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Hong Kong Jockey Club at Sha Tin. June 8, 2019… 79th race meeting of the 2018-2019 year.
Weather report: 88 Degrees Cloudy 40% of rain Wind: SW 10 to 15 mph.

Post time: 1am ET, 10pm PT. Rail: Course “C”, track listed: Good

Past Performance links:
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/PDF/RaceCard/20190608_starter_all.pdf
http://www.hkjc.com/english/formguide/1.html SpeedPRO
http://www.drf.com/hk
http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/racecard
http://www.hkracing.com/interactive/ Pace Ratings

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

Vulnerable favourite on the card:
Race 8 Empire Star (9-5) Is winless after 24 tries with all of them at this class level and 19 of them here at Sha Tin, will continue to play against him until he proves he understands what he’s supposed to be doing on the track in the afternoon even with Purton on his back.

Horses coming out of key races running tonight (races where multiple winners have come back next time out and won):
Race 333 (Winners: 2nd, 3rd & 6th)
Race 1 Break Record (51-1)

Race 611 (Winners: 1st, 10th & 14th)
Race 6 Sky Gem (67-1)

Race 663 (Winners: 1st & 5th, Second: 2nd & 3rd)
Race 8 Medic Dragon (46-1)

In the event of rain these horses have shown an appreciation for soft footing. (Good to Yielding or Yielding):
Race 2 Ambitious Speedy (7-1)
Race 3 Multimillion (7-1)
Race 3 Thanks Forever (2-5)
Race 4 Surewin (9-5)
Race 6 King’s Man (13-1)
Race 9 Amazing Satchmo (17-1)
Race 10 Mr Croissant (6-1)

Trainer/Jockey/Horse winning combos running tonight:
Race 3 Multimillion (7-1)
Race 3 Thanks Forever (2-5)
Race 5 Better Choice (3-2)
Race 7 Star Majestic (11-1)
Race 8 Empire Star (9-5)
Race 10 Beauty Spark (3-1)

Horses for courses running tonight:
None

Distance specialists running tonight:
Race 3 Goko (12-1)
Race 9 Happy Force (9-2)

Class specialists running tonight:
Race 3 Multimillion (7-1)

Last race watch list horses running tonight:
Race 1 Speedy Missile (5-1) In his debut for the Ting barn was bet down as the 7-2 second betting choice after three nice barrier trials. At the break he stood on his hind legs losing at least four lengths to the field forcing him to run at the rear early on, then on the backside he started to climb uncontrollably. This continued until right before they entered the stretch, he then started to make a run at the front runners but with 200 metres to go he began to tire and instead of wearing him out like my father did when I miss behaved as a child Teetan put the stick away and let him gallop out to the wire.

Race 1 Victoriam (8-1) After running two game thirds in his previous barrier trials, he was bet down to the 2-1 favourite in a 12 horse field going 6 while breaking from the 3 post, while catching a yielding track after heavy rains during the card. At the break he was bumped sideways when Trust Me from the 2 hole came out into him, he quickly recovered and joined into the fight up front without any encouragement from Rispoli. Then heading into the turn Eight Trigrams with bugboy Ho on darted in front of him temporarily making him very rank, when they entered the stretch there was an opening for him but his lack of experience and refusal to switch to his proper lead step the hole was moving faster than he was. He was asked a few time by Rispoli to run in the stretch but wasn't overly abused after seeing they weren't going to get up today, will learn from the effort and enough excuses to forgive this race.

Race 6 Garlic Yeah (4-1) Has not had that much success in Class 4 and especially at Sha Tin and in his last two races found himself blocked in the stretch. He broke alright but was a little slow to get into the bit so van Niekerk gave him a few whacks to get his attention, that placed him mid-pack while saving ground on the rail. With 400 metres left he shifted out looking for running room but Schofield on the eventual winner Smart Rocket had him trapped behind some tiring runners and had to take up losing his momentum for the moment. He then shifted in towards the rail but Ho on Sunny Power beat him to the opening forcing him to go elsewhere for room, he finished well in the last 100 without much encouragement from the South African. So that makes three races in a row where he wasn't allowed to stretch his legs in the lane, and hopefully he'll be running at the downtown track next time.

Past watch list runners running tonight:
Race 6 Management Star (7-1)

Key Plays:
Race 1 Speedy Missile (5-1)
Race 5 Shining Ace (2-1)
Race 6 Garlic Yeah (4-1)

Longshots:
Race 4 Lotus Breeze (20-1)
Race 7 Endearing (24-1)
Race 8 Ka Ying Brilliance (11-1)