Recap by phillip woo

Sky Hero enjoyed a lovely run in the box-seat from gate one, cruised to the front 300m out and edged clear to chalk up a second win from four starts. He's got plenty of upside to come. Travel First settled midfield along the rails, straightened three deep and and finished well to clearly grab second 200m out. He's ready to win. Outsider Goodheart Success travelled behind midfield and one off the rails, straightened three-to-four deep and was hitting the line well to grab a placing. Brilliant Dream pressed forward from a wide gate to eventually settle one off in second behind Numero Uno at the 900m, cornered three deep and kept on one-paced over the final 150m. Happy Journey bided his time in midfield and one off the fence, straightened four deep and ran on steadily to just miss a Quartet spot. Cheeky Too eased back to settle one-out, one-back, turned the final bend four-to-five deep and only kept on evenly over the final 150m. Numero Uno had to work from an outside gate and was yielding ground 100m out.

Racing Incident Report

Race Nine: (363)-WU KING HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1400Metres

BAAB AL NASR began awkwardly, shifted out and bumped INVINCIBLE FRESH.

GOODHEART SUCCESS shifted in at the start and bumped TRAVEL FIRST.

Shortly after the start, HAPPY AND HEALTHY shifted in and made contact with BRILLIANT DREAM.

DIVINE DIYA was shifted across behind runners in the early stages from a wide barrier and INVINCIBLE FRESH was also shifted across behind runners at the same stage.

CHEEKY TOO travelled keenly in the early stages.

Making the first turn near the 900 Metres, GOODHEART SUCCESS was awkwardly placed behind HAPPY JOURNEY.

After the 900 Metres, HAPPY AND HEALTHY was left racing wide and without cover.

In the middle stages, INVINCIBLE FRESH proved difficult to settle and was awkwardly placed close to the heels of CHARITY KINGDOM which shifted out approaching the 700 Metres when over-racing and awkwardly placed behind HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

Rounding the Home Turn, BRILLIANT DREAM got its head on the side and lay out.

After the race, O Doleuze (TRAVEL FIRST) stated that his mount travelled too keenly in the early stages which resulted in it being awkwardly placed close to the heels of SKY HERO for some distance approaching the first turn.

He said after the race he recommended to the connections to consider altering the horse's gear in an endeavour to have it settle better in its races.

SKY HERO and TRAVEL FIRST were sent for sampling.