Recap by phillip woo

Nothingilikemore was prominently ridden along the fence, peeled out at the 350m and responded nicely when asked for an effort to win going away 200m out as the shortestpriced favourite of the campaign and remain unbeaten in three starts. He's the real deal and sky's the limit. Happy Agility ran another blinder to come from worse than midfield to easily grab second 100m out. He keeps running well without winning against good opposition in his past four starts and will be winning shortly in the right race. Royal Performer dashed well after settling one off the fence behind midfield to snatch third from Silverfield in a vastly-improved effort with the addition of a hood at his third run. He's got some ability and is better at a mile. Silverfield finished nicely after travelling second from the rear for the most part to just miss a placing despite a return to Class Three. Great training performance by Gary Ng Ting-keung to get him back on track following tendon issues early on his career and he might be able to head higher. Joyful Moments was given every chance in the box-seat and only plodded over the last 150m.

Racing Incident Report

Race Ten: (490)-GERANIUM HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1400Metres

On arrival at the Start, the tongue tie fitted to CELESTIAL NOVA was adjusted.

As the start was effected, REGENCY BO BO became fractious and commenced to rear.

REGENCY BO BO, which was being assisted by a starting gate handler, then again reared abruptly following the start being effected, resulting in the horse losing a considerable amount of ground.

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

SICHUAN BOSS was slow to begin.

From a wide barrier, KA YING KID was steadied in the early stages and shifted across behind runners.

For some distance after the 1100 Metres, CELESTIAL NOVA commenced to prove very difficult to settle and was awkwardly placed close to the heels of MR POTENTIAL before shifting out away from the heels of that horse near the 1000 Metres which resulted in RED ELYSEES being taken wider.

CELESTIAL NOVA then continued to prove difficult to settle and was awkwardly placed behind HAY RUN passing the 900 Metres.

Both SICHUAN BOSS and ROYAL PERFORMER made the turn near the 900 Metres awkwardly.

At the entrance to the Straight, REGENCY BO BO momentarily raced tight between HAY RUN and KA YING KID which, after shifting out, was then directed back in to relieve the tightening.

In this incident, REGENCY BO BO bumped the hindquarters of HAY RUN which became unbalanced.

Throughout the race, HAY RUN travelled wide and without cover.

A veterinary inspection of CELESTIAL NOVA immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

NOTHINGILIKEMORE and HAPPY AGILITY were sent for sampling.

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GENERAL:

1.

Races 8 - 10 were each put back 5 minutes.



2.

8 March 2017 Happy Valley Racemeeting - Race 7 (479) After reviewing the video footage for the Happy Valley racemeeting conducted on Wednesday, 8 March 2017 as is usual practice, the Stewards today questioned J Moreira regarding his riding of ENREACHING in the middle stages of the race.

J Moreira stated that approaching the 800 Metres the race was being run at a good tempo and he elected to shift out to race behind INDUSTRIALIST WAY passing the 800 Metres in case the leaders commenced to give ground given the tempo of the race.

He said as the tempo continued to be good approaching the 700 Metres and as INDUSTRIALIST WAY had raced wide and without cover throughout the race, he felt there was more likelihood of PEARL WARM WARM being able to take him into the race rather than INDUSTRIALIST WAY and as HAPPY ROCKY was improving its position around ENREACHING at this time, he elected to shift back in to race behind PEARL WARM WARM rather than be taken back through the field by INDUSTRIALIST WAY and pocketed inside HAPPY ROCKY.

He said ENREACHING was provided with the opportunity to shift back in behind PEARL WARM WARM as ANDOYAS, which was attempting to improve into that position, was not quick enough to take advantage of that run.

He said PEARL WARM WARM initially held its position whilst INDUSTRIALIST WAY was under heavy pressure after the 600 Metres, however, the pattern of the race changed markedly after the 500 Metres as PEARL WARM WARM was unable to continue improving inside CLUB LIFE which was under pressure and he was obliged to wait until after the 400 Metres to be able to shift to the outside of runners to obtain clear running.

He added in hindsight he had erred in not maintaining the three wide position behind INDUSTRIALIST WAY, however, he felt at the time that this was the better of the two options available to him.

