Recap by phillip woo

Glorious Ryder travelled wide with cover from behind midfield and ran on strongly with one wider out to get the bob down on the wire for the tie. He appreciated the class drop and return to the Valley 1,650m for a maiden win. Punted late Soaring Bronco shared the win with Glorious Ryder after getting the gaps when needed to lead 50m out from better than midfield for a second win at his 31st start. The stable change worked the oracle. Post-time favourite Dragon Sunrise ran on strongly ridden last from gate 12 to make it close on the wire. He's building towards a win after running well in three consecutive Valley starts. Perfect Moments just missed out on a placing after a wide trip with cover from better than midfield. He's racing consistently well without winning from six Valley starts this term. Telecom Power succumbed late after rushing to the lead 280m out following a wide trip without cover chasing the leading pair from gate nine. He had an excuse. Harry's Hero got going late without threatening after making his run second last from gate 11. Early favourite Sterling Wongchoy went amiss close to home.

Racing Incident Report

Race One : (526) - ASTER HANDICAP - Class 5 - 1650Meters

Horse No 1 GLORIOUS RYDER (K290) L Ferraris Shifted in over the concluding stages and made contact with DRAGON SUNRISE, resulting in its rider L Ferraris having to stop riding with the whip approaching the winning post.

L Ferraris pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge for causing interference over the concluding stages (see TELECOM POWER).

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 2 LUCKY BLESSING (K073) M F Poon M F Poon stated that he had to make use of his mount in the early stages to go forward, particularly when caught wide in the early stages.

He said as a result LUCKY BLESSING was left without a finishing effort in the Home Straight.

A veterinary inspection immediately following the race which included an endoscopic examination showed a substantial amount of mucus in the horse's trachea.

Horse No 3 TELECOM POWER (J332) Y L Chung Blundered shortly after the start.

Approaching the 1000 Metres made contact with WAH MAY WAI WAI due to both runners shifting ground.

L Ferraris (GLORIOUS RYDER) pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding [Rule 100(1)] in that over the concluding stages he permitted his mount to shift in when not clear of DRAGON SUNRISE, resulting in DRAGON SUNRISE being taken in onto PERFECTO MOMENTS, resulting in DRAGON SUNRISE and PERFECTO MOMENTS being crowded for room and also resulting in PERFECTO MOMENTS being taken in across the running of TELECOM POWER which was checked.

L Ferraris was suspended from riding in races for one Hong Kong raceday to be conducted on Wednesday, 8 April 2026 at Happy Valley.

In assessing penalty, the Stewards determined the carelessness grade 2 and the consequences grade 2 and also considered his excellent race riding record.

Raced wide and without cover for the majority of the event.

Horse No 4 STERLING WONGCHOY (H273) D B McMonagle Approaching the finish STERLING WONGCHOY sustained an injury to the left front leg and was immediately treated by Veterinarians.

After it was determined that the injury was too severe to be saved, STERLING WONGCHOY was euthanised.

D B McMonagle was examined by the Chief Medical Officer and passed fit to fulfil his subsequent riding engagement.

Samples were taken from the horse.

Horse No 5 TOP TO SKY (K339) C L Chau Approaching the 200 Metres was hampered when unable to proceed into clear running between STERLING WONGCHOY and GLORIOUS RYDER, both of which shifted ground.

Horse No 6 CARRYON SMILING (J392) M Chadwick Shifted out on jumping and bumped TOP TO SKY.

Horse No 7 SOARING BRONCO (J162) J Orman Near the 350 Metres made contact with WAH MAY WAI WAI and was steadied when disappointed for clear running between WAH MAY WAI WAI and TELECOM POWER.

SOARING BRONCO then had difficulty obtaining clear running until near the 200 Metres.

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 8 WAH MAY WAI WAI (J193) B Avdulla Jumped awkwardly.

Approaching the 1000 Metres made contact with TELECOM POWER due to both runners shifting ground.

B Avdulla reported that his mount came under pressure from the 800 Metres and failed to finish the race off thereafter.

B Avdulla was questioned in relation to his left leg extending away from his body when SOARING BRONCO endeavoured to improve between WAH MAY WAI WAI and TELECOM POWER approaching the 300 Metres.

B Avdulla stated that as he was concerned SOARING BRONCO would continue to shift in he braced himself as he was concerned there would be heavy contact between those two runners.

He said this resulted in his left leg extending out to ensure he maintained his balance.

After considering his explanation the Stewards found that B Avdulla had not intentionally extended his left leg in an attempt to make contact with SOARING BRONCO and accepted his explanation.

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

Horse No 10 DRAGON SUNRISE (J269) Z Purton Hampered shortly after the start.

Held up for clear running making the Home Turn.

Prior to declaring weighed-in the Stewards gave consideration if there were sufficient grounds for a protest/objection against GLORIOUS RYDER being declared dead heat first placegetter due to DRAGON SUNRISE being crowded over the concluding stages by GLORIOUS RYDER which shifted in.

When the Stewards were satisfied there were not sufficient grounds to do so and no protest/objection was lodged by connections, weighed-in was declared on the numbers semaphored by the Judge.

Sent for sampling post-race.

Horse No 11 HARRY'S HERO (H332) A Badel PERFECTO MOMENTS shifted out on jumping, resulting in HARRY'S HERO being taken out onto DRAGON SUNRISE.

Horse No 12 PERFECTO MOMENTS (J003) M L Yeung Over the concluding stages was crowded for room and could not be ridden out to the finish of the race.