Full Result 12.15 Happy Valley (HK) | 12 October 2016

Birch Handicap (Class 5) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) (1m55yds) 1m Good

1st £31,444.83 2nd £12,136.60 3rd £6,344.13 4th £3,309.98 5th £1,930.82

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	1. Winaswewish (NZ) 13/10F Joao Moreira C Fownes	Joao Moreira C Fownes	5	97 t	40	–	49	–
ch g Thorn Park (AUS) - Deceit (USA) (Danzig)
Dwelt, towards rear of midfield, pushed along 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, wide into straight, quickened over 1f out, led narrowly 150yds out, ran on well, ridden out

2⁽¹⁾ hd	6. Safari Magic (NZ) 31/5 Brett Prebble Y S Tsui	Brett Prebble Y S Tsui	8	93 tp	36	–	45	–
br g O'Reilly (NZ) - Pyjamas (NZ) (Centaine)
Midfield, pushed along at various stages, ridden and headway from 1 1/2f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on well, just held

3⁽⁷⁾ 2 [2¼]	5. Spicy Double (NZ) 31/5 Zac Purton K L Man	Zac Purton K L Man	4	94 b¹	37	–	41	–
b g Rip Van Winkle (IRE) - Rainbow Echo (AUS) (Spectrum)
Held up towards rear, ridden under 2f out, short of room and forced to switch 1 1/1f out, stayed on well final furlong, nearest finish

4⁽¹⁰⁾ nk [2½]	12. High Speed Metro (NZ) 60/1 K C Leung ² L Ho	K C Leung ² L Ho	7	83	24	–	27	–
b g Sandtrap (USA) - Just Aggie (NZ) (Jahafil)
In rear, ridden 1 1/2f out, slightly hampered over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, nearest finish

5⁽⁶⁾ 2 [4½]	10. Precious Gem (NZ) 83/10 C Y Ho ² T K Ng	C Y Ho ² T K Ng	6	86 tb	27	–	26	–
b g Towkay (AUS) - Zalass (NZ) (Zabeel)
In touch, ridden and kept on same pace from 2 1/2f out, never able to challenge

6⁽¹¹⁾ 1¾ [6¼]	4. Silver Gatsby (AUS) 26/1 Douglas Whyte A S Cruz	Douglas Whyte A S Cruz	6	94 tp	37	–	32	–
gr g Murtajill (AUS) - Lunar Fire (NZ) (Stravinsky)
Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge on outer over 2f out, weakened 150yds out

7⁽⁴⁾ shd [6¼]	3. Commandant (AUS) 37/1 Olivier Doleuze C W Chang	Olivier Doleuze C W Chang	6	96 et	39	–	33	–
bb g Commands (AUS) - From The Cellar (AUS) (Hennessy)
In touch in 4th, ridden 2 1/2f out, every chance entering final furlong, weakened last 150yds

8⁽³⁾ 1½ [7¾]	9. Glory Sunshine (AUS) 56/10 H N Jack Wong ⁷ W Y So	H N Jack Wong ⁷ W Y So	6	82 tp	28	–	19	–
bb g Danerich (AUS) - Aunty Hilda (NZ) (Nassipour)
Broke well and led, ridden 1 1/2f out, headed 150yds out, weakened quickly

9⁽⁵⁾ ½ [8¼]	7. Mi Savvy Boy (NZ) 13/1 Chad Schofield A T Millard	Chad Schofield A T Millard	7	92 b	35	–	25	–
b g Savabeel (AUS) - Mi Centie (NZ) (Centaine)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden 3f out, driven and no headway over 2f out, wide into straight, never a factor

10⁽⁹⁾ ¾ [9]	11. Racingforpleasure (FR) 74/1 Kei K Chiong ⁷ K W Lui	Kei K Chiong ⁷ K W Lui	4	80 hb	26	–	14	–
b g Dutch Art - Bye Bold Aileen (IRE) (Warning)
Midfield, ridden 2 1/2f out, pushed wide into straight and lost place, soon outpaced

11⁽⁸⁾ 8½ [17½]	2. Ambitious Speedy (AUS) 12/1 H W Lai A Lee	H W Lai A Lee	5	96 v	39	–	8	–
ch g Bon Hoffa (AUS) - Rondalla (AUS) (Strategic)
Always towards rear, eased last 100yds

12⁽¹²⁾ 5¼ [22¾]	8. Happy Century (NZ) 52/1 Neil Callan D Cruz	Neil Callan D Cruz	5	812 tb	31	–	–	–
b g Sandtrap (USA) - Scuderia (NZ) (Minardi)
Pushed along to chase leader, soon took keen hold, ridden under 2f out, lost place 1 1/2f out, soon well beaten

12 ran Winning time: 1m 41.34s (slow by 3.34s) Total SP: 124%
Non-runners: Dashing Fortune (reserve), No Laughing Matter (reserve)
1st owner: Max Ngan Man Hung & Anthony Wu Ting Yuk (Winaswewish) 1st breeder: Windsor Park Stud
2nd owner: Michael T H Lee (Safari Magic)
3rd owner: Ng Chong Muk, Wong Man & Ng Siu Luen (Spicy Double)

12:15 Happy Valley (HK) 12 Oct 2016

Birch Handicap (Class 5) (3yo+) (Turf)