Recap by phillip woo

Fight Hero jumped well from a wide gate to sit one off in second outside Rocket Let Win, advanced to the front soon after straightening and kept on gamely for a first win at his eighth start. Favourite Perpetual Treasure settled one-out, one-back, cornered four deep and just wore down Jolly Banner for second. Sensationally-backed Jolly Banner travelled midfield along the fence following a slow break, stayed to the inside upon straightening, worked to second at the 200m and went down fighting in a vastly-improved second-up effort with a switch to the dirt. Brilliant Dream was held up behind midfield along the fence until pulling out for a run at the 250m and finished well to finish a clear-cut fourth in his initial run on the dirt. Thumped late in betting, All Great Friends settled one off in midfield, straightened four deep and kept grinding away without menacing. Speedy Achiever made some ground down the outside after travelling at the rear of the field. Second favourite Archippus settled near three deep behind midfield, lost some ground when having to steady off heels at the 700m and only kept up an even gallop with two wider out in the run to the wire.

Racing Incident Report

Race Seven: (383)-HOI YUEN HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1200Metres

SILLY BUDDIES was withdrawn on 5.2.16 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame right hind) and was replaced by first Standby Declared Starter ALL GREAT FRIENDS (C Brown).

WAH MAY BABY was also withdrawn on 5.2.16 by order of the Stewards acting on veterinary advice (lame right hind) and was replaced by second Standby Declared Starter JOLLY BANNER (Y T Cheng).

Before being allowed to race again, SILLY BUDDIES and WAH MAY BABY will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

JOLLY BANNER began only fairly.

PERPETUAL TREASURE began awkwardly.

SUPREME FALCON knuckled over at the start.

BRILLIANT DREAM began only fairly and shortly after the start was steadied away from the heels of RAINBOW GOLD which shifted out.

After the 800 Metres, ARCHIPPUS commenced to prove very difficult to settle and got its head up when being checked away from the heels of SUPREME FALCON which for the major part of the race travelled wide and without cover.

Passing the 700 Metres, ALL GREAT FRIENDS commenced to travel keenly and was checked away from the heels of CHARITY GLORY.

BRILLIANT DREAM was unable to obtain clear running until passing the 300 Metres.

Passing the 200 Metres, ALL GREAT FRIENDS was shifted out away from the heels of BRILLIANT DREAM.

A veterinary inspection of SUPREME FALCON and ROCKET LET WIN immediately following the race including an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the tracheas of both horses.

Before being allowed to race again, SUPREME FALCON and ROCKET LET WIN will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

After the race, the Veterinary Officer reported that ALL GREAT FRIENDS had sustained a wound and associated swelling to its left front leg.

Also after the race, an endoscopic examination was conducted on SPEEDY ACHIEVER at the request of Trainer A T Millard.

The Veterinary Surgeon reported that this examination showed a substantial amount of blood in the horse's trachea.

Before being allowed to race again, SPEEDY ACHIEVER will be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

A veterinary inspection of ARCHIPPUS immediately following the race revealed the horse to have sustained superficial wounds to the inside of the right front leg.

FIGHT HERO and PERPETUAL TREASURE were sent for sampling.