04/05/2014  Shatin  Race 7

PHOTON WILLIE, Standby Declared Starter, was withdrawn on 3.5.14 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame left fore). Before being allowed to race again, PHOTON WILLIE will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. CHEETAH BOY and SUN PINS were crowded for room on jumping between JOYFUL THE GREAT which shifted in and ELITE SPIRIT which, after being taken out by PRETTY ONE, then got its head on the side and shifted out away from the that horse. After this, SUN PINS was taken across behind runners in the early stages. LANG TAI SING and HAPPY MOMENTS bumped at the start. BRAVE BROTHER lost its right front plate at the 1000 Metres and its left front plate at the 400 Metres. Near the 250 Metres, BRAVE BROTHER, which was racing in restricted room between LANG TAI SING and JOYFUL THE GREAT, was hampered when crowded for room between LANG TAI SING and DYNAMIC VOYAGE (K C Leung) which, when endeavouring to improve into tight running between JOYFUL THE GREAT and MULTIEXPRESS, was taken out by MULTIEXPRESS which got its head on the side and lay out. In an endeavour to relieve the tightening to runners to his outside, K C Leung shifted DYNAMIC VOYAGE in abruptly across the heels of MULTIEXPRESS, resulting in DYNAMIC VOYAGE getting its head up and being awkwardly placed close to the heels of MULTIEXPRESS for a short distance. K C Leung was advised that whilst there were a number of contributing factors involved in this incident, nonetheless he must exercise care when asking his mounts to improve into tight running. Throughout the race, PRETTY ONE ravelled wide and without cover and in the Straight gave ground. A veterinary inspection of PRETTY ONE immediately following the race revealed that the horse was displaying an irregular heart rhythm and an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea. Before being allowed to race again, PRETTY ONE will be required to perform satisfactorily in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination. A veterinary inspection of MULTIEXPRESS immediately following the race revealed the horse to be lame in its right front leg. Before being allowed to race again, MULTIEXPRESS will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. After the race, an endoscopic examination was conducted on DYNAMIC VOYAGE at the request of Trainer C S Shum. The Veterinary Surgeon said this examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea. Before being allowed to race again, DYNAMIC VOYAGE will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. MULTIEXPRESS, SUN PINS and LANG TAI SING were sent for sampling.