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Hong Kong Jockey Club at Happy Valley. May 22, 2019… 74th race meeting of the 2018-2019 year.
Weather report: 77 Degrees Thunderstorms 80% of rain Wind: ESE 5 to 10 mph.

Post time: 7.15am ET, 4.15 am PT. Rail: Course “B”, track listed: Good

Past Performance links:
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/PDF/RaceCard/20190522_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 1 Little Fantasy (4-1) Even with the pick up of Moreira and coming out of a race that has had multiple runners finishing first and second (look at key races), he is still 1 for 40 in Hong Kong and 0-15 in Class 5 for a trainer that is at 6% for the year.

Horses coming out of key races running tonight (races where multiple winners have come back next time out and won):
Race 578 (Winners: 2nd, 10th & 11th, Second: 4th & 8th)
Race 1 Little Fantasy (4-1)

Race 542 (Winners: 1st & 3rd, Second: 8th)
Race 4 High Rev (11-1)

In the event of rain these horses have shown an appreciation for soft footing. (Good to Yielding or Yielding):
Race 5 Sparkling Sword (10-1)
Race 6 Golden Dash (7-2)

Trainer/Jockey/Horse winning combos running tonight:
Race 4 Super Euro Star (6-1)
Race 6 Harbour Alert (14-1)
Race 7 Telecom Puma (9-2)
Race 8 Tornado Twist (9-2)
Race 8 Yee Cheong Baby (2-1)

Horses for courses running tonight:
None

Distance specialists running tonight:
Race 8 Tornado Twist (9-2)

Class specialists running tonight:
None

Last race watch list horses running tonight:
Race 5 Charity Grand (5-2) Was in an all-out fight to the wire in his previous to get up over #6 Alpha Hedge and drawing the 11 gate was not a good sign for future endeavors. As soon as the gates opened he was bumped off stride when Alpha Hedge broke out and caused a bumping gallery taking out four runners, he raced two wide in the first turn and a little farther back than where Teetan would have liked to have been placed and how the track was playing that night it was not the place to be. At the 700 metre mark on the backside just before the turn for home Teetan asked for his run while now in the far outside three path, he continued his run all the way to the wire only to miss by a half-length to the favourite who had a much easier trip with the aid of the front running bias. He has been away from the track since February with a lame left hind cannon bone, but is live on the board so most likely they have fixed the problem.

Race 6 Loving A Boom (5-2) Stopped in his last after dueling on the lead with the eventual winner Fat Turtle who was making his debut run in Hong Kong for Frankie Lor. Callan picked up the mount and placed him in the back half of the field 2 wide in the turn while being boxed in, then moved out to the four path in the stretch. At the 300 metre mark he looked like the winner, but it looked as if he began to wait on others and Prance Dragon was more than appreciative of that and out fought him to the wire, all the while defeating the third place runner Endearing by 2 lengths.

Past watch list runners running tonight:
Race 4 Jumbo Prize (2-1)
Race 6 Golden Dash (7-2)
Race 8 Fat Turtle (3-1)

Key Plays:
Race 6 Loving A Boom (5-2)
Race 8 Tornado Twist (9-2)

Longshots:
Race 1 Megatron (15-1)
Race 4 High Rev (11-1)
Race 7 Smart Leader (10-1)