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15 November 2023
Wednesday 15th November

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Kokura Handicap (Class 5) (3yo+) (Course B) (Turf) Racecard

  • Channel: SKY
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good
Runners
12

Type
Flat

Surface
Turf

Selection

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Racecard

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(11)
Alloy King silk
CD
D
Alloy King v
J: Antoine Hamelin
T: Jimmy Ting
CD
4 x C&D Winner - Won 4 times before on this course at this distance
D
5 x Distance Winner - Won 5 times before at this distance
Burdened with a 7lb penalty and a wide draw but three time C&D winner is still respected
100150
Age: 7
Weight: 9-9
OR: 40
Days: 28
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
18 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd/Y Hc 9-2 v 1/12 Happily Friends (2L) 204/10 33 50
10 Sep 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd/Y Hc 9-2 v 10/14 I Give (7L) 98/1 33 27
3 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd/Y Hc 9-2 v 11/12 Day Day Rich (13L) 44/1 33 5
17 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-13 v 1/12 Theta Hedge (¾L) 54/10 28 41
3 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-12 v 5/12 Jack Win (1¾L) 14/1 29 37
15 Mar 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-13 v 12/12 Raging Blaze (8L) 39/1 30 18
2
(4)
August Moon silk
D
August Moon tb
J: K C Leung
T: Jamie Richards
D
3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 22 in the last 14 days (0%)
Appreciated dip in grade latest; outside claims if building on that showing
300708
Age: 6
Weight: 9-9
OR: 40
Days: 17
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
29 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-9 tv 3/12 Nordic Combined (4L) 84/10 40 53
4 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-6 tv 11/12 Denfield (6¾L) 69/1 43 32
24 Sep 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-10 tv 12/12 Always Fluke (7½L) 37/1 46 33
10 Sep 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Y Hc 8-11 tv 7/9 Super Winner (9½L) 33/1 48 37
15 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-3 tv 12/14 Fun Together (11L) 94/1 53 29
8 Jan 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-3 tv1 8/12 Compassion Super (6½L) 35/1 55 44
3
(8)
H Z Tourbillon silk
CD
H Z Tourbillon t
J: Zac Purton
T: T P Yung
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
C&D winner; on a long losing run but caught the eye of late and Zac Purton takes the reins
056008
Age: 6
Weight: 9-9
OR: 40
Days: 28
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
18 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd/Y Hc 8-5 t 10/11 Healthy Healthy (5¼L) 24/1 42 38
4 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-8 t 5/12 Copartner Ambition (3¼L) 23/1 44 48
13 Sep 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-8 t 6/9 Mega Bonus (3L) 24/1 45 49
6 Jul 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-13 t 10/12 Watch Buddy (6L) 17/1 52 46
15 Mar 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-1 t 11/12 Melbourne Hall (4¾L) 26/1 54 51
1 Mar 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-3 t 8/11 A Americ Te Specso (7L) 9/1 56 47
4
(3)
Hercules silk
CD
Hercules tb
J: Karis Teetan
T: C H Yip
CD
3 x C&D Winner - Won 3 times before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (4%)
Out of sorts but is a three-time C&D winner; respected at this level off a career-low mark
080983
Age: 8
Weight: 9-8
OR: 39
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
1 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-4 tb 12/12 Zoom Boom (8½L) 51/1 41 25
1 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-2 tb 8/14 California Vanes (5½L) 69/1 44 39
18 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 tb 11/14 Yellowfin (12½L) 155/1 46 30
31 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 8-11 tb 9/12 Goodluck Goodluck (4¾L) 12/1 48 47
17 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-12 tb 8/12 One For All (5¼L) 12/1 48 46
6 Apr 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-11 tb 3/12 Kokushi Musou (¾L) 10/1 47 56
5
(9)
Crystal Powerful silk
Crystal Powerful tp
J: Brenton Avdulla
T: W K Mo
Showed improvement for being gelded latest; respected on 2yo Australian form at this level
800007
Age: 4
Weight: 9-7
OR: 38
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
1 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 7-11 tp 8/12 Wood On Fire (2¾L) 43/5 41 44
15 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-6 tp 14/14 Leslie (6L) 68/1 43 39