J Moreira was advised that the Stewards agreed that he should have remained racing behind INDUSTRIALIST WAY rather than shifting back in to race amongst runners.

He was further advised to ensure that, wherever possible, he rides his mounts in such a manner so that they are afforded the opportunity to improve their position when it arises.



3.

Additional Veterinary Reports from Happy Valley Racemeeting on 8 March 2017 Subsequent official veterinary inspections (without endoscopy) of SHOW MISSION, GIDDY GIDDY, BEAUTY CONNECTION, PERPETUAL JOYANCE, TRUMP, MIDNITE PROMISE, MUTUAL JOY, SUM WIN DRAGON, EXCELLENCE, SOUL ACHIEVER, CONTRIBUTION, ARM RUNDA, HIGH VOLATILITY, ALL MY GAIN, GENEROUS HEART, ANDOYAS, HAPPY ROCKY, WHO'sTHEDUDE, VICTORY MARVEL and LOTUS BREEZE revealed no apparent abnormality.



4.

Racing Laboratory tests of VIVACIOUS WINNER, BEST REWARD, SWEET BEAN, GREAT TOPLIGHT, GRAND HARBOUR, LANSBURY, ORIONIDS, FORZA AVANTI, ART OF SUCCESS, TRAVEL AMBASSADOR, WORKS OF ART, GLENEALY PRIZE, BORN DRAGON, HURRICANE KID, SKY KING, KING GENKI, STAR OF YAN OI, HIT THE BID, MEGA RED, CALIFORNIA WHIP, FIGHT HERO and EROICO (1.3.17) proved negative.

SUMMARY:

1.

Withdrawals Race 3: HALL OF FAME on 11.3.17 on veterinary advice.

Race 5: BEST REWARD on 11.3.17 on veterinary advice.

Race 8: CALIFORNIA JOY on 11.3.17 on veterinary advice.



2.

Riding Changes As M L Yeung was indisposed, permission was given for the following riding substitutions on 10 March 2017:- Race 2: K C Ng on GOLD TALENT Race 3: C Y Ho on MEISTERSTUECK Race 4: H W Lai on PROUD SKY Race 5: T H So on TELEPHATIA Race 6: K C Leung on ALWAYS WIN Race 7: M Chadwick on FISH N?? CHIPS Race 9: M Chadwick on AMBITIOUS PINS Race 10: C Y Ho on HAY RUN

3.

Fines Race 2: H W Lai (RAEL DEAL): $2,000 for double declaration.

Race 5: Trainer P O'Sullivan (FANCY MUSIC): $2,000 for a declaration error.

Race 6: Apprentice K K Chiong (MULTIMAX): $10,000 for careless riding passing the 100 Metres.



4.

Warnings Race 1: N Rawiller (PLANET GIANT) for shifting out passing the 300 Metres.

Race 3: N Rawiller (GOOD FOR YOU) for shifting in near the 1150 Metres.

C Y Ho (MEISTERSTUECK) for shifting out approaching the 300 Metres.

Race 9: N Rawiller (MONGOLIAN KING) re his riding approaching the 1000 Metres.

General: J Moreira (ENREACHING) re his riding in the middle stages.



5.

Suspensions Race 6: Apprentice K K Chiong (MULTIMAX) for careless riding passing the 100 Metres (from 26 March 2017 until 3 April 2017 on which day she may resume race riding - 3 Hong Kong racedays).

Race 9: N Callan (FRIENDS OF NANJING) for careless riding passing the 1100 Metres (from 29 March 2017 until 3 April 2017 on which day he may resume race riding - 2 Hong Kong racedays).



6.

Bleeder Race 1: SPEEDY WALLY

7.

Stalls Test Race 4: COOL BROTHERS

8.

Barrier Trials Race 1: CIRCUIT FORTUNE Race 2: BOSSIEE Race 10: REGENCY BO BO

9.

Official Veterinary Examinations Race 1: CIRCUIT FORTUNE RAINBOW GOLD Race 3: HALL OF FAME Race 5: BEST REWARD Race 8: CALIFORNIA JOY FLYING MOOCHI