23/10/2019  Happy Valley  Race 9

SUNNY BOY was withdrawn on 22.10.19 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame left fore) and was replaced by Standby Declared Starter SPEED VISION (C Schofield). Before being allowed to race again, SUNNY BOY will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. CUE THE MUSIC shifted out at the start and inconvenienced STORM SIGNAL. From wide barriers, SUPER TURBO and WALDORF were shifted across behind runners in the early stages to obtain cover. WATER DIVINER was also steadied in the early stages. After being steadied in the early stages from a wide barrier, PRANCE DRAGON was then left racing wide and without cover approaching the 1000 Metres. Approaching the 1100 Metres, WALDORF and PRANCE DRAGON bumped. Approaching the 600 Metres, WATER DIVINER (M Chadwick) raced tight inside SUPER TURBO which lay in. After the race, M Chadwick stated that after this incident WATER DIVINER was reluctant to improve its position inside SUPER TURBO despite him riding his mount along. He said he continued to ride WATER DIVINER along rounding the Home Turn and in the Straight and it was not until the latter stages of the race that WATER DIVINER commenced to close off the race. Passing the 600 Metres, SPEEDY KING raced in restricted room inside STORM SIGNAL which got its head on the side and lay in when awkwardly placed behind LOVING A BOOM. TORNADO TWIST, which was following SPEEDY KING, shifted out away from the heels of that horse and bumped RACING FIGHTER. Passing the 100 Metres, SUPER TURBO was shifted out away from the hindquarters of YEE CHEONG BABY which shifted out under pressure before being corrected by its rider. L Hewitson reported that after the race he noted CUE THE MUSIC had its tongue over the bit. After the race, B Shinn reported that RACING FIGHTER made an abnormal breathing noise. An endoscopic examination of RACING FIGHTER did not reveal any significant findings. A veterinary inspection of WATER DIVINER and LOVING A BOOM immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. YEE CHEONG BABY, SPEEDY KING and SUPER TURBO were sent for sampling.