Recap by phillip woo

Lahore travelled midfield near the far side from gate two before reaching the lead 100m out and just prevailing for back-to-back wins from 12 starts. He's a bleeder but has always shown plenty of potential and should remain competitive up in grade off a light weight. Beauty Thunder stayed on nicely from better than midfield to finish a close second. He is a 1,000m specialist across both tracks. Golden Ace whizzed home late through the centre for third after making his run second last from gate 14. It was an eye-catching run on debut. Dragon Sky Force was another newcomer to catch the eye when getting going for fourth from behind midfield after a tardy start.

Racing Incident Report

Race Four : (819) - UNCOMPROMISING INTEGRITY 1000M HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1000Meters

Horse No 1 JUICY DRAGON (K405) H Bowman Bumped at the start.

Horse No 2 LAHORE (K043) Z Purton Jumped awkwardly.

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 3 BEAUTY THUNDER (J299) C L Chau Bumped on jumping.

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 4 DOUBLE ALPHA (L291) M F Poon M F Poon reported that after leading the event his mount responded only fairly to his riding and, in his opinion, raced in a disappointing manner.

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

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 5 DRAGON SKY FORCE (L198) M Chadwick Fractious in the barriers.

Before being allowed to race again, DRAGON SKY FORCE will be required to perform satisfactorily in a stalls test.

On jumping shifted out and made contact with BEAUTY THUNDER.

Near the 250 Metres was steadied and shifted to the outside of SYNERGY IN ACTION to continue into clear running.

Horse No 6 FLOWING RICHES (K293) M L Yeung On jumping made contact with GOLDEN ACE due to both runners shifting ground.

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

Horse No 7 GOLDEN ACE (L461) E Brown On jumping made contact with FLOWING RICHES due to both runners shifting ground.

When questioned regarding his riding of GOLDEN ACE, which was having its first race start, E Brown stated that his instructions were to settle the horse where comfortable and he was given no other instructions in relation to where to position the horse during the event.

He said after being bumped at the start he did not ride his mount along in the early stages to allow it to balance and settle where comfortable in accordance with his instructions.

When questioned if there was an opportunity to encourage his mount to hold a more forward position Jockey Brown stated that as the horse raced greenly he elected to allow it to settle towards the rear of the field where it was travelling comfortably.

He added that throughout the middle stages GOLDEN ACE continued to race greenly and entering the course proper near the 400 Metres became unbalanced.

He said when positioned behind and to the outside of GOOD POWER near the 400 Metres he contemplated shifting to the inside of that runner to follow LAHORE but elected to remain racing behind JUICY DRAGON as he was of the opinion that horse was travelling well enough to provide him with a horse to follow into the event.

When questioned if there was an opportunity to ride the horse with more vigour between the 400 Metres and the 200 Metres Jockey Brown stated that as he was still assessing where he was going to improve he continued to encourage his mount forward but not applying full vigour which allowed GOLDEN ACE to improve behind JUICY DRAGON.

He said when JUICY DRAGON did not improve as he had expected this resulted in GOLDEN ACE being badly held up for clear running behind JUICY DRAGON between the 200 Metres and the 150 Metres before he was able to shift to that runner's outside to secure clear running.

He further stated that from this point on GOLDEN ACE finished the race off well under hard riding.

Trainer C Fownes confirmed the instructions issued and expressed satisfaction with Jockey Brown's ride.

After considering his explanation the Stewards advised Jockey Brown that, in their opinion, he should have applied more pressure to the horse in the early stages to maintain a more forward position and secondly between the 400 Metres and the 200 Metres to ride his mount with more urgency to endeavour to improve to the inside of JUICY DRAGON earlier in the Home Straight.

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

Horse No 8 GOOD POWER (L228) R Kingscote Bumped at the start.

Horse No 10 KING ZOOM (L279) L Ferraris Had its left front plate refitted in the saddling stalls, was examined by the Veterinary Officer and passed suitable to race.

Noted to have blood in the mouth at the Start, was again examined by the Veterinary Officer and passed fit to start.

Jumped only fairly.

Horse No 11 PARROT BLESSING (L063) H T Mo Noted to have blood in the mouth at the Start, was examined by the Veterinary Officer and passed suitable to race.

Horse No 13 BETTER AND BETTER (K277) A Badel Bumped approaching the 250 Metres.

A Badel stated that when placed under pressure in the Home Straight his mount initially responded to his riding, however, after becoming unbalanced near the 50 Metres when it attempted to jump a mark on the track it then did not finish the race off thereafter.

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

Horse No 14 SUPREME VOYAGER (L043) A Atzeni Approaching the 250 Metres became unbalanced when crowded between BETTER AND BETTER and LAHORE which shifted out slightly.

Horse No 9 HANDSOME HERO (L346) K Teetan Fractious in the barriers, reared, struck its head and then got down in the starting gate.

Was removed from the barriers and examined by the Veterinary Officer who said the horse was not suitable to race.

Acting on this advice the horse was withdrawn by order of the Stewards.

Before being allowed to race again, HANDSOME HERO will be required to perform satisfactorily in a barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination.