Full Result 2.50 Happy Valley (HK) | 8 January 2025

Cleveland Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

(3yo+) 1m1f Good

1st £118,107 2nd £44,290.12 3rd £24,254.12 4th £12,654.32 5th £7,381.69 6th £4,218.11

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹²⁾	2. Speed Dragon (NZ) 189/10 C Y Ho K W Lui	C Y Ho K W Lui	5	97 b	77	–	84	–
b g Darci Brahma (NZ) - Keenly (NZ) (Keeninsky)
Started slowly, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, switched very wide entering straight, driven and stayed on strongly final furlong, hung right from 125yds out, led 50yds out, readily

2⁽¹⁰⁾ ½	4. Californiatotality (AUS) 19/5 Brenton Avdulla A S Cruz	Brenton Avdulla A S Cruz	4	92 tb	72	–	76	–
b g Zoustar (AUS) - Total Attraction (AUS) (Nadeem)
Chased leader, ridden 2 1/2f out, driven under 2f out, led over 1f out, driven final furlong, pressed 100yds out, headed 50yds out, kept on

3⁽¹¹⁾ nk [¾]	8. Quantum Patch (IRE) 44/5 Matthew Poon P C Ng	Matthew Poon P C Ng	6	86 t	62	–	65	–
b g Gleneagles (IRE) - Naruko (USA) (Street Cry)
Held up towards rear, headway on wide outside from over 2f out, wide entering straight, ridden and stayed on from 1 1/2f out, driven final furlong, every chance 100yds out, no extra closing stages

4⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [2¼]	1. Noble Pursuit (NZ) 6/1 Hugh Bowman C Fownes	Hugh Bowman C Fownes	5	99 t	79	–	79	–
b g Savabeel (AUS) - Okahu Bay (AUS) (Flying Spur)
Held up towards rear, ridden and good headway on inside under 2f out, kept on final furlong, not going pace to challenge

5⁽⁷⁾ nk [2½]	5. Simple Hedge (AUS) 15/1 Alexis Badel J Size	Alexis Badel J Size	5	810 h	66	–	65	–
br g Sebring (AUS) - Lovani (AUS) (Lonhro)
Started slowly, headway into midfield after 4f, outpaced under 2f out, driven and kept on well final furlong, not going pace to challenge

6⁽⁸⁾ ½ [3]	6. Super Unicorn (NZ) 18/5F K C Leung F C Lor	K C Leung F C Lor	5	89 t	65	–	63	–
b g Savabeel (AUS) - Lovetessa (NZ) (O'Reilly)
Midfield, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on at same pace final furlong

7⁽⁶⁾ shd [3¼]	3. Samarkand (NZ) 13/1 Jerry Chau ² David A Hayes	Jerry Chau ² David A Hayes	6	93 tp	75	–	73	–
b g Mongolian Khan (AUS) - Shimmy (NZ) (Zabeel)
Tracked leaders, pressed leaders going well 1 1/2f out, ridden over 1f out, driven final furlong, no extra final 125yds

8⁽⁵⁾ shd [3¼]	9. Sunstrider (AUS) 89/10 Karis Teetan D J Hall	Karis Teetan D J Hall	5	86 b	62	–	60	–
b g Highland Reel (IRE) - Lady Lightning (USA) (Birdstone)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden over 2f out, wide entering straight, keeping on when not clear run 150yds out, kept on again final 50yds

9⁽¹⁾ nk [3½]	7. Comet Splendido (IRE) 14/1 Harry Bentley C S Shum	Harry Bentley C S Shum	7	88 t	64	–	61	–
b g War Command (USA) - Malayan Mist (IRE) (Dansili)
In touch, tracked leaders 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final 125yds

10⁽³⁾ 1¼ [4¾]	11. Dilbagh (AUS) 20/1 Lyle Hewitson Douglas Whyte	Lyle Hewitson Douglas Whyte	4	85 p	61	–	56	–
b g Akeed Mofeed - Annenberg (AUS) (Artie Schiller)
Towards rear of midfield, steadied and dropped towards rear 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

11⁽⁹⁾ 1¾ [6½]	12. Sure Joyful (NZ) 22/1 Matthew Chadwick P F Yiu	Matthew Chadwick P F Yiu	6	85 t	61	–	52	–
b g Tarzino (NZ) - Kayleen (NZ) (Towkay)
Midfield, pushed along and took closer order over 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, weakened final furlong

12⁽²⁾ 10¼ [16¾]	10. Toy Soltero (CHI) 81/10 Zac Purton C W Chang	Zac Purton C W Chang	4	88 2	62	–	33	–
b g Van Nistelrooy (USA) - Malibu Maple (USA) (Malibu Moon)
Led, ridden under 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten and eased

12 ran Winning time: 1m 49.56s (slow by 1.06s) Total SP: 123%
Non-runners: Forever Glorious (reserve), Red Majesty (reserve)
1st owner: Peter Chu Ka Lok (Speed Dragon) 1st breeder: The Oaks Stud
2nd owner: Chester Liang Jun Yu (Californiatotality)
3rd owner: Simon Yeung Chun Kin (Quantum Patch)

2:50 Happy Valley (HK) 8 Jan 2025

Cleveland Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)