Recap by phillip woo

Plunged late, Gold Dragon was posted near three deep behind midfield from an outside gate, swung the final bend with two wider out and finished willingly to assert his authority 180m out for a second win from three outings this term with a step up to the mile. Imperial Gallantry travelled three back along the paint, was held up between horses four deep until pulling out for a clear run at the 250m and quickened nicely thereafter to get up 80m for second. He's ready to win. Favourite Leading Horse couldn't gain a run until the 200m following a box-seat run and would have made it interesting at the finish. Electronic Phoenix travelled fourth from the rear from a wide gate, circled the field 650mm out to get to third entering the straight and came up one-paced over the final 150m. Dual Happy ran on steadily four from the right following a rail's run worse than midfield. He doesn't look far off a win at this level. Fighting Boy did have to steady from Real Generous 300m out when making his bid from the rear of the field.

Racing Incident Report

Race Six: (175)-PANASONIC 4K iDTV HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1600Metres

REAL GENEROUS and FIGHTING BOY were slow to begin.

BEST SHOW shifted in at the start and bumped LEADING HORSE.

From wide barriers, ELECTRONIC PHOENIX, RED PEONY and GOLD DRAGON were all shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Approaching the 1400 Metres, REAL GENEROUS was shifted out away from the heels of RED PEONY which, after initially being taken in by ELECTRONIC PHOENIX, then shifted in further away from that horse.

RED PEONY got its head up when proving difficult to settle passing the 1100 Metres.

After the 1100 Metres, ELECTRONIC PHOENIX was awkwardly placed close to the heels of GOLD DRAGON.

Near the 650 Metres, MALAYAN PEARL was awkwardly placed close to the heels of THUNDER WINNER.

Near the 550 Metres, THUNDER WINNER was steadied when crowded for room between GOLD DRAGON which was racing tight inside REAL GENEROUS and IMPERIAL GALLANTRY which shifted out slightly.

Rounding the Home Turn, FIGHTING BOY was shifted out abruptly away from the heels of THUNDER WINNER which was giving ground.

C Schofield (GOLD DRAGON) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that passing the 400 Metres he permitted his mount to shift out when not clear of REAL GENEROUS, causing that horse to be checked and to shift out abruptly away from the heels of GOLD DRAGON.

After this incident, REAL GENEROUS, when unbalanced, shifted in abruptly, causing inconvenience to FIGHTING BOY.

C Schofield was suspended from riding in races for a period to expire on Thursday, 10 December 2015 on which day he may resume race riding (3 Hong Kong racedays).

The commencement of the suspension was deferred until after the Sha Tin racemeeting on Sunday, 29 November 2015.

After the 400 Metres, J Moreira's (LEADING HORSE) left foot slipped out of the stirrup iron for a short distance, resulting in J Moreira being inconvenienced in his riding out of that horse during this period.

A veterinary inspection of REAL GENEROUS immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

LEADING HORSE, GOLD DRAGON and IMPERIAL GALLANTRY were sent for sampling.