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Hong Kong at Sha Tin. December 23, 2017 Thirty-third race meeting of the 2017-2018 year.
Weather report: 70 degrees Partly Cloudy 0% of rain Wind: ENE 5 to 10mph.

Post time: 12am ET, 9pm PT. Rail: Course “A+3”, track listed: Good

Past Performance links:
http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/PDF/RaceCard/20171223_starter_all.pdf
http://www.drf.com/hk
http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/racecard

Live Video Feed:
http://www.drf.com/drf/live_video/hong_kong/392221

Vulnerable favourite on the card:
Race 3 Sparkling Dragon (6-5): Was able to get an easy lead and hold off a couple nice horses in Gallant Return (60) and Win Beauty Win (62) but Sam had to really get into him all the way down the lane and with him not getting to his proper lead, that may get up and bite him against Class 3 runners next out.

Horses coming out of key races (races where multiple winners have come back next time out and won):
Race *778 (Winners: 5th & 8th, second: 1st & 9th)
Race 7 Super Lucky (56-1)

Race 184 (Winners: 1st, 12th & 13th, second: 4th)
Race 2 Regency Darling (11-1)
Race 5 Beautiful Day (8-1)

Race 185 (Winners: 1st & 3rd, second: 5th & 8th)
Race 2 Eighty Eighty (1-2)

Race 216 (Winners: 2nd & 3rd, second: 10th)
Race 5 Marqula (44-1)


In the event of rain these horses have shown an appreciation for soft footing. (Good to Yielding or Yielding):
Race 2 Regency Darling (11-1)
Race 6 Hot King Prawn (2-5)
Race 7 Happy Surveys (19-1)
Race 9 Victory Boys (11-1)
Race 10 Happy Journey (70-1)


Last race watch list horses:
Race 2 Eighty Eighty (1-2): One of So’s heavily bet first time starters who drew the 12 hole with the short run to the turn at the 1200 metres distance. Was bumped pretty hard at the start by the outside runner Sincere Dragon, then rushed up near the front runners without being asked by Moreira, raced 4 wide in the turn under a strangle hold, all the while the eventual winner was able to get an uncontested early lead and setting a very slow middle section. Ran even thru the lane while not being able to make up the ground on the winner, Moreira wrapped up on him at the 150 metres mark.

Race 7 Turf Sprint (5-1): He doesn’t have the best record on the backside but does look to be rounding into top form and after running second to Hot King Prawn (89) may be sitting on it now. Beat the rest of the field with ease being 2 ¾ lengths in front of the third place runner. Figure came back a 102 which is almost a full length fast than par for Class 3 races.

Race 9 Exultant (1-1): In his second race at HKJC after he ran a game 5th only losing by 2 lengths after encountering trouble to Western Express (112) in his debut, caught another bear in Fifty Fifty (98). Was caught a little flat footed at the start sending him sideways into Romantic Touch, settled around seven lengths in the back by himself with a quick pace to run at, moved to the 6 path entering the stretch really took off at the 300 metre mark switched back to his wrong lead at the 170 mark but continued to close on the big favourite only to lose by a half-length, galloped out past the winner soon after the wire.

Past watch list runner:
Race 3 Gallant Return (5-1) Race 193

Key Play:
Race 5 Better Choice (2-1)
Race 10 Calculation (4-1)

Longshots:
Race 2 Regency Darling (11-1)
Race 6 Big Time Baby (20-1)
Race 10 Ultimate Glory (9-1)