Full Result 9.00 Sha Tin (HK) | 26 March 2006

Chairman's Sprint Prize (HK Group 1)

(3yo+) 6f Yielding

1st £192,712 2nd £74,380 3rd £38,881 4th £20,286 5th £11,833

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	. Billet Express (AUS) 25/1 Christophe Soumillon John Moore	Christophe Soumillon John Moore	5	90	–	–	121	–
b g Keltrice (AUS) - Pazzihi (AUS) (Manihi)
Settled nicely in rear of midfield, progress into home straight hugging inside rails, clear passage over 1 1/4f out, ran on dourly to just get up on line

2⁽⁵⁾ hd	. Scintillation (AUS) 23/10F E Saint-Martin C S Shum	E Saint-Martin C S Shum	5	90 h	–	–	121	–
b g Danehill (USA) - Subterfuge (Machiavellian)
Settled behind leaders, progress on straightening and quickened to lead over 1f out, collared on line

3⁽²⁾ 1½ [1¾]	. Silent Witness (AUS) 16/5 F Coetzee A S Cruz	F Coetzee A S Cruz	6	90	–	–	116	–
b g El Moxie (USA) - Jade Tiara (AUS) (Bureaucracy)
Never far off on rails in 4th, good chance early in straight up to 1f out, failed to quicken and unable to challenge, hampered about 50 yds out

4⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [3¼]	. Planet Ruler (AUS) 7/1 Gerald Mosse A Lee	Gerald Mosse A Lee	6	90	–	–	112	–
b g Danehill (USA) - Sequenza (IRE) (Lycius)
Niggled along in midfield, fought on steadily under pressure in straight without threatening

5⁽⁷⁾ nk [3½]	. Fokine (USA) 26/1 Brett Prebble A S Cruz	Brett Prebble A S Cruz	5	90 t	–	–	111	–
b h Royal Academy (USA) - Polar Bird (IRE) (Thatching)
Settled in rear, wide rounding home bend and into straight, made up good ground down centre of straight without threatening

6⁽⁴⁾ 2¼ [5¾]	. Noble Crusader (AUS) 10/1 Olivier Peslier A S Cruz	Olivier Peslier A S Cruz	5	90 t	–	–	104	–
b g Danzero (AUS) -
In midfield early, in rear rounding home bend, ran on past beaten horses in straight

7⁽⁹⁾ ¾ [6½]	. Special King Prawn (IRE) 88/1 W M Lai C S Shum	W M Lai C S Shum	5	90 t	–	–	102	–
b g Danetime (IRE) - Ceannanas (IRE) (Magical Wonder)
In rear on far side, took closer order out wide rounding home bend, ran in one-paced from midfield into straight

8⁽³⁾ ½ [7]	. Natural Blitz I (AUS) 20/1 Glyn Schofield D Cruz	Glyn Schofield D Cruz	5	90	–	–	100	–
br g Maroof (USA) - Miiharo (NZ) (Bletchingly)
Led early then restrained just off the pace on far side, re-gained advantage coming out of back straight and remained same to home turn, gradually overhauled early in home straight.

9⁽¹⁰⁾ 4 [11]	. Figures (NZ) 28/1 Olivier Doleuze D Oughton	Olivier Doleuze D Oughton	6	90	–	–	88	–
b g Maroof (USA) - Mercurous (NZ) (Mercury I)
Broke fairly but soon rushed up to lead, ceded advantage to early leader coming out of back straight, gradually weakened out of contention shortly after home turn

10⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [12½]	. Tchaikovsky (NZ) 34/1 Corey Brown D J Hall	Corey Brown D J Hall	4	90 b	–	–	84	–
b g Snippets (AUS) - Ultima Vita (AUS) (Canny Lad)
Raced wide in rear of midfield, no impression in straight

11⁽⁶⁾ ¾ [13¼]	. Town Of Fionn (AUS) 30/1 Shane Dye C S Shum	Shane Dye C S Shum	5	90	–	–	81	–
ch g Snippets (AUS) - Ballyfin (AUS) (Twig Moss)
Always struggling in last few

11 ran Winning time: 1m 9.70s (slow by 0.70s) Total SP: 99%
1st owner: David Pong Chun Yee (Billet Express) 1st breeder: Markham Arabian Pty Ltd
2nd owner: Mr & Mrs Hui Sai Fun (Scintillation)
3rd owner: Arthur Antonio da Silva & Betty da Silva (Silent Witness)

9:00 Sha Tin (HK) 26 Mar 2006

Chairman's Sprint Prize (HK Group 1)