Recap by phillip woo

Punted late Massive Move kept finding after shooting straight to the front from a middle gate for a first win at his 17th start following a move to visors and return to the straight track. Art Of Success travelled third in the centre of the course, moved to second 300m out and couldn't close the gap on the winner. C P Power got up 150m out for a placing after travelling one off the outside fence in fourth. Favourite Game Of Fun gradually gave way over the final 100m after showing good gate speed from a low gate to quickly sit second in the run three off the stands side. The debutant will come on for the experience. Firming late in betting, Funny Buddies only held his ground following a midfield run in the centre of the track. Debutant Go Beauty Go kept on all right after a midfield run on the far side from a tough gate. Speedy Sandy never let down following a midfield run two from the left. Wild Boy was never a factor after completely bombing the start.

Racing Incident Report

Race Two: (755)-SERVING THE COMMUNITY HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1000Metres

LUCKY SEBRING and RED HORSE were slow to begin.

Shortly after the start, C P POWER shifted in and bumped EVEREST.

In the early stages, GO BEAUTY GO was shifted across behind runners.

M L Yeung (ART OF SUCCESS) was found guilty of a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that passing the 800 Metres he failed to make sufficient effort to prevent that horse from shifting out, resulting in SOCKET KING and SPEEDY SANDY being badly crowded for room, becoming unbalanced and losing ground.

In this incident, FUNNY BUDDIES also became badly unbalanced after being bumped on a number of occasions by SPEEDY SANDY.

In assessing penalty, the Stewards took into consideration the racing manners of ART OF SUCCESS which lay out and that Jockey Yeung had made a belated attempt to direct ART OF SUCCESS in to relieve the tightening to SOCKET KING and SPEEDY SANDY.

In the circumstances, the Stewards believed the appropriate penalty was for M L Yeung to be fined the sum of $70,000 in lieu of a suspension for a period incorporating two racedays.

Over the final 500 Metres, GO BEAUTY GO raced greenly, shifted ground on a number of occasions and was inclined to hang out.

Approaching and for some distance after the 400 Metres, EVEREST hung in and proved very difficult to ride.

ART OF SUCCESS hung out under pressure after the 400 Metres.

The Stewards deferred the declaration of weighed-in whilst they considered if WILD BOY had been afforded a fair start.

Evidence was taken from Apprentice K K Chiong, the rider of WILD BOY and Mr A Speechley, Deputy Starter, who started this race.

After reviewing the videos, it was established that after being loaded into the barriers, WILD BOY reared.

WILD BOY then stood satisfactorily, however, as the start was effected again reared abruptly, resulting in the horse missing the start badly and losing a significant amount of ground.

The Stewards accepted the evidence of both Apprentice Chiong and Mr Speechley that whilst the starting gate handler assisting WILD BOY still had hold of the left rein as the horse was rearing, he was merely attempting to assist it and in no way played any part in the horse's action as the start was effected.

Accordingly, the Stewards deemed that WILD BOY had been afforded a fair start and consequently declared that horse to be a runner.

Before being allowed to race again, WILD BOY will be required to perform satisfactorily in a barrier trial.

A veterinary inspection of SPEEDY SANDY 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, SPEEDY SANDY will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

GAME OF FUN, MASSIVE MOVE and ART OF SUCCESS were sent for sampling.