Full Result 6.40 Sha Tin (HK) | 14 December 2014

LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (Group 1) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) 6f Good To Firm

1st £821,261.68 2nd £316,978.19 3rd £144,081 4th £82,126.17 5th £47,546.73 6th £28,816.20

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	9. Aerovelocity (NZ) 9/2 Zac Purton P O'Sullivan	Zac Purton P O'Sullivan	6	90 tb	–	–	120	–
b g Pins (AUS) - Exodus (NZ) (Kaapstad)
Broke well and made virtually all, joined briefly into straight, ridden and quickened over 1f out, ran on against rail final furlong, driven out and held on well (op 5/1)

2⁽⁶⁾ nk	8. Peniaphobia (IRE) 4/1F Douglas Whyte A S Cruz	Douglas Whyte A S Cruz	3	90 tp	–	–	119	–
b g Dandy Man (IRE) - Umlani (IRE) (Great Commotion)
Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, ran on well but not quite pace of winner

3⁽¹³⁾ ¾ [1]	13. Straight Girl (JPN) 16/1 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara	Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara	5	810	–	–	112	–
b m Fuji Kiseki (JPN) - Never Period (JPN) (Taiki Shuttle)
Midfield in touch, ridden into straight, ran on and went 3rd inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge

4⁽²⁾ ½ [1½]	6. Gordon Lord Byron (IRE) 11/1 Wayne Lordan T Hogan	Wayne Lordan T Hogan	6	90	–	–	115	–
b g Byron - Boa Estrela (IRE) (Intikhab)
Midfield in touch on inner, ridden into straight, ran on and went 4th inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge (op 12/1)

5⁽¹⁴⁾ 1¾ [3¼]	12. Golden Harvest (AUS) 33/1 Ryan Moore A T Millard	Ryan Moore A T Millard	6	90 t	–	–	109	–
b g Al Maher (AUS) - Marzipan (NZ) (Gold Brose)
Held up in rear, fanned wide into straight, ridden over 1f out, kept on steadily and went 5th towards finish, never nearer

6⁽⁸⁾ ½ [3¾]	5. Buffering (AUS) 16/1 Damian Browne Robert Heathcote	Damian Browne Robert Heathcote	7	90 b	–	–	108	–
b g Mossman (AUS) - Action Annie (AUS) (Anabaa)
Pressed winner on outer, effort and disputed lead briefly into straight, ridden and outpaced entering final furlong, soon no extra and beaten, faded, just held on for 6th

7⁽¹²⁾ nse [3¾]	10. Smart Volatility (AUS) 16/1 Gerald Mosse K W Lui	Gerald Mosse K W Lui	6	90	–	–	108	–
gr g Danewin (AUS) - Something Funny (AUS) (Baryshnikov)
Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on well towards finish and almost snatched 6th post but never able to challenge

8⁽¹⁰⁾ ¾ [4½]	7. Snow Dragon (JPN) 20/1 Takuya Ono Noboru Takagi	Takuya Ono Noboru Takagi	6	90 t	–	–	105	–
gr h Admire Cozzene (JPN) - Meine Caprice (JPN) (Tayasu Tsuyoshi)
Held up in last, fanned wide into straight, ridden 2f out, kept on well towards finish and went 8th final stride but never able to challenge

9⁽⁵⁾ nk [5]	3. Sole Power 8/1 Richard Hughes Edward Lynam	Richard Hughes Edward Lynam	7	90	–	–	104	–
br g Kyllachy - Demerger (USA) (Distant View)
Soon midfield, pushed wide into straight and soon ridden, kept on same pace and never able to challenge, dropped to 9th final stride

10⁽³⁾ ¾ [5¾]	4. Sterling City (AUS) 10/1 Joao Moreira John Moore	Joao Moreira John Moore	6	90 t	–	–	102	–
br g Nadeem (AUS) - So Gorgeous (AUS) (Brief Truce)
Midfield, ridden and angled out into straight, kept on same pace and well held final furlong

11⁽⁴⁾ nse [5¾]	1. Lucky Nine (IRE) 5/1 Brett Prebble C Fownes	Brett Prebble C Fownes	7	90 hb	–	–	102	–
b g Dubawi (IRE) - Birjand (Green Desert)
Tracked leaders on inner, ridden into straight, kept on same pace against rail until beaten inside final furlong, weakened

12⁽¹¹⁾ 1¾ [7½]	2. Spalato (NZ) 25/1 M Nunes John F O'Hara	M Nunes John F O'Hara	5	90	–	–	96	–
b g Elusive City (USA) - Ellington (NZ) (Express Duke)
Tracked leaders on outer, ridden and brief effort into straight, outpaced and beaten over 1f out, weakened

13⁽⁹⁾ 1½ [9]	11. Flagship Shine (AUS) 25/1 Nash Rawiller John Moore	Nash Rawiller John Moore	5	90 p	–	–	91	–
bb g Tale Of The Cat (USA) - Dixie Paradise (USA) (Dixie Union)
Held up, ridden and no impression final 2f, never a factor (op 33/1)

14⁽¹⁾ 5 [14]	14. Little Gerda (USA) 16/1 Mirco Demuro Ippo Sameshima	Mirco Demuro Ippo Sameshima	5	810 t	–	–	71	–
rg m Closing Argument (USA) - Bijoux Miss (USA) (Buddha)
Held up on inner, ridden and angled out 2f out, outpaced but keeping on when eased quickly as if something amiss entering final furlong, soon dropped to last (op 20/1)

14 ran Winning time: 1m 8.57s (fast by 0.43s) Total SP: 123%
1st owner: Daniel Yeung Ngai (Aerovelocity) 1st breeder: N E Schick & S J Till
2nd owner: Huang Kai Wen (Peniaphobia)
3rd owner: Toshihiro Hirosaki (Straight Girl)

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6:40 Sha Tin (HK) 14 Dec 2014

LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (Group 1) (3yo+) (Turf)