Recap by phillip woo

Goldland Dancer settled one off the rails worse than midfield, rounded the final bend five deep and finished willingly to just get the better of Cartoon Fay Fay in the shadows of the post for the win. Cartoon Fay Fay settled near the rail in fourth, pulled out four deep soon after straightening, hit the front 100m out and just headed late. Horse Aplenty made his run three back along the fence, stayed near the inside upon straightening and finished well to get up 60m out for a placing. Lucky Hammer handed up the lead to Happy Journey at the 1,100m, straightened one off the fence and kept plugging away to hold a First-4 spot. Verdane finished nicely with two wider out after travelling second from the rear from a wide gate. Noble De Man made a decent bid five deep in the straight drive after travelling fourth from the back in an improved effort following a stable change. Eagle Power made some ground without menacing with one wider out after a deep run beyond midfield. Happy Journey went to the front 1,100m out, built a two-length advantage coming to the final bend and was stopping 100m out. Grand Plus travelled at the tail of the field, straightened four deep and made progress, but never looked a chance. Winnie's Horse faded following a handy run without cover.

Racing Incident Report

Race Seven: (651)-MARS HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1650Metres

When being steadied on jumping in order to be shifted across and obtain a position with cover, GRAND PLUS shifted out and bumped the hindquarters of EXPEDITE which became unbalanced.

A short distance later, EXPEDITE was crowded for room between VERDANE and EAGLE POWER which shifted out.

HORSE APLENTY shifted out at the start and bumped ETON BLITZ.

After this, HORSE APLENTY was vigorously ridden along, however, failed to muster speed.

NOBLE DE MAN (C Y Ho) began awkwardly.

After the race, C Y Ho reported that his right foot bumped the barrier gate in this incident.

After being ridden along in the early stages from the outside barrier, WINNIE'S HORSE was left racing wide and without cover when unable to cross runners to its inside.

After the 1400 Metres, HAPPY JOURNEY proved difficult to settle and travelled keenly when racing outside the lead.

Passing the 800 Metres, GRAND PLUS, which commenced to travel keenly, blundered badly and lost ground after clipping the heels of EXPEDITE.

A short distance later, EXPEDITE became unbalanced when racing between NOBLE DE MAN and EAGLE POWER.

Near the 100 Metres, GRAND PLUS got its head on the side and shifted out towards the heels of NOBLE DE MAN.

A veterinary inspection of HAPPY JOURNEY immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

HAPPY JOURNEY, GOLDLAND DANCER and CARTOON FAY FAY were sent for sampling.