Race Meeting:  10/09/2017   Sha Tin

RACE 10 (28)
Class 3 - 1200M - (85-60) Going : GOOD
DONGGUAN HANDICAP Course : ALL WEATHER TRACK
HK$ 1,310,000 Time : (23.64) (46.12) (1:08.77)
Sectional Time : 23.64 22.48 22.65
Pla. Horse No. Horse Jockey Trainer Act. Wt. Declar. Horse Wt. Dr. LBW Running
Position
Finish Time Win Odds
1 1 DRAGON GENERAL (T400) J Moreira Y S Tsui 133 1100 9 -
7
7
1
1:08.77 8.1
2 6 WINNING VANGOGH (A074) Z Purton C S Shum 124 1152 7 1/2
2
1
2
1:08.85 12
3 3 DRAGON MASTER (V099) O Doleuze C W Chang 131 1097 10 3/4
8
9
3
1:08.89 19
4 8 HAPPY SURVEYS (T248) M L Yeung D E Ferraris 119 1191 8 3
12
10
4
1:09.25 44
5 11 PAKISTAN BABY (S442) D Whyte A S Cruz 116 1021 4 3-1/4
10
11
5
1:09.27 5.5
6 9 ARIZONA BLIZZARD (V264) S Clipperton J Size 120 1097 6 3-1/2
9
6
6
1:09.32 10
7 7 HARBOUR ALERT (T254) N Callan P O'Sullivan 122 1289 1 6-1/4
5
3
7
1:09.75 5.9
8 5 WONDERFUL JOURNEY (T402) H N Wong P F Yiu 125 1138 12 7
11
12
8
1:09.87 60
9 2 STAR OF YAN OI (T389) M F Poon T P Yung 125 1253 2 7-1/4
6
8
9
1:09.92 5.7
10 10 KING MORTAR (A097) K Teetan J Moore 115 1109 5 7-1/4
4
5
10
1:09.93 7.5
11 4 JOYFUL MOMENTS (T134) K C Leung R Gibson 128 1133 3 9-1/2
3
4
11
1:10.29 8
12 12 ALL BEST FRIENDS (A217) W M Lai K L Man 114 1067 11 13-1/4
1
2
12
1:10.90 22

Note: Special Incidents Index

Dividend
Pool Winning Combination Dividend (HK$)
WIN 1 81.50
PLACE 1 29.00
6 49.50
3 53.50
QUINELLA 1,6 679.50
QUINELLA PLACE 1,6 209.50
1,3 217.00
3,6 512.50
3 PICK 1
(COMPOSITE WIN)
A1 NOT WIN
A2 NOT WIN
A3 21.50
 Detail
TIERCE 1,6,3 14,770.00
TRIO 1,3,6 3,210.00
FIRST 4 1,3,6,8 19,117.00
QUARTET 1,6,3,8 344,778.00
9TH DOUBLE 2/1 178.50
2/6 70.50
TREBLE 6/2/1 1,113.00
6/2/6 414.00
3RD DOUBLE TRIO 1,2,3/1,3,6 61,853.00
SIX UP 1,6/4,8/3,6/4,6/2,3/1,6 2,278.00
6/4/6/6/2/1 300,174.00
JOCKEY CHALLENGE 1 1 [J Moreira] Details
Dividend Note: For Winning Combination, "F" denotes "Any Combination" while "M" denotes "Any Order".

