19/05/2021  Happy Valley  Race 2

At declaration time, A Hamelin was declared as the rider of both HAPPY ICHIBAN and FOX CHEUNGER. It was established that A Hamelin had a firm commitment to ride HAPPY ICHIBAN. As such, the Stewards permitted R Maia to be substituted as the rider of FOX CHEUNGER. For this declaration error, Trainer K W Lui was fined $2,000. BIG BANG BONG shifted in at the start and inconvenienced ENJOYABLE SUCCESS. PRESIDENT STAR lost ground when badly crowded for room on jumping between GALAXY RACER which shifted in abruptly when being steadied to obtain cover and ROSSE SCARPE which was awkwardly placed outside NITRO EXPRESS. In this incident, ROSSE SCARPE was hampered after becoming unbalanced. From wide barriers, JOY N FUN LEGEND and FOX CHEUNGER were shifted across behind runners in the early stages to obtain cover. Approaching the winning post on the first occasion, ENJOYABLE SUCCESS raced tight inside PRESIDENT STAR. Approaching the 1100 Metres, SHINEALOT raced close to the heels of BIG BANG BONG. ROSSE SCARPE travelled wide and without cover until near the 800 Metres at which stage E HONEY was left racing wide and without cover. Rounding the Home Turn, ENJOYABLE SUCCESS was crowded for room inside SHINEALOT which shifted in marginally when being steadied away from the heels of ROSSE SCARPE which was commencing to give ground. GALAXY RACER, which was following ENJOYABLE SUCCESS, was checked away from the heels of that horse in consequence. The performances of SMART THINKER and ROSSE SCARPE, both of which finished tailed out, were considered unacceptable. Before being allowed to race again, SMART THINKER and ROSSE SCARPE will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in a barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. A veterinary inspection of E HONEY and GALAXY RACER immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. A veterinary inspection of HAPPY ICHIBAN immediately following the race found that horse to be lame in its right front leg. Before being allowed to race again, HAPPY ICHIBAN will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. NITRO EXPRESS and SHINEALOT were sent for sampling. <20/5/2021 Additional Veterinary Reports>The Veterinary Surgeon reported that JOY N FUN LEGEND was lame in its right front leg on the morning after racing. Before being allowed to race again, JOY N FUN LEGEND will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.