12/04/2015  Shatin  Race 5

BETA HEDGE, Standby Declared Starter, was withdrawn on 11.4.15 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame left fore). Before being allowed to race again, BETA HEDGE will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. PEACE COMBINATION and E-SUPER bumped at the start. GLORY BOY began awkwardly, shifted out and bumped FRIENDS FOREVER. Despite being ridden along in the early stages, ART OF SUCCESS failed to muster speed and was shifted across behind runners shortly after the start. Passing the 600 Metres, E-SUPER and FAY DEEP raced tight. Approaching the 400 Metres, GIDDY GIDDY shifted in away from the heels of SUGAR and bumped GLORY BOY which in turn then shifted in away from GIDDY GIDDY, causing PALEPALE to be momentarily crowded for room. Approaching the 100 Metres, E-SUPER got its head on the side, shifted out under pressure and made contact with FAY DEEP. When questioned, O Doleuze stated that it had been hoped that MASSIVE MOVE may be able to obtain cover in a forward position. He said after beginning very well he rode his mount along in the early stage to take up a forward position and then had hoped that other runners would improve to allow MASSIVE MOVE to obtain a trailing position He said however that MASSIVE MOVE over-raced in the early stages and travelled too keenly. He said with PROMPT EXPRESS racing directly to its inside and SUGAR being positioned to its outside, MASSIVE MOVE continued to travel keenly after the 800 Metres. He said for this reason approaching the 600 Metres he allowed MASSIVE MOVE some rein to establish a margin over PROMPT EXPRESS and SUGAR in order to see if the horse would relax better without horses being positioned around it. He added it was also for this reason that he allowed MASSIVE MOVE to race away from SUGAR to its outside as he did not want to shift MASSIVE MOVE more towards the outside rail and consequently be obliged to race amongst horses. He said MASSIVE MOVE went from travelling too well to off the bridle after the 500 Metres and immediately came under pressure and then did not respond to his riding for the remainder of the race. He said given that as MASSIVE MOVE had worked well for some time and had been disappointing in its races, he recommended to connections that they consider stepping the horse up in distance and riding it more conservatively to see if it will travel more kindly in its races in future. A veterinary inspection of MASSIVE MOVE immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. A veterinary inspection of PEACE COMBINATION and PROMPT EXPRESS immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. MASSIVE MOVE, GLORY BOY, FAY DEEP and E-SUPER were sent for sampling.