Full Result 8.40 Sha Tin (HK) | 26 February 2023

Citi Insurance Services Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course A+3) (Turf)

(3yo+) 1m1f Good To Firm

1st £115,335.46 2nd £44,515.44 3rd £23,269.44 4th £12,140.58 5th £7,082

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	5. Straight Arron (AUS) 50/9 Blake Shinn C Fownes	Blake Shinn C Fownes	4	95	73	–	86	–
b g Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Imperial Lass (NZ) (Tavistock)
Held up towards rear of midfield, smooth headway from 2f out, not clear run 1 1/2f out, short of room and slightly hampered 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, led 75yds out, soon in command, readily

2⁽⁶⁾ 1¼	11. Natural Storm (NZ) 11/1 Jamie Kah P F Yiu	Jamie Kah P F Yiu	6	90 b	68	–	78	–
b g Pins (AUS) - Miracle Miss (NZ) (O'Reilly)
Held up towards rear, switched wide entering straight, ridden inside 2f out, stayed on strongly from over 1f out, every chance 100yds out, not pace of winner final 75yds

3⁽¹²⁾ ½ [1¾]	9. Snaffles (IRE) 24/1 Karis Teetan David A Hayes	Karis Teetan David A Hayes	4	93	71	–	80	–
b g Churchill (IRE) - Annabelle Ja (FR) (Singspiel)
Started slowly, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, short of room and not clear run inside 2f out, driven and stayed on well from over 1f out

4⁽⁴⁾ nk [2]	12. Nicholson Returns (NZ) 14/5F Lyle Hewitson D J Hall	Lyle Hewitson D J Hall	4	812 b	66	–	74	–
ch g Iffraaj - Heart's Delight (AUS) (Show A Heart)
Towards rear of midfield, took closer order 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, driven and good headway to lead 1f out, headed 75yds out, kept on

5⁽⁹⁾ 1¼ [3¼]	7. Happy Together (IRE) 59/10 Alexis Badel Richard Gibson	Alexis Badel Richard Gibson	4	94 t	72	–	78	–
b g Dragon Pulse (IRE) - Ruby Girl (IRE) (Fast Company)
Midfield, headway to chase leader after 4f, ridden inside 2f out, led over 1f out, headed 1f out, driven and no extra final 100yds

6⁽²⁾ ½ [3¾]	6. Escape Route (IRE) 10/1 V Borges J Size	V Borges J Size	5	94 h	72	–	77	–
b g Dandy Man (IRE) - Elaysa (Shamardal)
Raced keenly in midfield, took closer order going well inside 2f out, pushed along and not clear run from 1 1/2f out until lost place inside final furlong, kept on final 50yds, too much to do

7⁽⁵⁾ nse [3¾]	4. Romantic Charm (NZ) 17/2 James McDonald C S Shum	James McDonald C S Shum	4	98 tb	76	–	81	–
b g Savabeel (AUS) - Keyarna Blue (NZ) (O'Reilly)
In touch, ridden inside 2f out, not clear run from 1 1/2f out until inside final furlong, kept on at same pace final 150yds

8⁽³⁾ nk [4¼]	3. Woodfire Bro (NZ) 43/5 K C Leung L Ho	K C Leung L Ho	4	99 t	77	–	81	–
br g Echoes Of Heaven (AUS) - Pico Turquino (Teofilo)
Chased leader, dropped to 3rd 4f out, prominent over 2f out, ridden 2f out, driven final furlong, no extra final 125yds

9⁽¹⁰⁾ ½ [4¾]	1. Superbella 55/1 C Y Ho F C Lor	C Y Ho F C Lor	7	99 tb	77	–	80	–
b g Passing Glance - Lizzie Tudor (Tamayuz)
Towards rear of midfield on outside, ridden inside 3f out, driven and involved in some scrimmaging inside 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

10⁽¹⁴⁾ nk [5]	8. S J Tourbillon (IRE) 12/1 Hugh Bowman Douglas Whyte	Hugh Bowman Douglas Whyte	5	93 tb	71	–	73	–
b g Galileo (IRE) - Shermeen (IRE) (Desert Style)
Midfield, ridden and effort inside 2f out, short of room and hampered inside final furlong, kept on at same pace final 150yds

11⁽⁸⁾ 1 [6]	14. Righteous Doctrine (FR) 46/1 Silvestre De Sousa C W Chang	Silvestre De Sousa C W Chang	8	86	60	–	60	–
b g Siyouni (FR) - Healing Dream (FR) (Montjeu)
Started slowly, towards rear, ridden and kept on from 1 1/2f out, not clear run and lost place inside final furlong, pushed along and no impression afterwards

12⁽¹³⁾ nse [6]	10. Entrusted 45/1 Matthew Chadwick W Y So	Matthew Chadwick W Y So	7	92 tp	70	–	70	–
br g Nathaniel (IRE) - Royal Empress (IRE) (Holy Roman Emperor)
Held up in rear, ridden and kept on steadily from 2f out, never dangerous

13⁽¹¹⁾ ½ [6½]	2. Winning Dragon (CHI) 51/1 L J Ferraris A S Cruz	L J Ferraris A S Cruz	5	99 ht	77	–	76	–
b g Ivan Denisovich (IRE) - Perdoname (CHI) (Stuka)
Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

14⁽⁷⁾ 5¼ [11¾]	13. Quantum Patch (IRE) 11/1 Zac Purton P C Ng	Zac Purton P C Ng	4	812	66	–	54	–
b g Gleneagles (IRE) - Naruko (USA) (Street Cry)
Midfield, took closer order from 3f out, prominent on outside over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakening when squeezed out and badly hampered 1f out, soon eased

14 ran Winning time: 1m 47.68s (slow by 0.68s) Total SP: 123%
Non-runners: Incanto Prepared (reserve), Total Power (reserve)
1st owner: Karen Lo Ki Yan (Straight Arron) 1st breeder: Torryburn Stud (Aus)
2nd owner: Lyon Cheng Lai Fung (Natural Storm)
3rd owner: Peter Young Wai Po & David Young Yuk Chuen (Snaffles)

8:40 Sha Tin (HK) 26 Feb 2023

Citi Insurance Services Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course A+3) (Turf)