Racing Incident Report

After being loaded, HARBOUR ALERT became fractious and got its head down. Before being allowed to race again, HARBOUR ALERT will be required to perform satisfactorily in a stalls test.
WONDERFUL JOURNEY was slow to begin.
STAR OF YAN OI began only fairly.
WINNING VANGOGH shifted out at the start and hampered HAPPY SURVEYS.
After the 800 Metres, PAKISTAN BABY commenced to travel keenly and was checked away from the heels of DRAGON MASTER. Then making the turn after the 700 Metres, PAKISTAN BABY was again checked away from the heels of DRAGON MASTER.
Making the turn after the 700 Metres, WONDERFUL JOURNEY was awkwardly placed outside the heels of DRAGON MASTER and then was taken wider near the 650 Metres when DRAGON MASTER shifted out.
Also making the turn after the 700 Metres, HARBOUR ALERT commenced to prove difficult to settle and was checked away from the heels of WINNING VANGOGH.
ALL BEST FRIENDS travelled wide and without cover until near the 600 Metres.
Passing the 500 Metres, STAR OF YAN OI attempted to shift out from behind JOYFUL MOMENTS and bumped KING MORTAR (K Teetan). After this, STAR OF YAN OI was awkwardly placed close to the heels of JOYFUL MOMENTS. In this incident, K Teetan’s right elbow briefly extended away from his body and made contact with the head of STAR OF YAN OI. In the circumstances, the Stewards did not believe that the contact between Jockey Teetan’s elbow and STAR OF YAN OI was such that a charge of improper riding should be issued, however, K Teetan was severely reprimanded and warned against allowing any part of his body making contact with another horse or rider during a race.
S Clipperton (ARIZONA BLIZZARD) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that near the 300 Metres he permitted his mount to shift out when not clear of STAR OF YAN OI, causing that horse to be hampered and to lose the running to which it was rightfully entitled outside ARIZONA BLIZZARD and to the inside of ALL BEST FRIENDS. S Clipperton was suspended from riding in races for a period to commence on Wednesday, 13 September 2017 and to expire on Sunday, 17 September 2017 on which day he may resume race riding (2 Hong Kong racedays). In assessing penalty, the Stewards took into account S Clipperton’s good race riding record.
After the race, K C Leung was unable to offer any explanation for the disappointing performance of JOYFUL MOMENTS. He said the horse travelled reasonably well with cover, however, gave only a brief response in the early part of the Straight before weakening. He added however that, in his view, JOYFUL MOMENTS would take improvement out of today’s race. A veterinary inspection of JOYFUL MOMENTS immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.
A veterinary inspection of STAR OF YAN OI immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.
A veterinary inspection of KING MORTAR 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, KING MORTAR will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.
PAKISTAN BABY, DRAGON GENERAL and WINNING VANGOGH were sent for sampling.

<13/09/2017 10 September 2017 Sha Tin Racemeeting – Race 10 (28)>After reviewing the videos of this race, the Stewards considered it appropriate to question O Doleuze, the rider of DRAGON MASTER, regarding the tactics he adopted on that horse in the run to the first turn near the 700 Metres. O Doleuze stated that, from a wide barrier, he shifted DRAGON MASTER across behind the forward running horses so as to obtain cover as DRAGON MASTER is well-known to have had difficulty making the turns in a number of its races. O Doleuze stated that after shifting across to race inside the running line of DRAGON GENERAL near the 1000 Metres, he then rode his mount along for some distance in an endeavour to consolidate the position inside DRAGON GENERAL and behind JOYFUL MOMENTS. He said, despite being ridden along, DRAGON MASTER was not able to make sufficient ground on DRAGON GENERAL to properly maintain the position inside that horse and therefore passing the 800 Metres rather than continue to make use of his horse, he elected to allow DRAGON GENERAL to cross DRAGON MASTER which at this time was being shifted in in advance of DRAGON MASTER. O Doleuze stated that his reasons for riding DRAGON MASTER in this manner at this time were twofold. Firstly, he believed he would have had to make extra use of DRAGON MASTER in an attempt to prevent DRAGON GENERAL from crossing and as he had ridden the horse along for some distance leading up to the 800 Metres he did not believe that this would be in the best interests of DRAGON MASTER as the horse may then not be able to finish off the race. Secondly, he did not want DRAGON MASTER being ridden along making the first turn given the horse’s propensity to make the turns awkwardly in its previous races. He added that had it not have been for these factors he would normally have pursued the position inside DRAGON GENERAL so as to prevent that horse from crossing DRAGON MASTER. Having regard to the racing history of DRAGON MASTER and the circumstances of this race, the Stewards took no further action other than to advise O Doleuze that, wherever possible, he should endeavour to maintain favourable positions in races.

Breed of the Winning Horse-Online
DRAGON GENERAL

Sire: Reaan

Dam: Grey Deceiver

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