Recap by phillip woo

Favourite Werther was nicely rated one off the fence settled fore of midfield, moved closer coming to the straight, peeled into the open five deep, worked to a narrow lead from stablemate Victory Magic at the 220m and just out battled that one in a ding-dong finish for. Victory Magic nearly pulled off a mild upset after rushing to the lead near the inside at the 300m out following a quiet trip behind midfield along the fence. Giovanni Canaletto bided his time third from the rear, was held up early straight until gaining a clear run six deep at the 300m and finished strongly to finish a non-threatening third. He's crying out for 2,400m. Consort ran on nicely with three wider out to just miss a placing after travelling three deep with cover behind midfield. Punted late, Helene Paragon was ridden for luck at the rear of the field from a wide gate, worked to third at the 200m and peaked on his run 100m out. Lucky Girl stayed on nicely three deep. It was a huge run despite a huge ratings disadvantage. Sun Jewellery was only holding his ground following a one-off run worse than midfield. He didn't get the trip. Eastern Express worked to the front 450m out and was on his tippy toes 250m out.

Racing Incident Report

Race Nine: (498)-THE BMW HONG KONG DERBY 2016 - Hong Kong Group One - 2000Metres

After leaving the Parade Ring but prior to entering the track, R Moore expressed some concern regarding the action of SUN JEWELLERY.

SUN JEWELLERY was examined by a Veterinary Surgeon after which R Moore remounted SUN JEWELLERY and the horse then proceeded to the Start.

On arrival at the Start, SUN JEWELLERY was examined by the Veterinary Officer who said that the horse was striding out well, was sound and accordingly was suitable to race.

R Moore also advised the Veterinary Officer that he was happy with the horse's action when proceeding to the barriers.

WHITE MAGIC was slow to begin.

HELENE PARAGON shifted out at the start and bumped KING GENKI, resulting in KING GENKI becoming unbalanced.

HELENE PARAGON was then crowded for room a short distance later between KING GENKI and CONSORT which shifted out.

EASTERN EXPRESS began awkwardly.

Shortly after the start, EASTERN EXPRESS shifted in and bumped SUN JEWELLERY.

Passing the winning post on the first occasion, WERTHER got its head up on a number of occasions when being steadied to obtain cover.

Passing the 1600 Metres, LUCKY GIRL was steadied away from the heels of EASTERN EXPRESS.

BLIZZARD proved difficult to settle in the early stages and raced tight between WERTHER and KING GENKI passing the 1500 Metres when continuing to prove difficult to settle.

Passing the 1100 Metres, WERTHER was awkwardly placed close to the heels of EASTERN EXPRESS which was awkwardly placed behind BLIZZARD.

After this, EASTERN EXPRESS, which was travelling keenly, shifted out away from the heels of BLIZZARD into a position three wide and without cover.

Approaching the 500 Metres, LUCKY GIRL, which was improving to the outside of GREEN DISPATCH (C Y Ho), raced tight between SUN JEWELLERY and GREEN DISPATCH which shifted out away from the heels of KING GENKI.

C Y Ho was advised to exercise more care in similar circumstances.

Passing the 400 Metres, GIOVANNI CANALETTO was awkwardly placed outside the heels of LUCKY GIRL which shifted out marginally.

Approaching the 150 Metres, VICTORY MAGIC and WERTHER raced tight due to both horses shifting ground.

Passing the 100 Metres, VICTORY MAGIC shifted out under pressure and bumped WERTHER.

VICTORY MAGIC and WERTHER then raced tight for a short distance after this.

After the race, G Mosse reported that BLIZZARD, which gave ground in the Straight, did not see out the distance of the race.

A veterinary inspection of BLIZZARD immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

A veterinary inspection of SUN JEWELLERY and EASTERN EXPRESS immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

WERTHER and VICTORY MAGIC were sent for sampling.