Full Result 11.15 Happy Valley (HK) | 21 December 2022

Venus Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)

(3yo+) 1m3f Good To Firm

1st £102,654.03 2nd £39,620.85 3rd £20,710.90 4th £10,805.69 5th £6,303.32

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	9. Natural Storm (NZ) 29/10 Karis Teetan P F Yiu	Karis Teetan P F Yiu	6	87 b	62	–	76	–
b g Pins (AUS) - Miracle Miss (NZ) (O'Reilly)
In touch in midfield, ridden and chased leaders 2 1/2f out, led inside 2f out, hung left entering straight, driven over 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong, eased closing stages

2⁽⁶⁾ 1¼	3. Five G Patch (IRE) 7/5F Hugh Bowman A S Cruz	Hugh Bowman A S Cruz	4	97 t	76	–	88	–
b g Camelot - Uliana (USA) (Darshaan)
Held up towards rear, switched wide entering straight, ridden 1 1/2f out, driven and stayed on well final furlong, took 2nd 50yds out, no chance with winner

3⁽⁸⁾ 1¼ [2½]	4. Hit The Shot (AUS) 33/10 Zac Purton J Size	Zac Purton J Size	5	91 t	70	–	80	–
b g Dundeel (NZ) - Tang (AUS) (Redoute's Choice)
Chased leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, no extra final 150yds

4⁽⁴⁾ nk [2¾]	7. Ensured (IRE) 15/2 Matthew Poon ² D J Hall	Matthew Poon ² D J Hall	4	85	62	–	71	–
ch g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Brazilian Bride (IRE) (Pivotal)
Held up towards rear of midfield, ridden 2 1/2f out, driven and kept on well final furlong, not going pace to threaten

5⁽⁹⁾ 2¼ [5]	6. King's Capital (AUS) 51/1 Antoine Hamelin David A Hayes	Antoine Hamelin David A Hayes	6	811	66	–	71	–
b g Animal Kingdom (USA) - Dual Star (AUS) (Starcraft)
Held up in rear, ridden inside 2f out, kept on from 1 1/2f out, no extra final 100yds

6⁽¹⁾ ½ [5½]	8. Lucky Diamond (NZ) 19/1 Luke Currie Jimmy Ting	Luke Currie Jimmy Ting	6	87 tb	62	–	66	–
b g Power - Diamond Babe (NZ) (Stravinsky)
Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, outpaced 1 1/2f out, weakened final 125yds

7⁽³⁾ 1½ [7]	5. Delightful Laos (IRE) 16/1 K C Leung C W Chang	K C Leung C W Chang	5	90 t	69	–	71	–
b g Baltic King - Pepys Tillergirl (IRE) (Tillerman)
Started slowly, midfield, ridden over 2f out, driven and no extra from over 1f out

8⁽⁵⁾ 2¼ [9¼]	2. Savvy Kingman 24/1 L J Ferraris F C Lor	L J Ferraris F C Lor	5	98	77	–	75	–
b g Kingman - Lady Linda (USA) (Torrential)
Led, ridden and headed inside 2f out, weakened final furlong

9⁽⁷⁾ 1½ [10¾]	1. Prime Minister (NZ) 32/1 C Y Ho P F Yiu	C Y Ho P F Yiu	7	99	78	–	73	–
b g Makfi - Khagan (NZ) (Viking Ruler)
Midfield on outside, outpaced over 2f out, wide into straight and dropped to rear, soon beaten

9 ran Winning time: 2m 15.51s (fast by 1.99s) Total SP: 123%
1st owner: Lyon Cheng Lai Fung (Natural Storm) 1st breeder: Waikato Stud Ltd
2nd owner: Lam Wai Ying (Five G Patch)
3rd owner: Larry Yung Chi Kin (Hit The Shot)

11:15 Happy Valley (HK) 21 Dec 2022

Venus Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)