Recap by phillip woo

Early favourite Laugh Out Loud was prominent along the rails, angled off the leader Sunny Pearl at the 250m and wore that one down 60m out for back-to-back wins. Post-time favourite Sunny Pearl went straight to the front as expected carrying a feather weight, cornered narrowly on top from Five Up High and kept on gamely to be a clear second. Starting Over settled midfield along the rails, stayed to the inside upon straightening and and kept on reasonably well for a placing despite a rare Sha Tin appearance. Jun Gong travelled behind midfield along the fence, stayed near the inside upon straightening and made some ground near the inside to snatch a Quartet spot. Happy Bao Bei settled effectively one-out, one-back, cornered five deep and was one-paced over the final 150m. Wild Boy made his run fore of midfield and one off the rails, straightened four deep and only held his ground over the final 200m. Plunged late, Winning King straightened six deep and came up flat over the last 150m.

Racing Incident Report

Race Ten: (552)-SPORTS FOR HOPE HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1400Metres

AMAZING KIDS was withdrawn on 16.4.15 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (fever) and was replaced by Standby Declared Starter STARTING OVER.

Before being allowed to race again, AMAZING KIDS will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

From a wide barrier, BIG FOUR was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

ANIMATION MASTER lost its left front plate and FLYING TOURBILLON lost its right hind plate after the 1300 Metres.

FIVE UP HIGH lost it left front plate approaching the 1200 Metres.

After being left racing wide, COLOSSUS was steadied and shifted across behind runners passing the 1200 Metres.

FLYING TOURBILLON got its head up on a number of occasions in the early stages when proving difficult to settle and after the 1000 Metres was left racing wide and without cover.

HAPPY BAO BEI travelled keenly in the early and middle stages.

After the 900 Metres, WINNING KING was left racing wide and without cover.

BIG FOUR had difficulty obtaining clear running between the 300 Metres and the 200 Metres.

When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of FIVE UP HIGH, N Callan stated that the horse became more worked up in the Parade Ring today than it did at its most recent start when he rode it.

He said after initially proving reluctant to enter the stalls, FIVE UP HIGH then became fractious and began awkwardly, resulting in it losing ground.

He said after this he had to ride FIVE UP HIGH along in the early stages to take up a forward position as instructed, however, FIVE UP HIGH was able to shift across beside runners without too much use having to be made of it.

He said as it became apparent to him that he would not be able to obtain cover, he then allowed FIVE UP HIGH to continue on into the lead after the 1000 Metres.

He added after being able to race outside SUNNY PEARL, FIVE UP HIGH then travelled well, however, when placed under pressure in the early part of the Straight did not respond to his riding and then was disappointing in the manner in which it weakened out of the race in the Straight.

He said, in his opinion, FIVE UP HIGH is better suited when able to obtain some cover as it was at its last start when successful.

A veterinary inspection of FIVE UP HIGH immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

The performance of FIVE UP HIGH, a last start winner, was considered unacceptable.

Before being allowed to race again, FIVE UP HIGH will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

A veterinary inspection of COLOSSUS immediately following the race including an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea.

Before being allowed to race again, COLOSSUS will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

LAUGH OUT LOUD and SUNNY PEARL were sent for sampling.

GENERAL:

1.

At the Sha Tin racemeeting on 7 February 2015, LOTUS BREEZE was required to perform satisfactorily in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination before being permitted to race again.

LOTUS BREEZE undertook its required official barrier trial on Tuesday, 31 March 2015 with hood being applied and passed its official veterinary examination and accordingly is required to race with that gear.

Trainer W Y So was fined the sum of $2,000 for failing to submit a gear change adding hood to the gear to be worn by LOTUS BREEZE, a declared runner for the Happy Valley racemeeting on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 by the required time.



2.

Additional Veterinary Reports from Happy Valley Racemeeting on 15 April 2015 Subsequent official veterinary inspections (without endoscopy) of PAKISTAN BABY, EASY SUCCESS, HIGH SPEED METRO, WIN CHANCE, ROBUST MOMENTUM, LOVING STAR, HAPPY ROCKY, GREAT TOPLIGHT, BEST TANGO, SPARKLING SWORD, DILLY, PEACE N PROSPERITY, DASHING CERAMIBO, SECRET AGENT, STEP FASTER, ST YAZIN, BRILLIANT PROPOSAL, SIGHT BELIEVER, BESPOKE COLLARS, FLYING CHAPARRAL and LITTLE DRAGON revealed no apparent abnormality.



3.

Racing Laboratory tests of ON THE WAY, BEST JADE TRIUMPH, NAVEL ORANGE, ROUGE ET BLANC, LUCKY SCEPTER, G-ONE LEADER, HAPPY AGILITY, TOP BONUS, DASHING FELLOW, FOREVER ACCURATE, HEROIC GURU, ATHENA BABY, JOYFUL MOMENTS, ABLE FRIEND, BEAUTY FLAME, UP AND COMING, JAEGER BOMB, RAD, TEOFILO CALVA, DIVINE BOY, STRATHMORE and SPICY SURE (7.4.15) proved negative.

SUMMARY:

1.

Withdrawals Race 3: BUNKER SHOT on 16.4.15 on veterinary advice.

Race 7: LUCKY CELEBRITY (standby runner) on 16.4.15 on veterinary advice.

Race 8: KING DERBY (standby runner) on 18.4.15 on veterinary advice.

Race 10: AMAZING KIDS on 16.4.15 on veterinary advice.



2.

Riding Changes After riding in Race 8, C K Tong was examined by the Club's medical officers after he advised that he was experiencing pain in his right knee and was subsequently stood down from his remaining race riding engagements.

As such, permission was given for the following riding substitutions:- Race 9: Apprentice K C Ng on BACKBENCH BLUES Race 10: K C Leung on FLYING TOURBILLON

3.

Fine General: Trainer W Y So (LOTUS BREEZE): $2,000 for failing to submit a gear change by the required time.



4.

Reprimands Race 3: Apprentice K C Ng (NAUGHT BABY) for shifting out passing the 200 Metres.

Race 9: K Teetan (SO CAFFE) for shifting out after the 700 Metres.



5.

Warnings Race 5: Apprentice H N Wong (CHATER DREAM) for shifting in making the turn after passing the winning post on the first occasion.

Race 9: N Callan (PO CHING TREASURE) for shifting in shortly after the start.



6.

Suspension Race 6: N Rawiller (KIROV) for careless riding approaching the 1200 Metres (27 April 2015 - 7 May 2015 on which day he may resume race riding - 3 Hong Kong racedays).



7.

Bleeder Race 6: HARBOUR DELIGHT

8.

Official Barrier Trials Race 3: SILVER BAUHINIA Race 6: TRUE COMMENT KIROV JOLLY GOOD STAR GLORIOUS RYDER Race 10: FIVE UP HIGH

9.

Official Veterinary Examinations Race 3: BUNKER SHOT SILVER BAUHINIA Race 4: KIDS AND WIN Race 6: TRUE COMMENT KIROV JOLLY GOOD STAR GLORIOUS RYDER Race 7: LUCKY CELEBRITY ROCKET LET WIN Race 8: KING DERBY Race 10: AMAZING KIDS FIVE UP HIGH COLOSSUS