Recap by phillip woo

Triumphant Jewel travelled midfield near the inside, got to the outside of an erratic No Money Not Talk five deep at the 150m and quickened nicely thereafter to gun down Sky Man close to home for a second win this season. Sky Man had a tough run without cover in midfield, swung the final bend with three wider out, swept to the front 80m out and was caught in the shadows of the post. Harbour Alert was niggled to stay in touch fourth from the rear along the fence, stayed near the inside upon straightening and finished well to get the bob in for third. No Money No Talk travelled in the box-seat, drifted out at the 200m after cornering three deep despite pressure under a left whip and just failed to secure a placing. All My Gain made his run second from the rear, worked his way into the open with three wider out at the 250m and closed off well. Roundabout had his momentum halted when having to switch inside a tiring Travel Comforts 100m out after making ground four deep from behind midfield. Travel Comforts easily found the front as expected, straightened two lengths on top and was on his tippy toes 100m out. Top Bonus stayed on without menacing with one wider out after a deep run with cover beyond midfield. Buddy Bundy was stopping 200m out after sitting one off in second. Fantastic Feeling was hampered 150m out when only plodding.

Racing Incident Report

Race Seven: (702)-CROOKED ISLAND HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1000Metres

ROUNDABOUT began awkwardly.

GOLDEN ACHIEVER began only fairly.

HARBOUR ALERT stumbled on jumping and shortly after the start, from a wide barrier, was then shifted across behind runners.

Shortly after the start, TRAVEL COMFORTS shifted out and bumped FANTASTIC FEELING.

From the outside barriers, ALL MY GAIN and HROVAT were shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Making the first turn after the 600 Metres, HROVAT got its head on the side, shifted out and took GOLDEN ACHIEVER wider.

GOLDEN ACHIEVER then got its head on the side and hung out further away from HROVAT.

Near the 150 Metres, FANTASTIC FEELING was steadied away from the heels of BUDDY BUNDY which shifted out away from TRIUMPHANT JEWEL (N Rawiller) as that horse was being shifted to the outside of NO MONEY NO TALK which was shifting out in advance of TRIUMPHANT JEWEL.

N Rawiller was advised that whilst BUDDY BUNDY did shift out away from TRIUMPHANT JEWEL and the manner in which NO MONEY NO TALK was shifting ground in advance of TRIUMPHANT JEWEL had significantly influenced this incident, nonetheless he must exercise more care when shifting ground to avoid causing interference to other runners.

Passing the 50 Metres, ROUNDABOUT was shifted in away from the heels of TRAVEL COMFORTS.

Right on the finishing line, TRAVEL COMFORTS raced in restricted room between ROUNDABOUT and NO MONEY NO TALK (Apprentice H N Wong).

Apprentice Wong was shown the video of the Home Straight in which, after initially allowing his mount to shift out under pressure, he then permitted NO MONEY NO TALK to shift in over the concluding stages when continuing to ride that horse out.

Apprentice Wong was reprimanded and advised that in similar circumstances he would be expected to take appropriate corrective measures to prevent his mounts from shifting ground.

Throughout the race, SKY MAN travelled wide and without cover.

After the race, the Veterinary Officer reported that NO MONEY NO TALK had bled from both nostrils.

A veterinary inspection of FANTASTIC FEELING and BUDDY BUNDY immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

TRAVEL COMFORTS, TRIUMPHANT JEWEL and SKY MAN were sent for sampling.