15/11/2023  Happy Valley  Race 4

SIGHT HERO (D487): Made the Home Turn awkwardly, shifted out and was steadied away from FAST BUCK. JOY COMING (H149): No report. PRIME MORTAR (G328): Jumped awkwardly and then bumped with JOY COMING. Raced keenly in the middle stages. Near the 550 Metres became unbalanced when reluctant to hold its position to the inside of ACA POWER. After the race, K C Leung stated that the horse was reluctant to race inside other runners during the event. He added that due to the manner in which PRIME MORTAR finished the race off in the Home Straight, he recommended to connections that they consider stepping the horse up in distance in its future starts. A veterinary inspection immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. GALVANIC (H147): Lay in when placed under pressure in the Home Straight. After the race, C Y Ho advised that despite riding his mount along in the early stages, it did not show its usual pace and as a result was caught wide in the early stages. He said entering the Back Straight, when caught wide, he was obliged to make further use of his mount to continue to go forward and obtain a position closer to the rail and as a consequence when he placed his mount under pressure in the Home Straight, it did not finish the race off strongly. FAST BUCK (H126): At declaration time, Z Purton was declared as the rider of both FAST BUCK and TALENTS SUPREMO. It was established that Z Purton had a firm commitment to ride TALENTS SUPREMO. As such, the Stewards permitted L Currie to be substituted as the rider of FAST BUCK. For this declaration error, Trainer J Size was fined $2,000. Approaching the 300 Metres was inconvenienced when positioned close to the heels of JOY COMING (M L Yeung) which shifted out. M L Yeung was advised to exercise more care. A veterinary inspection immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. KING ECCELLENTE (G264): No report. GOAL STAR (H204): No report. TATTENHAM (H121): Making the first turn raced keenly and lay out. After the race, A Hamelin stated that his mount jumped only fairly and then shortly after the start was crowded for room and as a result could not obtain a forward position. He added after entering the Back Straight, he had to come back further in the field to obtain cover and then in the Home Straight the horse ran home fairly. A veterinary inspection immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. TRAVEL GOLF (H063): Sent for sampling post-race. HARMONY N HOME (C531): Crowded shortly after the start. TALENTS SUPREMO (H133): Sent for sampling post-race. ACA POWER (E144): Shifted out at the start and then was bumped and became unbalanced.