Recap by phillip woo

Favourite Goodluck Goodluck won the race at the start following an alert jump from a wide gate to win with something in hand at only his fourth start. The blinkers worked the oracle and he should hold his own in Class Three off a light weight. Looking Good kept up a good gallop after tracking the leader to just get the head down in a blanket finish for the minors. It was a good effort on the back of a debut win and there's likely more improvement in him. Bellagio was unlucky not to have filled the Quinella spot when badly held up until the last 100m following a rail run behind midfield. It was a solid debut effort and he'll be winning races in due time. Destin ran on steadily after travelling behind midfield to finish level for third with Bellagio. He prefers a longer trip. Impeccable Fellow rallied nicely down the outside after travelling deep fourth from the rear to finish just out of the placings at only his third start. It was an eye-catching return to the races.

Racing Incident Report

Race Three: (697) - HKU FACULTIES OF DENTISTRY AND EDUCATION HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1200Meters

JOY AND POWER began awkwardly, shifted in and made heavy contact with the hindquarters of JIN JIN KING which resulted in JIN JIN KING becoming badly unbalanced and JOY AND POWER losing ground.

BLITZING shifted out abruptly at the start and bumped BELLAGIO which was then awkwardly placed inside the heels of JIN JIN KING.

LOOKING GOOD shifted in at the start and bumped DESTIN.

Shortly after the start, WISH COME TRUE, when being ridden along, shifted out, resulting in EXPRESS STAR and BINGO HERO being hampered.

From wide barriers, VICTORY MARCH and IMPECCABLE FELLOW were shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Passing the 950 Metres, JIN JIN KING got its head on the side and shifted in despite the efforts of its rider, causing BELLAGIO to be checked and lose ground.

JOY AND POWER, which was following, was checked away from the heels of BELLAGIO in consequence.

When BELLAGIO was checked, DESTIN, which was racing outside that horse, shifted out, causing EXPRESS STAR to be inconvenienced.

After the 900 Metres, BINGO HERO was left racing wide and without cover.

Passing the 800 Metres, NATURAL FLARE got its head up when awkwardly placed behind BURST AWAY.

At the entrance to the Straight, IMPECCABLE FELLOW was shifted out away from the heels of BINGO HERO after that horse got its head on the side and shifted out away from DESTIN.

From on straightening until near the 150 Metres, BELLAGIO hung in and was initially reluctant to shift to the outside of BLITZING and then to improve into tight running between BLITZING and LOOKING GOOD.

Because of this, BELLAGIO was not able to be properly tested until over the concluding stages.

Throughout the race, WISH COME TRUE travelled wide and without cover.

GOODLUCK GOODLUCK and LOOKING GOOD were sent for sampling.