Full Result 5.30 Sha Tin (HK) | 9 January 2022

Long Ke Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)

(3yo+) 5f Good

1st £84,824.64 2nd £32,739.34 3rd £17,113.74 4th £8,928.91 5th £5,208.53

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
2⁽³⁾	5. Alcari (AUS) 27/10F Joao Moreira P F Yiu	Joao Moreira P F Yiu	7	810	68	–	78	–
br g All Too Hard (AUS) - Cariad (AUS) (Sequalo)
Prominent, led narrowly over 2f out, ridden inside 2f out, edged left and slightly hampered rival 75yds out, driven and kept on well closing stages, just held on, finished 1st, disqualified and placed 2nd

1⁽⁹⁾ shd	2. Metro Warrior (AUS) 3/1 C Y Ho David A Hayes	C Y Ho David A Hayes	5	95 b	77	–	87	–
b g Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Scandinavia (AUS) (Snippets)
Led, ridden 2 1/2f out, narrowly headed over 2f out, driven final furlong, short of room and slightly hampered 75yds out, kept on well closing stages, just held, finished 2nd, awarded the race

3⁽¹⁰⁾ 1½ [1½]	8. Run Run Cool (AUS) 41/10 Harry Bentley F C Lor	Harry Bentley F C Lor	4	85 hb	63	–	68	–
br g Written Tycoon (AUS) - Golden Penny (AUS) (Blevic)
Midfield, ridden and took closer order over 2f out, driven and chased leaders 1 1/2f out, kept on final furlong, not able to challenge

4⁽⁴⁾ 2¼ [3¾]	1. Gold Chest (USA) 84/10 Matthew Poon ² Richard Gibson	Matthew Poon ² Richard Gibson	7	95 tp	79	–	76	–
b g War Front (USA) - Say (IRE) (Galileo)
Towards rear of midfield, ridden 2 1/2f out, driven and kept on final furlong

5⁽¹⁾ shd [4]	7. Like That (AUS) 58/10 K C Leung F C Lor	K C Leung F C Lor	4	87 v	65	–	61	–
ch g Akeed Mofeed - Calemore (AUS) (More Than Ready)
In touch, ridden 1 1/2f out, driven inside final furlong, no extra final 100yds

6⁽⁸⁾ nk [4¼]	3. Lockheed 8/1 Jerry Chau ³ C S Shum	Jerry Chau ³ C S Shum	8	91 tb	76	–	71	–
gr g Exceed And Excel (AUS) - Clinical (Motivator)
In touch, ridden 2f out, driven 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong

7⁽²⁾ ½ [4¾]	9. Wild West Wing (AUS) 12/1 V Borges J Size	V Borges J Size	5	84	62	–	55	–
b g Exceed And Excel (AUS) - Thump (AUS) (Red Ransom)
In touch, ridden 2f out, outpaced and no impression from 1 1/2f out

8⁽⁷⁾ 3 [7¾]	4. Flying Genius (AUS) 29/1 L J Ferraris A S Cruz	L J Ferraris A S Cruz	5	811 tb	69	–	51	–
bb g All Too Hard (AUS) - Sacha Royale (AUS) (Fasliyev)
In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

9⁽⁶⁾ 2¼ [10]	6. Born The Same Day (FR) 75/1 Antoine Hamelin K W Lui	Antoine Hamelin K W Lui	4	87 h	65	–	39	–
ch c Stormy River (FR) - Miss Annie (FR) (Dubawi)
Always in rear

10⁽⁵⁾ 3 [13]	10. Striking Mr C (NZ) 56/1 H T Mo ² T P Yung	H T Mo ² T P Yung	7	81 tb	61	–	25	–
ch g Super Easy (NZ) - Charming Elle (AUS) (Al Samer)
Awkward leaving stalls and started slowly, always towards rear, weakened final furlong

10 ran Winning time: 56.34s (slow by 0.34s) Total SP: 123%
1st owner: Metro Express Syndicate (Metro Warrior) 1st breeder: R J Crabtree
2nd owner: Tam Kwok Cheung (Alcari)
3rd owner: Tang Ming, James Tang Sau Yip Et Al (Run Run Cool)

Following an objection and a stewards' inquiry, Alcari, who passed the post 1st, was disqualified and placed 2nd - caused interference. Metro Warrior was awarded the race.

5:30 Sha Tin (HK) 9 Jan 2022

Long Ke Handicap (Class 3) (3yo+) (Course C) (Turf)