Full Result 1.15 Happy Valley (HK) | 23 December 2020

Venus Handicap (Div I) (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C+3) (Turf)

(3yo+) 6f Good To Firm

1st £82,688.59 2nd £31,914.89 3rd £16,682.79 4th £8,704.06 5th £5,077.37

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	3. Grateful Heart (AUS) 8/5 Zac Purton C S Shum	Zac Purton C S Shum	4	95 tp	78	–	94	–
ch g Written Tycoon (AUS) - Show Affection (AUS) (Show A Heart)
Broke well and led, headed after 1f, led inside 2f out, soon ridden, went clear 1f out, kept on well and in command final furlong, comfortably

2⁽²⁾ 2½	7. Harrier Jet (AUS) 14/1 V Borges P O'Sullivan	V Borges P O'Sullivan	9	86 b	65	–	73	–
br g Dane Shadow (AUS) - Borobodur (AUS) (Strategic)
In touch, ridden 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on well, no chance with winner

3⁽⁸⁾ nk [2¾]	4. Sparkling Dragon (NZ) 23/1 K C Leung A T Millard	K C Leung A T Millard	6	95 t	78	–	85	–
b g O'Reilly (NZ) - Shining Light (NZ) (Star Way)
Midfield, ridden and kept on well from 1 1/2f out, pressed runner-up final 100yds, no chance with winner

4⁽¹²⁾ nk [3]	2. Loving A Boom (IRE) 14/1 Christophe Soumillon Richard Gibson	Christophe Soumillon Richard Gibson	5	97 t	80	–	86	–
b g Acclamation - Elektra Marino (Mount Nelson)
Started slowly, towards rear, ridden and stayed on well from 1 1/2f out, not clear run and hampered 150yds out, kept on again final 100yds

5⁽⁶⁾ nk [3½]	1. Ima Single Man (AUS) 24/1 Matthew Chadwick A S Cruz	Matthew Chadwick A S Cruz	3	97 htp¹	80	–	85	–
b g Gingerbread Man (AUS) - Single Spice (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden and kept on well from 1 1/2f out, not going pace to threaten

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 3 [6½]	11. Thou Shall Sing (NZ) 67/1 C Y Ho K W Lui	C Y Ho K W Lui	6	85 2 b	62	–	60	–
b g Your Song (AUS) - Shalt Not (AUS) (St Covet)
Started very slowly, in rear, ridden 2 1/2f out, stayed on final 150yds, never dangerous

7⁽⁵⁾ 1¼ [7¾]	8. Just Not Listening (AUS) 145/1 K H Alfred Chan ⁷ T P Yung	K H Alfred Chan ⁷ T P Yung	6	81 2 v	65	–	60	–
ch g Star Witness (AUS) - High Aspirations (AUS) (Exceed And Excel)
Midfield, ridden 2f out, wide into straight, no extra final furlong

8⁽⁹⁾ 1 [8¾]	6. Super Commander (SAF) 250/1 Blake Shinn D E Ferraris	Blake Shinn D E Ferraris	4	810	69	–	59	–
b g Vercingetorix (SAF) - Warpath (SAF) (Captain Al)
Started slowly, towards rear of midfield, ridden 1 1/2f out, weakened final furlong

9⁽⁷⁾ nk [9]	12. More Than A Horse (AUS) 118/1 M L Yeung Douglas Whyte	M L Yeung Douglas Whyte	5	82 v¹	61	–	50	–
br g More Than Ready (USA) - Xandretta (AUS) (Flying Spur)
Started slowly, always towards rear

10⁽³⁾ 1¼ [10¼]	5. Man Star (AUS) 13/1 Antoine Hamelin Jimmy Ting	Antoine Hamelin Jimmy Ting	4	813 b	72	–	57	–
ch g Shooting To Win (AUS) - Across The Moon (AUS) (Stratum)
Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

11⁽⁴⁾ nk [10½]	9. Super Axiom (AUS) 9/10F Chad Schofield David A Hayes	Chad Schofield David A Hayes	3	85	64	–	48	–
b g Exceed And Excel (AUS) - Stella Senza Cielo (IRE) (Elusive City)
Pulled hard, led after 1f, ridden and headed inside 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out

12⁽¹¹⁾ nk [10¾]	10. Bright Kid (AUS) 80/1 C Victor Wong ⁵ W Y So	C Victor Wong ⁵ W Y So	6	712 b	62	–	45	–
b g Show A Heart (AUS) - Exedra (AUS) (Redoute's Choice)
Started very slowly, always behind

12 ran Winning time: 1m 8.79s (fast by 0.91s) Total SP: 125%
Non-runners: Scores Of Fun (reserve), Starz Hero (reserve)
1st owner: Charley Chan Wing Chin & Sunny Cheung Chi Cheong (Grateful Heart) 1st breeder: Glenlogan Park Pty Ltd
2nd owner: Wei Yu & Liu He (Harrier Jet)
3rd owner: Kowloon Tong Club Syndicate (Sparkling Dragon)

1:15 Happy Valley (HK) 23 Dec 2020

Venus Handicap (Div I) (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C+3) (Turf)