Tsui 91 - 980
4 4/2/1/10/12/11 ISLAND SUPER 126 B Prebble 7 C S Shum 89 0 1044
5 7/1/1/2/4 REDRAGTOABULL 125 D Beadman 13 J Moore 88 0 1083 TT-
6 6/9/6/8/3 FLORAL EL CUENTO 124 S K Sit (-2) 10 P F Yiu 87 -1 1083 TT
7 9/2/3/10/2/5 INTERCHINA STAR 124 H W Lai (-2) 14 A Lee 87 0 1071 SW
8 9/12 MEDIC FORTUNE 121 K C Leung (-10) 8 P O'Sullivan 84 -2 1007
9 5/1/4/5/5/6 ANKH MORPORK 120 E Saint-Martin 11 D J Hall 83 0 1070 TT
10 10/7/1/6/8/1 SOLAR ENERGY 120 Z Purton 5 C W Chang 83 0 1058
11 1/13/2/10/9/5 FERRO BEAU 119 O Doleuze 12 C Fownes 82 6 1084
12 2/9/9 ROMPING 119 B Doyle 6 S Woods 82 3 1077 B
13 10/5/1/6/4/3 BULLISH WIN 118 M Chadwick (-10) 3 A S Cruz 81 0 1165 SW/TT
14 8/14/7/11/10/12 TOWERING FEELING 118 W M Lai (-2) 2 D E Ferraris 81 -2 1139 TT


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 POT OF GOLD 1097 120 83 4 8/11/10/8 A S Cruz TT

Come home safe kids and happy birthday!

[my miss storm cat]

Still waiting for news on Sir Galahad.

Retired... Win and Smile, Cop Hill Lad, Secret of Kings, Jade China, Quick Money.

Tuesday barrier trials.... Able One, Green Birdie, He Can Tango, Win Practitioner.

Chadwick!

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20090105d.asp


THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC MILE
(HONG KONG GROUP 1 -HK$8,000,000)
1600 Metres - Sha Tin -Sunday 18 January 2009
(For 4 year olds only)

ARION OF CHIU TON
BROM BROM
DEFERENTIAL
DIEGO
ENERGIZED
FEVER PITCH
FLEET COMMAND
HOME TREASURE
INTERCHINA STAR
KINGS FALCON
LEGEND OF COLOUR
MORE BOUNTIFUL
QUICK TOUCH
ROMA PEGASUS
ROMPING
ROYAL PEGASUS
STREET CAT
SUNNY GOLF
THUMBS UP
UNIQUE JEWELLERY
UNWRITTEN RULE
VIGOR DELIGHT

[my miss storm cat]

Feel better, Dream Horse (kicked?)...

Wonderful field...


Race 8 - THE CHOW TAI FOOK BAUHINIA SPRINT TROPHY (HANDICAP)
Saturday, January 10, 2009, Sha Tin, 16:40
Turf ,"C+3" Course ,1000m

Prize Money: $2,300,000.00, Rating: 90+, HONG KONG GROUP 3

1 1/7/5/1/11/2 INSPIRATION 133 Z Purton 10 J Moore 123 19 1183 XB/TT
2 4/1/5/1/1/1 ENTHUSED 131 D Whyte 2 J Size 121 0 1256
3 5/2/8/1/4/9 SUNNY POWER 131 B Prebble 8 K W Lui 121 0 1130 SW1/H1
4 3/2/6/7/7/5 DOWN TOWN 128 J Victoire 13 C H Yip 118 1 1124 TT
5 11/6/11/12/5/9 JOYFUL WINNER 122 C W Wong (-3) 11 C H Yip 112 -2 1073 TT
6 3/10/4/6/1/9 YELLOW DIAMOND 120 C K Tong (-5) 6 Y O Wong 110 1 1159 B
7 10/4/2/9/2/1 DIM SUM 118 W C Marwing 1 J Moore 108 0 1076 SW
8 11/7/10/11/9/5 FRIENDLY GAINS 115 W M Lai (-2) 5 K L Man 105 -2 1183
9 9/8/1/2/5/5 HIGH POINT 113 K T Yeung (-5) 4 C S Shum 103 0 1101 B1
10 11/9/2/9/2/2 SUPERIOR UNIT 113 K L Chui (-3) 3 D J Hall 102 0 1112 SW/TT
11 11/12/3/3/1 NIGHTLIGN 113 M Du Plessis 12 A Lee 101 0 1076
12 5/13/5/10/12/11 ALWAYS GIGGLE 113 H W Lai (-2) 14 A Lee 96 -1 1136 B
13 5/11/3/11/9/1 ISLAND SPEED 113 S K Sit (-2) 7 B K Ng 95 -1 1185 B/TT
14 1/5/2/1/9/4 KILDARE 113 Y T Cheng (-2) 9 D Cruz 94 13 1158 SR


