22/11/2020  Shatin  Race 8

ROMAN TURBO and TRANSCENDENT bumped at the start. SAVAQUIN and TORNADO TWIST made contact on jumping. SMART FOLKS was crowded for room on jumping between WINNING FOR ALL and MIGHTY VALOR, both of which shifted ground. After this, from a wide barrier, WINNING FOR ALL was shifted across behind runners. TORNADO TWIST was also steadied in the early stages to obtain cover. Passing the 1000 Metres, BIZ POWER was steadied away from the heels of SMART FOLKS (T Piccone) which shifted in when not properly clear. T Piccone was reprimanded. BIZ POWER was left racing very wide and without cover after the 900 Metres. Approaching the 800 Metres, TRANSCENDENT raced tight inside SUPER FOOTBALL which lay in when awkwardly placed behind ROMAN TURBO. Making the turn near the 750 Metres, UNIVERSAL HERO was awkwardly placed inside the heels of WINNING FOR ALL when racing in restricted room between that horse and SUPER FOOTBALL which shifted out when continuing to be awkwardly placed close to the heels of ROMAN TURBO. After this, UNIVERSAL HERO lay out and made the Home Turn awkwardly. KA YING MASTER was held up for clear running in the early part of the Straight. Passing the 400 Metres, SAVAQUIN raced tight outside SUPER FOOTBALL which shifted to the outside of BIZ POWER. After this, SAVAQUIN lay out under pressure, resulting in TORNADO TWIST being awkwardly placed behind that horse for some distance after the 300 Metres. After the race, A Hamelin explained that, from the outside barrier, he was instructed to obtain a forward position on DUBLIN STAR. He said after shifting across to race outside RACING FIGHTER near the 900 Metres, he believed that he would have had to make too much use of DUBLIN STAR to cross that horse as RACING FIGHTER was ridden very positively in the early stages to obtain a forward position. He said he was concerned that if he had attempted to improve forward of RACING FIGHTER, that horse would have continued with him which would have resulted in too much use having to be made of DUBLIN STAR which would not have allowed the horse to finish off the race. A veterinary inspection of SMART FOLKS, TRANSCENDENT, BIZ POWER and UNIVERSAL HERO immediately following the race did not show any significant findings. RACING FIGHTER and MIGHTY VALOR were sent for sampling.