25 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-12 t 13/13 Greenwich (9L) 80/1 49 33
13 May 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd/Y Hc 8-9 t 10/12 Super Highway (9L) 52/1 52 36
30 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-12 t 12/13 Red Hare King (10L) 160/1 55 44
2 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-12 7/13 Easy Snip (4¼L) 41/1 57 56
6
(12)
Eight Trigrams silk
D
Eight Trigrams tb
J: Jerry Chau 2
T: Y S Tsui
D
5 x Distance Winner - Won 5 times before at this distance
Regressive 8yo; offered little on reappearance and others have more appealing profiles
978990
Age: 8
Weight: 9-7
OR: 38
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
25 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-2 tb 9/12 Magic Supreme (10L) 15/1 40 21
9 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f GF Hc 8-9 tb 7/12 Lucky Quality (2¾L) 32/5 44 44
1 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-9 tb 8/14 Let's Do It (4¾L) 49/1 46 47
10 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-8 tb 9/12 Lady's Choice (5¼L) 42/1 48 43
21 May 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-13 tb 9/12 Speedy Fortune (9¾L) 14/1 51 40
30 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 9-2 tb 10/14 Lucky Encounter (8¾L) 72/1 54 44
7
(5)
Sweet Diamond silk
D
Sweet Diamond t
J: Alexis Badel
T: P F Yiu
D
Distance Winner - Won before at this distance
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 31 in the last 14 days (3%)
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 23 in the last 14 days (4%)
Won off 6lb higher at Sha Tin (6f) in June 2022 but yet to show any worthwhile form here
773006
Age: 6
Weight: 9-7
OR: 38
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
25 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 9-9 t 7/12 All Is Ready (7L) 15/1 40 33
1 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 5f Gd Hc 8-6 t 7/14 Sparkling Dolphin (2¾L) 19/1 41 43
1 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-4 3/14 California Vanes (2½L) 49/1 43 48
24 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-9 b 12/12 Colonel (12L) 46/1 46 20
23 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-11 b 12/12 Everyone's Victory (19½L) 16/1 48 -
29 Mar 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Sl Hc 8-11 b1 6/12 Lucky Banner (3¼L) 48/1 50 53
8
(2)
Amazing Travis silk
Amazing Travis t
J: L Hewitson
T: W Y So
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 28 in the last 14 days (0%)
Struggled to make an impact to date; 2lb lower mark and step up in trip offer some hope
709800
Age: 4
Weight: 9-6
OR: 37
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
1 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 9-9 t 7/9 The Good Deal (4L) 59/1 39 39
16 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-6 ht 11/14 Karma (8½L) 116/1 43 37
10 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-8 ht 9/13 All Is Good (4½L) 138/1 45 48
13 May 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Y Hc 8-10 ht 8/14 Flamingo Trillion (6¾L) 172/1 47 43
12 Apr 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-12 ht 10/12 One For All (7L) 87/1 49 42
22 Mar 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-1 ht 12/12 One For All (8½L) 89/1 52 37
9
(10)
Brave And Bold silk
Brave And Bold
J: Andrea Atzeni
T: J Size
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (4%)
Yet to make an impact; represents a strong stable and likely to do better in due course
679979
Age: 4
Weight: 9-3
OR: 34
Days: 7
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
8 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-5 6/12 Spicy So Smart (4¼L) 8/1 36 38
29 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-8 7/12 Hang's Choice (5L) 13/1 38 39
11 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-9 9/12 Happy Hero (7½L) 27/1 40 37
16 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-7 9/14 Parterre (5½L) 59/1 44 45
25 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-10 7/14 So Awesome (5L) 43/1 46 44
4 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 8f GF Hc 8-11 9/13 Go Go Sixteen (5½L) 17/1 48 47
10
(1)
Valhalla silk
CD
BF
Valhalla t
J: C Y Ho
T: C Fownes
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
BF
Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 31 in the last 14 days (3%)
Breakthrough win over C&D in September and in good form since; solid claims from ace draw
244155
Age: 6
Weight: 9-1
OR: 32
Days: 14
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
1 Nov 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 9-1 t 2/9 The Good Deal (1L) 6/4F 31 42
