13/01/2016  Happy Valley  Race 2

PENGLAI XIANZI began awkwardly and shortly after the start was inconvenienced when OSCAR MIRACLE shifted out. From wide barriers, DRAGON HARMONY, THIS IS GLADIATOR and MI SAVVY BOY were all shifted across behind runners in the early stages. For some distance after the 1100 Metres, PENGLAI XIANZI got its head up when awkwardly placed close to the heels of GO-GETTER and again got its head up on a number of occasions approaching the 600 Metres when awkwardly placed behind GO-GETTER. When questioned, R Fourie (ROCK THE TREE) stated that approaching the winning post on the first occasion he attempted to obtain a position behind GO-GETTER and in front of PENGLAI XIANZI. He said however that passing the winning post on the first occasion GO-GETTER was not improving its position and consequently this shortened the margin between GO-GETTER and PENGLAI XIANZI and he was therefore not able to shift ROCK THE TREE in to race behind GO-GETTER. He added GO-GETTER then commenced to travel better and was able to maintain its position which meant that he was not able to improve around GO-GETTER and obtain a position in advance of that horse and consequently ROCK THE TREE was left racing in a three wide position without cover throughout the race. A veterinary inspection of ROCK THE TREE immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. KITAYA, HO HO FEEL and OSCAR MIRACLE were sent for sampling.