15/04/2015  Happy Valley  Race 1

After being loaded into the barriers, the tongue tie fitted to EASY SUCCESS came loose, resulting in the horse having to be removed from the barriers in order for the tongue tie to be refitted. This resulted in the start being delayed. PAKISTAN BABY, which was in an adjoining stall, was also removed from the barriers whilst this process was completed. PAKISTAN BABY was crowded for room and lost ground on jumping between EASY SUCCESS and SNOWHOOVES which got its head on the side and shifted in abruptly. In this incident, EASY SUCCESS became unbalanced after being bumped on the hindquarters by PAKISTAN BABY. JET SET DRAGON began awkwardly, shifted out and bumped A FAST ONE which became unbalanced. Shortly after the start, CONSISTENT and PARENTAL SPIRIT bumped, causing both horses to become unbalanced. From wide barriers, HAPPY HOMING and LIGHTNING PEGASUS were shifted across behind runners in the early stages. At the 900 Metres, JET SET DRAGON raced tight inside A FAST ONE which shifted in slightly. Then near the 800 Metres, JET SET DRAGON was steadied away from the heels of A FAST ONE. At the 400 Metres, LIGHTNING PEGASUS raced tight inside PARENTAL SPIRIT. Passing the 200 Metres, SPITFIRE was inconvenienced when having to be steadied away from the heels of WHISTLE BLOWER (M L Yeung) which shifted out abruptly. As the Stewards were satisfied that M L Yeung had reacted in a timely manner to his mount’s abrupt shift, they took no action in respect of this matter. After this, SPITFIRE, which was racing directly behind WHISTLE BLOWER, had to be checked away from the heels of that horse for some distance after the 100 Metres due to WHISTLE BLOWER again shifting out. M L Yeung was advised that as the Stewards were satisfied that SPITFIRE was racing behind WHISTLE BLOWER and had not established running to that horse’s outside, a charge of careless riding would not be preferred against him. However, he was severely reprimanded and advised that in similar circumstances he should be alert to and immediately react to his mounts shifting ground and ensure that, wherever possible, they do not cause interference to other runners. Approaching the 50 Metres, SNOWHOOVES was shifted out away from the heels of SPITFIRE. Approaching the winning post, D Lane (LIGHTNING PEGASUS) dropped his whip. Throughout the race, TIMELY ARRIVED travelled wide and without cover. PAKISTAN BABY and EASY SUCCESS were sent for sampling.