It isn't often we can say that Hong Kong's racing control and information flow for punters is lagging behind anywhere else, but the area of horse-shoeing is one.
In Australia, the application of particular kinds of shoes when a horse races is listed as a gear change, just like blinkers or tongue ties, as is the use of glue-on shoes.
The reason for this is that different types of shoes can indicate different kinds and intensities of foot problems.
After Lucky Nine's Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup win, jockey Brett Prebble paid credit to trainer Caspar Fownes that he was maintaining the five-year-old's race form so consistently despite the horse having foot issues.
In fact, to help with his foot problems, Lucky Nine wore glue-on shoes for the first time in his win on Sunday.
For his part, Sunday's runner-up, Glorious Days, has not had perfect feet either, according to trainer John Size.
Two runs back in the Chinese New Year Cup, he wore, for the first time, a glue-on shoe on his left front foot and what is called a heart-bar shoe on his right.