Recap by phillip woo

Ruby Coast settled behind midfield and one off the rails, rounded the final bend with two wider out and finished willingly to win going away 60m out with a key move to blinkers. Kynam made his run one out, one back, shifted four deep at the 250m and got up 50m out for second. Bright Star was ridden patiently third from the rear, pushed into the open with one wider out at the 300m and closed off nicely to just miss second. Popping Candy led early on, settled second underneath Caga Force at the 800m, reclaimed the front 300m out and was stopping 100m out. He had his chance. All The Best travelled fore of midfield and one off the rails, had to check off the heels of Kynam at the 220m and stayed on all right thereafter. Favourite Hit The Bid enjoyed the box seat, stayed to the paint upon straightening and failed to lift when popped the question in a disappointing effort. Caga Force peaked on his run 100m out after poking his head in front one off the rails at the 800m from a wide gate. Specked late, Fantastico made some ground near the inside after travelling second from the rear after fading back from a wide gate.

Racing Incident Report

Race Six: (558)-TIN SAU HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1200Metres

GROOVY was slow to begin.

ARGENTUM began awkwardly and then was left racing wide and without cover after the 1000 Metres.

HIT THE BID, KYNAM and RUBY COAST were all crowded for room on jumping between TRAVEL NUMBER ONE and POPPING CANDY which shifted in.

In this incident, TRAVEL NUMBER ONE became unbalanced when bumped on the hindquarters by HIT THE BID.

From wide barriers, SEA WARRIOR and FANTASTICO were shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

ALL THE BEST lost its right front plate in the early stages.

Making the turn near the 1050 Metres, TRAVEL NUMBER ONE was steadied and lost its rightful running when crowded for room inside HIT THE BID (D Whyte) which was racing tight inside KYNAM (K C Leung) which got its head on the side and shifted in away from POPPING CANDY.

K C Leung was advised that whilst there were some circumstances to this incident, nonetheless in similar circumstances he would be expected to make every endeavour to prevent his mounts from shifting ground.

D Whyte stated that after this incident his mount commenced to over-race and was awkwardly placed close to the heels of POPPING CANDY for some distance.

He said he was able to get the horse to relax better near the 700 Metres and then it travelled satisfactorily until just prior to the Home Turn at which time the horse became unbalanced after coming under pressure.

He added whilst HIT THE BID had proved difficult to settle in the middle stages, nonetheless he felt that the horse was disappointing as it did not respond to his riding when placed under pressure.

A veterinary inspection of HIT THE BID immediately following the race including an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea and also found it to have sustained superficial wounds to both hind legs.

Before being allowed to race again, HIT THE BID will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

Making the turn after the 600 Metres, BRIGHT STAR was hampered when taken across the heels of RUBY COAST by GROOVY which shifted out when it made the turn awkwardly.

Passing the 250 Metres, ALL THE BEST was shifted to the inside of KYNAM after being unable to obtain running to the outside of that horse and inside ARGENTUM.

Passing the 150 Metres, ALL THE BEST was steadied when disappointed for running between CAGA FORCE which was taken out by POPPING CANDY and KYNAM which shifted in.

Over the final 100 Metres, KYNAM got its head on the side and lay in under pressure.

HIT THE BID, RUBY COAST and KYNAM were sent for sampling.