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8 March 2023
Wednesday 8th March

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Canal Handicap (Div II) (Class 4) (3yo+) (Course B) (Turf) Racecard

  • Channel: SKY
  • Distance: 1m 55y
  • Going: Good
Runners
12

Type
Flat

Surface
Turf

Selection

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Racecard

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(2)
Copartner Era silk
CD
D
Copartner Era b
J: K H Alfred Chan 5
T: W Y So
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
D
3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance
C&D winner last April but remains 6lb above that winning mark and recent form is patchy
99-273
Age: 7
Weight: 9-8
OR: 57
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
15 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-8 b 9/12 Smiling Time (3½L) 19/1 59 62
18 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 b 9/12 Star Contact (5L) 20/1 59 60
28 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-7 b 2/12 Lean Hero (½L) 13/2 58 69
7 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-8 b 7/12 Win Win Fighter (2¼L) 10/1 58 65
9 Nov 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-6 b 3/12 Rainbow Light (hd) 54/10 56 64
16 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-5 b 11/14 Sweet Encounter (5½L) 28/1 56 53
2
(5)
All Joyful silk
CD
D
All Joyful b
J: Matthew Chadwick
T: T P Yung
CD
2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance
D
3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance
Dual C&D winner in 2021 but sparingly raced and well below-par more recently
0-008/
Age: 6
Weight: 9-7
OR: 56
Days: 38
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
29 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 9-5 b 13/14 Skyey Supreme (11L) 20/1 58 49
9 Nov 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 b 11/12 Royal Pride (12L) 37/1 59 44
12 Feb 22 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 9-6 b 12/14 Skyey Supreme (11L) 33/10 59 45
16 Jan 22 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 9-6 b 8/11 Apache Pass (4¾L) 17/10F 59 61
29 Dec 21 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 8-13 b 1/14 Winmore Star (2L) 8/1 51 62
8 Dec 21 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-13 b 8/12 Fearless Fire (5¾L) 42/10 51 49
3
(4)
Kung Fu Tea silk
CD
Kung Fu Tea b
J: L J Ferraris
T: D J Hall
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 16 in the last 14 days (0%)
C&D winner from subsequent scorer in January and not disgraced since; each-way claims
631-62
Age: 7
Weight: 9-4
OR: 53
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
15 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-2 b 6/12 Splendid Living (4¼L) 13/1 53 61
1 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-2 b 3/12 E Legend (3L) 19/1 53 62
4 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-13 b 1/12 Chill Chibi (shd) 48/10F 48 60
7 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-12 b 6/12 Win Win Fighter (2L) 30/1 48 56
16 Nov 22 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-11 b 2/11 Leslie (2¼L) 13/1 48 58
30 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-0 b 9/12 Jumbo Legend (5¼L) 16/1 50 45
4
(1)
Sturdy Ruby silk
Sturdy Ruby t
J: Hugh Bowman
T: K L Man
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (4%)
Debutant son of Street Boss; related to plenty of winners but has looked green in trials
Form:
Age: 3
Weight: 9-3
OR: 52
Days: -
5
(9)
Baby silk
CD
C
Baby tb
J: K C Leung
T: Jimmy Ting
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
C
4 x Course Winner - Won 4 times before at this course
C&D winner from this mark last year and better effort latest; each-way claims
496-07
Age: 7
Weight: 9-2
OR: 51
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
22 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-3 tb 4/11 Packing Succeeder (3¼L) 40/1 53 58
1 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-4 tb 9/12 E Legend (6¾L) 14/1 55 56
11 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-7 b 6/12 Super Baby (2L) 43/1 56 64
7 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-6 b 12/12 Win Win Fighter (5¾L) 37/1 56 55
5 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-5 b 7/9 Noble Steed (5¾L) 14/1 56 56
