01/05/2016  Shatin  Race 6

SUPER YEAH YEAH was withdrawn on 29.4.16 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame right front foot) and was replaced by Standby Declared Starter ROBUST MOMENTUM (O Doleuze). Before being allowed to race again, SUPER YEAH YEAH will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. NITRO EXPRESS shifted in at the start and bumped BRAVE KNIGHT. DIAMOND BIT began only fairly. On jumping, C Y Ho (HAYHAY) lost his left iron which then took some distance for him to regather. Passing the 1100 Metres, BRAVE KNIGHT was steadied away from the heels of NITRO EXPRESS which was taken in by MULTIEXPRESS (Apprentice K K Chiong) which shifted in when not properly clear. Apprentice Chiong was reprimanded. Passing the 900 Metres, DIAMOND BIT was steadied away from the heels of CAREFREE LET GO (N Rawiller) which shifted in when not quite clear. N Rawiller was advised to ensure that he is sufficiently clear when shifting ground in future. SOCKET KING, which was following, got its head up when being steadied in consequence. Close to the finishing line, MULTIEXPRESS shifted out and made contact with CAREFREE LET GO. Throughout the race, CAREFREE LET GO, NAMJONG INVINCIBLE, XINJIANG YARN and HAYHAY all travelled wide and without cover. When questioned, J Moreira stated that he had been asked to ride SMILING GLORY in a forward position from the horse's wide draw. He said however that SMILING GLORY began awkwardly and then became unbalanced shortly after the start when checked away from the heels of XINJIANG YARN which shifted out. He said this resulted in SMILING GLORY losing further ground and consequently he elected to shift the horse across behind runners in the early stages rather than attempt to take up a forward position as he believed that SMILING GLORY would have had to do too much work to achieve this. He added SMILING GLORY travelled keenly in the early and middle stages and passing the 900 Metres was checked away from the heels of SOCKET KING. He said after this SMILING GLORY became awkward in its action and he was not able to balance the horse back up for the remainder of the race. He said he shifted SMILING GLORY towards the outside in the Straight in the hope that it would be able to close off, however, SMILING GLORY did not quicken and finished off the race only one-paced. A veterinary inspection of SMILING GLORY immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. A veterinary inspection of SOCKET KING immediately following the race found that horse to be distressed. Before being allowed to race again, SOCKET KING will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. A veterinary inspection of NAMJONG INVINCIBLE immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. MULTIEXPRESS and CAREFREE LET GO were sent for sampling.