Full Result 1.45 Happy Valley (HK) | 17 April 2019

The Hong Kong Rugby Union Cup (Handicap) (Class 4) (3yo+) (Course B) (Turf)

(3yo+) (1m55yds) 1m Good

1st £52,492.49 2nd £20,260.26 3rd £10,590.59 4th £5,525.53 5th £3,223.22

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	9. The Full Bloom 167/1 Grant Van Niekerk C H Yip	Grant Van Niekerk C H Yip	6	87	43	–	52	–
rg g Zebedee - Break Of Dawn (USA) (Mt. Livermore)
Towards rear of midfield, steady headway from 2f out, ridden under 2f out, wide into straight, stayed on well final furlong, led close home, ridden out

2⁽³⁾ shd	5. Mr Darthvegar (AUS) 9/2 Joao Moreira Richard Gibson	Joao Moreira Richard Gibson	4	813 h¹	49	–	58	–
bb g Lope De Vega (IRE) - She's Due (USA) (Devil His Due)
Midfield, ridden and headway over 2f out, wide into straight, led under 1f out, headed and no extra close home

3⁽¹²⁾ ½ [½]	1. Nitro Express (AUS) 19/1 Neil Callan D E Ferraris	Neil Callan D E Ferraris	7	97 t	57	–	65	–
bb g Nadeem (AUS) - Princess Laya (AUS) (Encosta De Lago)
Towards rear, ridden under 2f out, driven and stayed on well final furlong, nearest finish

4⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¾ [2¼]	4. Shining On (NZ) 24/1 C Y Ho K W Lui	C Y Ho K W Lui	5	91	51	–	55	–
b g O'Reilly (NZ) - Savabeel Star (NZ) (Savabeel)
Held up in rear, ridden 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final 100yds, nearest finish

5⁽⁵⁾ nk [2¾]	11. Association Fans (AUS) 25/1 Matthew Chadwick L Ho	Matthew Chadwick L Ho	6	86 h	42	–	45	–
b g Onemorenomore (AUS) - Krysia (AUS) (Elvstroem)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden and kept on from 1 1/2f out, never going pace to challenge

6⁽⁸⁾ 1 [3¾]	12. Love Chunghwa (IRE) 58/1 T H So ² T P Yung	T H So ² T P Yung	9	83 t	41	–	42	–
b g Elusive City (USA) - Lucky Norwegian (IRE) (Almutawakel I)
Towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final 100yds, never dangerous

7⁽¹⁾ shd [3¾]	7. Curling Luxury (NZ) 37/10 Karis Teetan Y S Tsui	Karis Teetan Y S Tsui	6	88	44	–	45	–
b g O'Reilly (NZ) - Former Glory (USA) (Dynaformer)
Led, ridden under 2f out, headed under 1f out, soon weakened

8⁽⁴⁾ ½ [4¼]	6. Polymer Luck (NZ) 9/1 M L Yeung ² Jimmy Ting	M L Yeung ² Jimmy Ting	6	89 b	47	–	46	–
br g Pins (AUS) - Savamour (NZ) (Savabeel)
In touch, tracked leaders over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

9⁽⁹⁾ 1¾ [6]	8. Good Runners Way (NZ) 44/1 H T Mo ³ C S Shum	H T Mo ³ C S Shum	4	84 tb	43	–	38	–
b g Battle Paint (USA) - Ysa Post (NZ) (Postponed)
With leader, ridden under 2f out, weakened final furlong

10⁽²⁾ nk [6¼]	10. Yee Cheong Pegasus (AUS) 81/10 K C Leung D J Hall	K C Leung D J Hall	4	87 b	43	–	38	–
bb c Lonhro (AUS) - Sparks Fly (AUS) (Flying Spur)
Midfield, ridden and effort under 2f out, weakened final furlong

11⁽¹¹⁾ 13¼ [19½]	3. Mister Monte (AUS) 69/1 H N Jack Wong ³ C W Chang	H N Jack Wong ³ C W Chang	5	91 b	54	–	18	–
ch g Hussonet (USA) - Grantsville (GER) (Trempolino)
Always towards rear

12⁽⁷⁾ dist [49½]	2. Naboo Star (AUS) 13/10F Zac Purton C Fownes	Zac Purton C Fownes	4	95	55	–	–	–
b g Casino Prince (AUS) - Private (AUS) (Encosta De Lago)
In touch, lost place quickly 2f out, soon eased, virtually pulled up

12 ran Winning time: 1m 39.98s (slow by 1.98s) Total SP: 123%
Non-runners: Medic Dragon, Sundancer
1st owner: Gary Lee Sai Ho (The Full Bloom) 1st breeder: D R Botterill
2nd owner: Kathleen Shi Pui Ka (Mr Darthvegar)
3rd owner: Chow Chu May Ping (Nitro Express)

1:45 Happy Valley (HK) 17 Apr 2019

The Hong Kong Rugby Union Cup (Handicap) (Class 4) (3yo+) (Course B) (Turf)