18 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd/Y Hc 9-0 t 4/12 Alloy King (3½L) 79/10 31 37
4 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 9-0 t 4/12 My Intelligent (2L) 11/2 31 38
13 Sep 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-7 t 1/8 Vamos (1½L) 47/20 24 40
10 Sep 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd/Y Hc 8-7 t 5/14 I Give (3½L) 11/1 24 29
16 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-11 t 5/13 Fingers Crossed (1½L) 87/10 28 42
11
(7)
Viva A La silk
CD
C
Viva A La et
J: K De Melo
T: K L Man
CD
C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance
C
2 x Course Winner - Won 2 times before at this course
Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 25 in the last 14 days (0%)
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (4%)
C&D winner; found life much tougher off revised mark following 1m win and similar expected
817103
Age: 5
Weight: 9-0
OR: 31
Days: 17
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
29 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd Hc 9-1 et 8/12 Hang's Choice (6¼L) 19/5 31 29
4 Oct 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f GF Hc 8-9 et 1/11 Yee Cheong Warrior (shd) 12/1 26 40
20 Sep 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 8-9 et 7/12 Tronic Mighty (3½L) 17/10F 26 26
6 Jul 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-3 et 1/12 Young Sparkle (1L) 16/5 19 33
1 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-3 et 10/14 Maximize Heart (5¾L) 83/10 18 20
14 Jun 23 Hap Happy Valley 8.5f Gd/Y Hc 8-4 et 3/12 Concerto (4¼L) 9/1 19 28
12
(6)
Noir Rider silk
C
Noir Rider b
J: Angus Chung 5
T: C W Chang
C
Course Winner - Won before at this course
1-31; only win was in October 2021 but failed to threaten since; others preferred
404690
Age: 7
Weight: 8-5
OR: 22
Days: 21
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
25 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f St Hc 8-7 4/12 All Is Ready (4¼L) 9/1 24 26
20 Sep 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 8-8 b 11/12 Tronic Mighty (7¼L) 9/1 25 12
12 Jul 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f GF Hc 8-11 b 4/11 Circuit Seven (3½L) 20/1 28 34
3 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd/Y Hc 8-13 b 6/12 Day Day Rich (6L) 49/1 30 25
17 May 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 8-11 tv 9/12 Alloy King (7L) 45/1 33 24
19 Apr 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f Gd Hc 9-2 tv1 11/12 Sunshine Legendary (5¼L) 30/1 35 33
13
(13)
Fire Ball silk
CD
Fire Ball
T: C H Yip
CD
2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance
Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (4%)
Well treated these days but difficult to predict; C&D winner could outrun his odds
039007
Age: 7
Weight: 9-3
OR: 34
Days: 24
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
22 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 10/13 Gluck Racer (8L) 79/10 36 30
17 Sep 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 9-3 3/14 Chiu Chow Brother (¾L) 15/1 36 55
3 Jul 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd/Y Hc 9-1 9/14 Winwin Thirtythree (5½L) 81/10 39 41
4 Jun 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f GF Hc 8-5 14/14 Flamingo Trillion (19L) 36/1 41 2
15 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-4 11/13 Wide Blue Yonder (8¾L) 38/1 43 34
2 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-9 7/14 Romantic Laos (6¼L) 42/1 45 45
14
(14)
Dashing Glory silk
Dashing Glory b
T: Y S Tsui
Well down the field all five starts, most recently over 7f; difficult to make a case for
00000
Age: 5
Weight: 9-7
OR: 38
Days: 10
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
5 Nov 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-2 tb1 11/14 Pins Prince (9¾L) 102/1 41 31
15 Oct 23 Sha Sha Tin 7f Gd Hc 8-4 t 11/14 Leslie (3½L) 284/1 43 45
2 Apr 23 Sha Sha Tin 6f Gd Hc 8-9 t 12/13 Easy Snip (17L) 109/1 49 6
15 Mar 23 Hap Happy Valley 5f Gd Hc 9-0 t 12/12 G One Excellent (8¼L) 105/1 52 36
15 Feb 23 Hap Happy Valley 6f GF Hc 9-0 t 12/12 Son Pak Fu (9¾L) 66/1 52 38
Verdict

Downgraded H Z TOURBILLON has won over C&D off a higher mark and can land an overdue win with Zac Purton on board for the first time.

Verdict silk image
H Z Tourbillon

Betting Forecast:

11/4 Valhalla,

7/2 H Z Tourbillon,

11/2 Hercules,

7/1 August Moon,

10/1 Alloy King,

Noir Rider,

12/1 Viva A La,

16/1 Sweet Diamond,

20/1 Brave And Bold,

25/1 Crystal Powerful,

33/1 Eight Trigrams,

Amazing Travis

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