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 SKYVIEW BAR 1204 116 106 6 6/6/1/12/9/1 A Lee SW


Ballad of the Fantasy boys...

8 January 2009

The Stewards received stable transfer applications on 5 January 2009 for SUPER FANTASY and WHATAFANTASY to be transferred from Trainer D E Ferraris to Trainer Y S Tsui. The horses are both owned by Mr Lam Tai Fai & Mrs Martha Lam So Lai Ching.

Upon being informed of the intended transfers, Mr. Ferraris expressed to the Stewards his disappointment that these horses were being transferred from his stable. Mr Ferraris has advised Mr Lam he does not wish to continue to train ULTRA FANTASY and DOUBLE FANTASY, horses in which Mr. Lam also has an ownership interest. Mr Ferraris also advised the Stewards of his disappointment at these stable transfers and that he no longer wished to continue to train ULTRA FANTASY and DOUBLE FANTASY.

Under normal circumstances permission would not be granted by the Stewards for DOUBLE FANTASY, which was successful in its most recent race start on 4 January 2009, to be transferred to another stable. It is the policy of the Stewards that last start winners would not be normally permitted to change stables during the racing season. However, considering Mr Ferraris does not wish to continue training DOUBLE FANTASY, the Stewards have, in the circumstances, given approval for the horse, together with ULTRA FANTASY to be transferred to the stable of Trainer P F Yiu.

[my miss storm cat]

Love this whole field but going with Best Friend...

Best Friend / Express Win

Race 3 - THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP)
Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Happy Valley, 20:15
Turf ,"B" Course ,1800m ,Good

Prize Money: $1,750,000.00, Rating: 110-90, Class 1

1 5/1/2/9/8/10 EVER BRIGHT 133 M Du Plessis 5 P O'Sullivan 108 0 1108 B
2 1/2/1/2/1/5 EYSHAL 131 W C Marwing 3 J Moore 106 6 1159 B/TT
3 3/5/3/8/6/2 NOBLE CONQUEROR 130 Z Purton 6 C Fownes 105 1 1174
4 2/4/6/2/4/10 EXPRESS WIN 127 D Whyte 1 C H Yip 102 2 1151 TT
5 8/3/8/2/5/6 FEARLESS 123 G Mosse 2 D E Ferraris 98 -2 1144 B
6 1/3/6/1/8/1 BEST FRIEND 120 B Prebble 4 D J Hall 95 5 1101 B
7 1/5/1/4/7/3 LOTZATOW 118 H W Lai (-2) 7 P F Yiu 93 5 1052 B/TT

Good luck to Amo and Trulli in the 6th, Bullish Win in the 7th and Billion, Three Clubs and Chater Silk in the final.

Come home safe, Pleasure Pleasure, in the 1st. He has a rating of 17 which I think is the lowest I've seen lately - poor guy.

Retired...

DENDRANTHEMA LOVE
PROFITING CHAMPION
LIMONCELLO
HEADINGLEY
KEY WINNER
DIAMOND ERA

Possible for the Stewards' Cup - Good Ba Ba, Floral Pegasus, Viva Pataca, Green Birdie, Egyptian Ra!

Cheers to Sacred Kingdom who passed his vet exam!!!!!

On Dye...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20090111.asp

... and Mosse...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20090111a.asp

[my miss storm cat]

CSC... just incase you read this very bummed your pm thing is off as I wanted to share something with you.

Privately.

Smoochies and peppermints,

mmsc

Oh yeah... go HK kids!

[my miss storm cat]

Best Friend wins.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=3&venue=HV