Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	2	GREEN DISPATCH (V184)	J. Moreira	C. S. Shum	74	127	2.2	2.8	2		2:02.3	2-2-2-1	75.42 23.30 23.62
2	6	LOTUS STRIKES BACK (T145)	M. F. Poon	J. Moore	69	112	5.1	3.4	4	N	2:02.4	6-6-6-2	76.14 23.18 23.11
3	7	HAPPY ROCKY (S147)	H. W. Lai	A. Lee	59	113	15	37	1	0.50	2:02.4	4-4-3-3	75.58 23.38 23.48
4	4	JOLLY GENE (T146)	C. Y. Ho	A. S. Cruz	73	124	4.9	3.6	6	1	2:02.5	1-1-1-4	75.34 23.34 23.83
5	1	KYRUS BOWSER (A246)	H. N. Wong	C. W. Chang	80	126	25	43	3	4	2:02.9	5-5-5-5	75.90 23.30 23.77
6	3	VOLITATION (V223)	S. Clipperton	John Size	74	127	14	10	7	4.50	2:03.0	3-3-4-6	75.66 23.22 24.19
7	5	PLAY IT (A239)	N. Callan	C. Fownes	70	123	28	48	5	5.75	2:03.2	8-7-7-7	76.38 23.10 23.80
8	8	BLAZING PASS (T108)	K. Teetan	A. S. Cruz	56	113	6.8	8.1	8	9.50	2:03.8	7-8-8-8	76.46 23.30 24.10

Sire:War Front

Breed of the Winning Horse:GREEN DISPATCH

Dam:Photograph

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	2	28
place	2	12.5
	6	13.5
	7	63
quinella	2-6	51
quinella place	2-6	20
	2-7	131
	6-7	145
3 pick 1 (Composite Win)	A1	15.5
tierce	2-6-7	1340
trio	2-6-7	376
first 4	2-4-6-7	169
quartet	2-6-7-4	3397

Recap by phillip woo

Favourite Green Dispatch sat on the back of the leader, ranged up to poke his head in front at the 300m and just held off the late surge of Lotus Strikes Back and Happy Rocky for a second win from 10 starts this term. He'll find it harder at the top of the weights at this level or in Class Two. Lotus Strikes Back finished nicely after travelling third from the rear to get the bob down for second. He's pretty consistent over the 1,800m or 2,000m at either course and it was a good move to engage claimer Matthew Poon Ming-fai. In an odd good run this season, Happy Rocky closed nicely travelling fourth along the fence to make it close on the wire. Jolly Gene was swamped late for a placing but was given an easy time up front. Kyrus Bower made some ground from midfield. He has made some late ground in both outings but is a stayer in the making for next season.

Racing Incident Report

Race One: (679)-PRECISION HANDICAP - Class 3 - 2000Metres

PLAY IT lost ground on jumping after beginning very awkwardly.

From the outside barrier, BLAZING PASS was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

In the Straight, LOTUS STRIKES BACK (Apprentice M F Poon) lay in under pressure.

Close to the finishing line, Apprentice Poon became unbalanced in the saddle.

When questioned, S Clipperton (VOLITATION) stated that after enjoying a good run behind the speed with cover throughout the race, he elected to shift out from behind GREEN DISPATCH approaching the 600 Metres as he felt that the race may develop into a sprint home and he did not want to be left flat-footed given that the two horses leading the race, namely JOLLY GENE and GREEN DISPATCH were the principal chances in the race.

He added VOLITATION initially improved satisfactorily rounding the Home Turn, however, came under heavy pressure at the entrance to the Home Straight and then did not finish off the race.

He said, given the manner in which VOLITATION weakened over the concluding stages, he felt that the distance of today's race may have been too far for the horse.

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

GREEN DISPATCH and LOTUS STRIKES BACK were sent for sampling.