Full Result 9.50 Happy Valley (HK) | 27 October 2024

Guangzhou Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)

(3yo+) 6f Good

1st £160,000 2nd £60,000 3rd £32,857.14 4th £17,142.86 5th £10,000 6th £5,714.29

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	1. Copartner Prance (AUS) 39/10 Zac Purton K W Lui	Zac Purton K W Lui	5	99	97	–	–	–
b g Epaulette (AUS) - Woodstock Hussey (AUS) (Hussonet)
Led, headed after 1 1/2f, with leader, led 2 1/2f out, ridden under 2f out, driven over 2f out, held on gamely when pressed final 100yds, just lasted

2⁽⁵⁾ nse	5. Lucky Encounter (AUS) 59/10 Andrea Atzeni David A Hayes	Andrea Atzeni David A Hayes	5	91	89	–	–	–
b g Epaulette (AUS) - Miss De Vega (AUS) (Lope De Vega)
In touch, switched wide entering straight, ridden under 2f out, driven and kept on well final 150yds, pressed winner final 100yds, just held

3⁽¹⁰⁾ ½ [½]	7. Raging Blizzard (NZ) 49/10 Brenton Avdulla J Size	Brenton Avdulla J Size	5	813 e/s	87	–	–	–
b g Per Incanto (USA) - Perfect Beat (AUS) (Magnus)
Started slowly, towards rear of midfield, headway into midfield 2f out, ridden and chased leaders 1 1/2f out, driven and pressed leader 100yds out, no extra closing stages

4⁽¹²⁾ nk [¾]	3. Tomodachi Kokoroe (AUS) 26/1 Karis Teetan David A Hayes	Karis Teetan David A Hayes	6	96 t	94	–	–	–
bb g Written Tycoon (AUS) - Rainbeam (AUS) (Fastnet Rock)
Tracked leaders on outside, ridden and pressed leaders 1 1/2f out, driven 1f out, no extra final 75yds

5⁽⁹⁾ ½ [1¼]	10. Sing Dragon (AUS) 17/1 Harry Bentley Mark Newnham	Harry Bentley Mark Newnham	5	88	82	–	–	–
b g Written Tycoon (AUS) - Secret Doubt (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt)
Held up in rear, ridden 1 1/2f out, driven and stayed on well from over 1f out, nearest finish

6⁽⁶⁾ ¾ [2]	12. Six Pack (AUS) 28/1 Lyle Hewitson Douglas Whyte	Lyle Hewitson Douglas Whyte	4	87	–	–	–	–
br g Rubick (AUS) - Keep De Rose (NZ) (Keeper)
Held up towards rear, ridden under 2f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish

7⁽²⁾ 1 [3]	4. Beauty Charge 9/1 Matthew Chadwick A S Cruz	Matthew Chadwick A S Cruz	5	94 t	92	–	–	–
b g Havana Gold (IRE) - Poppets Sweetlove (Foxhound)
In touch in midfield, tracked leaders going well 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, driven and outpaced over 1f out, no extra final 100yds

8⁽⁸⁾ nk [3½]	6. Gorgeous Win (AUS) 31/10F Matthew Poon ² C S Shum	Matthew Poon ² C S Shum	4	812 t	88	–	–	–
b g Press Statement (AUS) - Hollywell (AUS) (Refuse To Bend)
Midfield on outside, very wide entering straight and lost place, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong

9⁽⁴⁾ 2½ [6]	9. Seasons Wit (AUS) 28/1 C Y Ho Jamie Richards	C Y Ho Jamie Richards	5	89 t	83	–	–	–
ch g Capitalist (AUS) - Grand Gesture (AUS) (Starspangledbanner)
Held up towards rear, ridden and no impression from 2f out

10⁽¹¹⁾ nk [6¼]	8. Dancing Code (AUS) 10/1 Alexis Badel C Fownes	Alexis Badel C Fownes	6	810 tb	84	–	–	–
bb g Panzer Division (AUS) - Parraay (AUS) (Excites)
Midfield, ridden 2f out, very wide entering straight, weakened over 1f out, eased final 125yds

11⁽⁷⁾ 5¼ [11½]	11. Wonderstar (AUS) 60/1 K C Leung P C Ng	K C Leung P C Ng	5	88 b	82	–	–	–
b g Starspangledbanner (AUS) - Wangaala (AUS) (Toorak Toff)
Prominent, led after 1 1/2f, headed 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, lost place 1 1/2f out, soon struggling, eased final furlong

12⁽³⁾ nse [11½]	2. Superb Capitalist (AUS) 9/1 Hugh Bowman A S Cruz	Hugh Bowman A S Cruz	5	97 ht	95	–	–	–
b g Capitalist (AUS) - Shamana (AUS) (Shamardal)
Midfield, ridden under 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final 100yds

12 ran Winning time: 1m 9.31s (fast by 0.39s) Total SP: 124%
Non-runners: Bundle Of Charm (reserve), Wonder Kit (reserve)
1st owner: Copartner Spirit Syndicate (Copartner Prance) 1st breeder: I R McCauley
2nd owner: Steven Leung Man Hung (Lucky Encounter)
3rd owner: Hayden Pong Hei Ting (Raging Blizzard)

9:50 Happy Valley (HK) 27 Oct 2024

Guangzhou Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)