Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	3	CONCERTO (E176)	L. Ferraris	K. H. Ting	38	134	8.9	13	3		1:39:45	3-3-3-1	51.72 24.17 23.56
2	7	BEAUTY NOVA (G232)	Z. Purton	John Size	28	124	11	10	10	3.5	1:40:02	2-2-2-2	51.48 24.29 24.25
3	11	VIVA A LA (G282)	A. Badel	L. Ho	18	116	10	10	12	4.25	1:40:12	1-1-1-3	51.04 24.61 24.47
4	5	VALHALLA (E495)	C. Y. Ho	C. Fownes	32	128	9	5.8	4	4.25	1:40:15	5-5-5-4	52.04 24.05 24.06
5	10	YEE CHEONG BRAVE (E501)	B. Avdulla	D. Hall	24	120	21	25	1	4.5	1:40:18	6-6-6-5	52.12 24.01 24.05
6	1	HAPPY JAI JAI (E069)	K. C. Leung	T. P. Yung	39	135	5.1	6.2	7	5.75	1:40:38	4-4-4-6	51.80 24.13 24.45
7	2	LIFELINE VISION (E318)	K. Teetan	D. A. Hayes	39	135	6.4	5.2	5	6	1:40:43	7-7-8-7	52.32 24.01 24.10
8	8	GLORIOUS LOVER (D191)	M. Dee	C. H. Yip	28	124	11	24	11	6.25	1:40:44	11-9-9-8	52.68 23.69 24.07
9	6	MEDIC ELITE (G129)	M. Chadwick	P. C. Ng	30	126	8.5	5.4	8	6.5	1:40:50	10-11-11-9	53.00 23.49 24.01
10	12	SMILING FACE (D192)	L. Hewitson	D. Whyte	17	117	9.2	10	2	6.75	1:40:55	8-8-7-10	52.52 23.69 24.34
11	9	SPEED FORCE (C535)	C. L. Chau	C. W. Chang	25	120	23	35	6	7.25	1:40:63	9-10-10-11	52.84 23.65 24.14
12	4	JOLLY HONOUR (C080)	M. L. Yeung	Y. S. Tsui	33	129	15	29	9	12	1:41:38	12-12-12-12	53.24 23.53 24.61

Sire:Dalakhani

Breed of the Winning Horse:CONCERTO

Dam:Amalgamate

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	3	132.5
place	3	41
	7	35.5
	11	44
forecast	3-7	1554
quinella	3-7	687
quinella place	3-7	227.5
	3-11	284.5
	7-11	196
3 pick 1 (Composite Win)	A3	24.5
tierce	3-7-11	18238
trio	3-7-11	2828
first 4	3-5-7-11	4829
quartet	3-7-11-5	125529

Recap by phillip woo

Concerto rang up his first win on his ninth start, hitting the front 150m out following his speed-chasing run third on the fence. He had been knocking on the door until his January nosebleed forced him to take a break. Beauty Nova kept on gamely for second after tracking the leader, Viva A La, from gate 10. He keeps promising without delivering on a win line. Punted late, Viva A La grudgingly gave way after finding the front from the outside barrier. He was able to build on his last-start career-best fourth on what was his first run over 1,650m at Happy Valley. Valhalla ran on well from one off the rail in midfield to edge Yee Cheong Brave for fourth. He is not far off a rating bottom. Yee Cheong Brave ran on steadily from midfield to finish next best. It was his best effort for his new trainer, David Hall, on his first attempt over the Happy Valley mile. Early favourite Happy Jai Jai came up one-paced after settling one off the fence in fourth from gate seven. He could not lift under 135 pounds. Downgraded Lifeline Vision ran on from behind midfield down the outside but did not menace the placegetters.

Racing Incident Report

Race One: (741) - MOUNT NICHOLSON HANDICAP - Class 5 - 1650Meters

SMILING FACE jumped only fairly.

JOLLY HONOUR was slow to begin and then from a wide barrier was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

GLORIOUS LOVER jumped only fairly and then from a wide barrier was also shifted across runners in the early stages.

Near the 1400 Metres, SMILING FACE was steadied when momentarily crowded to the inside of LIFELINE VISION which shifted in.

M L Yeung (JOLLY HONOUR) dropped his whip near the 400 Metres.

MEDIC ELITE had difficulty obtaining clear running making the Home Turn and near the 250 Metres was held up for clear running between SPEED FORCE and SMILING FACE.

When questioned regarding his riding making the Home Turn, K Teetan (LIFELINE VISION) stated that he was instructed to obtain a position where his mount was comfortable but in the Straight endeavour to shift to the outside.

He said after obtaining a midfield position throughout the early and middle stages of the event, he commenced to follow VALHALLA making the Home Turn with a view to shifting to that runner's outside on straightening.

He added that when VALHALLA shifted out and SMILING FACE held a tight line to his outside, LIFELINE VISION became held up for a short distance near the 200 Metres and once obtaining clear running near the 150 Metres found the line only fairly.

When questioned if there was an opportunity to improve to the inside of VALHALLA, K Teetan stated that having regard to his instructions to endeavour to find clear running to the outside, he felt this was the best option in the circumstances.

The Stewards confirmed the instructions issued by Trainer D A Hayes were to specifically come to the outside.

After considering his explanation, the Stewards advised K Teetan that, in their opinion, notwithstanding his instructions, he had made an error of judgement in shifting to the outside when the run behind HAPPY JAI JAI which would have provided him with clear running was open and available to him.

A veterinary inspection of LIFELINE VISION immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

After the race, A Badel (VIVA A LA) reported that from the outside barrier he was instructed to ride his mount in the lead.

He added that with the hood removed from VIVA A LA tonight, it raced keenly in the lead and established a greater lead than what he had expected.

Trainer L Ho confirmed the instructions issued.

Also after the race, K C Leung (HAPPY JAI JAI) reported that with the fast early pace of the event, HAPPY JAI JAI travelled only fairly throughout the early and middle stages of the race and was unable to finish the race off strongly as a result.

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

A veterinary inspection of MEDIC ELITE immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

LIFELINE VISION, CONCERTO and BEAUTY NOVA were sent for sampling.