28 Jun 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-1 b 1/11 E Legend (½L) 59/10 51 65
6
(7)
Copartner Fionn silk
Copartner Fionn htv
J: C Y Ho
T: Jamie Richards
0-12 in Hong Kong but has placed from higher marks in the past; on an appealing mark
965-00
Age: 5
Weight: 9-1
OR: 50
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
22 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-2 htv1 9/11 Packing Succeeder (5L) 22/1 52 53
1 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-3 htb1 6/12 Chill Chibi (4½L) 41/5 54 60
4 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-6 het 5/12 Kung Fu Tea (2L) 27/1 55 63
21 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-2 het 10/12 Viva Popcorn (6¼L) 72/1 58 58
12 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF 3yHc 8-5 he 10/14 Stunning Impact (7L) 53/1 60 56
19 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-6 he1 8/12 Gallant Waking (4L) 22/1 61 61
7
(8)
Ode To Joy silk
D
Ode To Joy tb
J: Alexis Badel
T: P C Ng
D
Distance Winner - Won before at this distance
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 16 in the last 14 days (0%)
0-15 and yet to place in HK; failed to beat a rival over C&D latest; hard to fancy
0-0759
Age: 6
Weight: 9-0
OR: 49
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
22 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 9-2 tb 11/11 Packing Succeeder (9L) 14/1 52 44
27 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-3 tb 11/14 Accelerando (7¼L) 35/1 54 59
6 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-5 tb 7/14 Turquoise Alpha (2¾L) 28/1 56 63
23 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 9-8 tb 5/14 Accelerando (2¼L) 29/1 58 67
5 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-7 ht 9/9 Nimble Nimbus (7L) 34/1 61 58
25 Sep 22 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 8-8 htb 13/14 Looking Great (6¼L) 50/1 63 62
8
(11)
Iron Will silk
Iron Will ht
J: Matthew Poon 2
T: C S Shum
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 21 in the last 14 days (0%)
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 18 in the last 14 days (0%)
A career-best when second a fortnight ago; can be competitive if reproducing that effort
258-90
Age: 4
Weight: 8-10
OR: 45
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
22 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-5 ht1 2/11 Amazing Boy (1¼L) 5/1 44 55
1 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-7 tb 5/12 E Legend (4L) 28/1 46 53
1 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 8/14 Coming Patch (3½L) 27/1 48 54
24 Dec 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-13 tb 9/14 Compassion Spirit (3¾L) 186/1 50 55
16 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-13 tb 12/14 Sweet Encounter (5½L) 83/1 52 49
5 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 9-4 tb1 8/11 Lucky Gor (6¼L) 58/1 52 44
9
(10)
Sunny Baby silk
C
Sunny Baby
J: Karis Teetan
T: David A Hayes
C
Course Winner - Won before at this course
Has won over 7f and 1m1f this term; fair effort from this mark latest; place contender
41-557
Age: 5
Weight: 8-9
OR: 44
Days: 49
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
18 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 11f Gd Hc 8-5 4/12 Kowloon Great (3½L) 20/1 44 54
11 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 9f Gd Hc 9-7 1/12 Loyal Ambition (1½L) 54/10 38 52
24 Dec 22 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 9-8 p 5/14 Boys Party (1L) 31/10F 38 56
14 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-8 5/12 Flash Famous (2L) 13/1 39 50
27 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-8 7/14 Chiu Chow Brother (3¾L) 32/5 39 46
23 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 9-8 3/14 El Jefe (4¾L) 21/10F 39 49
10
(3)
London Luckystar silk
CD
London Luckystar tb
J: Jerry Chau 2
T: K W Lui
CD
3 x C&D Winner - Won 3 times before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 23 in the last 14 days (4%)
In superb form over C&D in recent months; continues to rise in the weights but respected
416-21
Age: 7
Weight: 8-9
OR: 43
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
15 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-5 tb 4/12 Smiling Time (1¼L) 41/10 42 52
