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Race Results:
26 April 2023 - Happy Valley
Race 4 - GWANGJU HANDICAP
Class 4 - 1650M - C+3
Course: HV Cloudy Going: g
Finish Time: 1:40:45
Sectional Time: 28.07 24.58 24.29 23.51
| Place | Horse No | Horse Name | Jockey | Trainer | Rate | Weight | ON | RD | Draw | Margin | Time | In Running | Section Time |
| 1 | 2 | INVINCIBLE MISSILE (C037) | H. Bowman | C. Fownes | 59 | 135 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2 | 1:40:45 | 7-7-6-1 | 53.61 23.81 23.03 | |
| 2 | 4 | ROMANTIC LAOS (G476) | Z. Purton | J. Richards | 57 | 133 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 8 | 0.50 | 1:40:56 | 8-8-8-2 | 53.81 23.81 22.94 |
| 3 | 9 | RIGHT HONOURABLE (A164) | M. Chadwick | R. Gibson | 43 | 119 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0.50 | 1:40:56 | 5-5-5-3 | 53.33 24.01 23.22 |
| 4 | 11 | SUPER BUDDY (E205) | H. T. Mo | Y. S. Tsui | 39 | 113 | 48 | 86 | 7 | 2 | 1:40:75 | 3-4-4-4 | 53.13 24.09 23.53 |
| 5 | 5 | KYRUS UNICORN (D267) | K. H. Chan | D. Hall | 53 | 124 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 2.25 | 1:40:80 | 6-6-7-5 | 53.49 24.01 23.30 |
| 6 | 1 | GANG OF BROTHERS (G046) | A. Badel | P. C. Ng | 59 | 135 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2.5 | 1:40:85 | 2-2-2-6 | 52.89 24.17 23.79 |
| 7 | 6 | RIVER VIEWS (G212) | L. Hewitson | T. P. Yung | 45 | 121 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2.75 | 1:40:90 | 1-1-1-7 | 52.65 24.29 23.96 |
| 8 | 7 | V CHEVALIERS (C358) | S. De Sousa | K. L. Man | 45 | 121 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 1 | 3.5 | 1:41:01 | 4-3-3-8 | 53.05 24.09 23.87 |
| 9 | 8 | LIFELINE VISION (E318) | K. Teetan | D. A. Hayes | 43 | 119 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 3.75 | 1:41:06 | 12-12-9-9 | 54.37 23.53 23.16 |
| 10 | 3 | WIN WIN FIGHTER (E347) | C. Y. Ho | K. W. Lui | 59 | 135 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4.5 | 1:41:15 | 11-11-12-10 | 54.29 23.81 23.05 |
| 11 | 10 | STARSHIP EIGHTY (H022) | Y. L. Chung | P. C. Ng | 41 | 110 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1:41:23 | 9-9-10-11 | 53.97 23.97 23.29 |
| 12 | 12 | FLASH FAMOUS (B162) | C. Wong | C. H. Yip | 38 | 110 | 33 | 66 | 4 | 5.75 | 1:41:36 | 10-10-11-12 | 54.09 23.89 23.38 |
Sire:Smart Missile
Breed of the Winning Horse:INVINCIBLE MISSILE
Dam:Phaedra
| Pool | Winning Combination | Dividend (HK$) |
| win | 2 | 42.5 |
| place | 2 | 15.5 |
| 4 | 14.5 | |
| 9 | 49.5 | |
| forecast | 2-4 | 174 |
| quinella | 2-4 | 83.5 |
| quinella place | 2-4 | 39 |
| 2-9 | 127 | |
| 4-9 | 165 | |
| 3 pick 1 (Composite Win) | A1 | 18 |
| tierce | 2-4-9 | 2080 |
| trio | 2-4-9 | 576 |
| first 4 | 2-4-9-11 | 5678 |
| quartet | 2-4-9-11 | 54368 |
| 3rd double | (6-2) | $229.0 |
| 3rd double consulation | (6-4) | $26.0 |
Racing Incident Report
Race Four: (610) - GWANGJU HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1650Meters
INVINCIBLE MISSILE shifted out at the start and made contact with STARSHIP EIGHTY and then shortly after INVINCIBLE MISSILE raced tight to the outside of V CHEVALIERS which shifted out.
FLASH FAMOUS and KYRUS UNICORN bumped at the start.
From a wide barrier, ROMANTIC LAOS was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.
From the outside barriers, WIN WIN FIGHTER and LIFELINE VISION were also shifted across behind runners in the early stages.
In the early stages, KYRUS UNICORN raced keenly when endeavouring to shift in to obtain cover.
KYRUS UNICORN then continued to race keenly in the middle stages.
V CHEVALIERS raced wide and without cover from the 800 Metres.
When questioned regarding his riding of ROMANTIC LAOS, Z Purton stated that after following KYRUS UNICORN in the run and KYRUS UNICORN shifted out making the Home Turn, he elected to improve to that runner's inside.
He added that on straightening he then became held up for a short distance behind RIGHT HONOURABLE and to the inside of KYRUS UNICORN, however, when being shifted to the outside of RIGHT HONOURABLE, ROMANTIC LAOS took some time to respond to his riding and as a result he elected to pull the whip through near the 250 Metres to his right hand to encourage ROMANTIC LAOS to improve.
He added that when gathering his right rein near the 175 Metres, he momentarily dropped it before quickly regathering and being able to place ROMANTIC LAOS under full pressure inside the 150 Metres whereby his mount ran on strongly.
The Stewards found the tactics adopted by Z Purton were reasonable in the circumstances.
A veterinary inspection of GANG OF BROTHERS and V CHEVALIERS immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.
INVINCIBLE MISSILE and ROMANTIC LAOS were sent for sampling.
Recap by phillip woo
Veteran Invincible Missile quickened nicely to take control near the 100m after biding his time behind midfield on the fence for the win. He relished both a downgrade and return to the Valley 1,650m for a sixth career win. Favourite Romantic Laos got out of a traffic jam at the 200m to snatch second after a patient ride five back and one off the fence. It was a fine effort carrying more weight following a win and he remains one to follow. Right Honourable ran on nicely from midfield to just miss the quinella spot. He does appear from his past few runs to be close to a bottom. Outsider Super Buddy held on for a quartet spot without threatening the top three after a prominent run on the fence. It was his best run from 16 local starts. Kyrus Unicorn ran on all right after making his run outside the eventual winner from behind midfield. He went OK. Gang Of Brothers only plodded over the final 100m after tracking the pedestrian pace of leader Kyrus Unicorn from gate nine. River Views was given every chance after easily clearing to the lead from gate 10. He's limited.