01/06/2022  Happy Valley  Race 8

PRANCE DRAGON was withdrawn on 31.5.22 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame right fore) and was replaced by Standby Declared Starter SCIENCE PATCH (K Teetan). Before being allowed to race again, PRANCE DRAGON will be subjected to an official veterinary examination. PRIDE OF EIGHT was slow to begin and then was shifted across behind runners in the early stages. COLOURFUL BARON began only fairly. DECISIVE TWELVE shifted in at the start and bumped PING HAI GALAXY. YO BEAUTY shifted in shortly after the start and inconvenienced SCIENCE PATCH. YO BEAUTY then travelled wide and without cover until after the 650 Metres at which time LUCKY ARCHANGEL was left racing wide and without cover. Passing the 600 Metres, RISING FROM ASHES lay out towards the heels of ROMAN TURBO. SCIENCE PATCH, which was racing outside RISING FROM ASHES, shifted out away from that horse and then made the turn after the 600 Metres awkwardly. When SCIENCE PATCH shifted out, LUCKY ARCHANGEL was inconvenienced. Passing the 400 Metres, ROMAN TURBO was hampered as a result of having to be shifted out away from the heels of RISING FROM ASHES (J Moreira) which shifted out. RISING FROM ASHES then made the Home Turn awkwardly. J Moreira was advised to exercise more care when shifting ground in similar circumstances. In the early part of the Straight, ROMAN TURBO lay out under pressure. RISING FROM ASHES and SUPER MISSION were sent for sampling.