18 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-2 tb 1/12 Jolly Honour (3L) 33/4 34 50
8 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 8.5f St Hc 9-3 tb 6/14 Daily Beauty (3¼L) 22/5 34 39
7 Dec 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-2 tb 2/12 Medic Elite (2L) 13/5 33 46
9 Nov 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 1/11 Medic Elite (nk) 33/20F 28 46
12 Oct 22 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-9 tb 1/12 Grand Power (1¼L) 4/1 23 41
11
(6)
Young Sparkle silk
Young Sparkle
J: Antoine Hamelin
T: A T Millard
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 11 in the last 14 days (0%)
Second over 6f in October but form has tailed off since; more needed on track/trip debut
099-02
Age: 4
Weight: 8-7
OR: 42
Days: 10
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
26 Feb 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-8 11/14 Unpresuming (5¾L) 74/1 45 40
24 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-12 9/14 Divine Era (5½L) 49/1 48 50
8 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-0 9/14 Tamra Blitz (5L) 105/1 50 52
12 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f GF 3yHc 8-13 13/14 Superb Capitalist (17½L) 10/1 50 11
16 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f GF Hc 8-12 2/7 Island Golden (3¼L) 76/10 50 58
22 May 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd 9-0 3/6 Circuit Nine (3L) 42/10 - 62
12
(12)
King Of The Court silk
King Of The Court b
J: L Hewitson
T: Douglas Whyte
0-12 and best efforts so far over 6f; up against it on first try at this distance
69-020
Age: 5
Weight: 8-6
OR: 41
Days: 31
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
5 Feb 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-6 b 6/14 Supreme Lucky (4L) 10/1 43 45
18 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-8 b1 9/12 Flying On The Turf (4L) 13/1 45 46
9 Oct 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-8 13/14 Beauty Eternal (15L) 42/10 45 14
25 Sep 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f GF Hc 8-6 2/12 Good Buddy (¾L) 51/10 43 52
25 Jun 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-9 tp 12/14 Nunchuks (5¾L) 9/1 46 45
22 May 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-9 tp 10/14 Stunning Impact (4¾L) 87/10 48 51
13
(13)
Yeaboi silk
Yeaboi b
T: C H Yip
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 20 in the last 14 days (0%)
Dual winner over shorter in NZ but yet to get competitive in five local starts
09-080
Age: 4
Weight: 9-9
OR: 58
Days: 17
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
19 Feb 23 Sha Sha Tin 8f Gd Hc 9-7 b 10/14 Flying Mojito (6L) 147/1 60 59
8 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-3 b 9/11 Speedy Mouse (6¾L) 76/1 64 57
24 Dec 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-2 13/14 Marado (7¼L) 350/1 64 59
27 Nov 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-12 8/11 Solar Winds (8½L) 183/1 66 58
9 Nov 22 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-13 12/12 Star Brite (10½L) 84/1 66 42
14
(14)
Lucky Banner silk
Lucky Banner ht
T: C Fownes
Promise in novice events a fading memory and was comfortably held over C&D latest
9-7022
Age: 4
Weight: 9-0
OR: 49
Days: 63
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
4 Jan 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-0 ht1 9/12 Legion Of Merit (5¼L) 28/1 51 51
24 Dec 22 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF 3yHc 9-1 t 7/14 Forerunner (5½L) 14/1 53 56
11 Sep 22 Sha Sha Tin 5f Gd Hc 9-3 t 12/14 Ka Ying Spirit (6¾L) 11/1 54 48
12 Jun 22 Sha Sha Tin 5f Gd 9-0 t 2/10 Dashing Triumph (nk) 6/4F - 71
22 May 22 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd 9-0 t 2/6 Circuit Nine (nk) 16/1 - 71
1 May 22 Sha Sha Tin 5f Gd 9-0 t 5/7 Circuit Nine (8½L) 26/5 - 44
Verdict

London Luckystar is respected but continues to creep up the weights, so the vote instead goes to the well-handicapped BABY.

Verdict silk image
Baby

Betting Forecast:

9/4 London Luckystar,

4/1 Kung Fu Tea,

13/2 Iron Will,

8/1 Baby,

Copartner Fionn,

Sunny Baby,

12/1 Copartner Era,

16/1 Sturdy Ruby,

King Of The Court,

25/1 All Joyful,

28/1 Ode To Joy,

33/1 Young Sparkle

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