14/10/2020  Happy Valley  Race 6

EIGHT TRIGRAMS and HARMONY N HOME bumped at the start. PRIME MINISTER shifted in and bumped THE RUNNER on jumping. A short distance after this, PRIME MINISTER was bumped by THE RUNNER which shifted out after making contact with HELLO BEAUTY. STANLEY PARK shifted in at the start and inconvenienced GREEN REIGN. From the outside barriers, CHATER PINS and XPONENTIAL were shifted across behind runners in the early stages. Making the turn approaching the 1000 Metres, HARMONY N HOME and LE TERROIR raced tight. Passing the 300 Metres, GREEN REIGN was directed to the inside of LOVING A BOOM to obtain clear running. Throughout the race, HELLO BEAUTY and THE RUNNER travelled wide and without cover. When questioned, K C Leung stated that he was instructed to ride FALCON TURBO in about midfield or slightly in advance of midfield if possible. He said after beginning well, HARMONY N HOME, which was drawn immediately inside FALCON TURBO, was hard ridden to obtain a forward position and therefore in the early stages he shifted his mount across behind that horse and obtained a trailing position behind LE TERROIR after the 1100 Metres. He said, despite being ridden along for some distance approaching and passing the 1000 Metres, LE TERROIR was not able to maintain its positon inside HARMONY N HOME which resulted in HARMONY N HOME being able to shift in front of LE TERROIR after the 800 Metres and which resulted in FALCON TURBO racing further back than had been intended. He added after shifting his mount in a number of horses in the early part of the Straight, FALCON TURBO finished off the race strongly over the concluding stages. A veterinary inspection of HARMONY N HOME immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. LOVING A BOOM, LE TERROIR and FALCON TURBO were sent for sampling.