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Hong Kong Jockey Club at Happy Valley. April 17, 2019… 64th race meeting of the 2018-2019 year.
Weather report: 74 Degrees Partly Cloudy 20% 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/20190417_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 Last Kingdom (5-2) Has had two hard races in a row and still can’t find the winner’s circle, trainer is hovering at a 5% win rate with a rider at 3%, playing that he comes up with an empty tank in the stretch.

Horses coming out of key races running tonight (races where multiple winners have come back next time out and won):
Race 455 (Winners: 2nd & 5th, Second: 6th)
Race 1 Letsgofree (6-1)

Race 452 (Winners: 7th & 8th, Second: 2nd & 3rd)
Race 1 Kwaichung Brothers (27-1)

Race 490 (Winners: 8th & 9th, Second: 2nd)
Race 4 Shining On (10-1)

In the event of rain these horses have shown an appreciation for soft footing. (Good to Yielding or Yielding):
Race 2 Look Eras (7-5)
Race 8 Amazing Satchmo (9-1)

Trainer/Jockey/Horse winning combos running tonight:
Race 5 Blitzing (7-2)

Horses for courses running tonight:
Race 5 Blitzing (7-2)

Distance specialists running tonight:
None

Class specialists running tonight:
None

Last race watch list horses running tonight:
Race 5 Ballistic King (5-2) In his first race in Hong Kong after a nice short career in New Zealand drew the 12 post which is usually a death nail at The Valley and it reflected it in his odds with him going off at 87-1. He broke on top but soon afterwards was taken back by 5 pound bug-boy Mo and doing so forced him four wide in the short turn, in the turn for home he was three wide and drifted out to the 8 path entering the stretch. He made up good ground while racing on his wrong lead step until 100 metres to go, where he finally switched over and re-broke only missing by a half a length to Zac Purton on the favourite Fat Turtle who had a perfect trip sitting right off the hip of the pace setter Loving A Boom who tired to a well beaten ninth.

Race 6 Hasta Luego (16-1) Was bet down to a 4-5 favourite in his debut last time out going 5 furlongs at Sha Tin, and ran like a first timer, all over the track. Now he was entered for 6 furlongs and added a hood for to hopefully fix his gate problem, unfortunately he drew the rail. He broke on top and Moreira placed him on the lead with company heading into the turn while racing on the rail, halfway thru the turn Bingo who was racing three wide took over the lead while Wong on Triumphant Lord was taken back while being the meat in the sandwich. At the top of the lane he pulled back even with Bingo but as soon as he did so, the big favourite first timer out of the Frankie Lor barn Everyone's Joy engaged them and pulled away without any encouragement from Purton, all while that was happening Moreira was wrapping up on Hasta Luego and never asked him to put in any kind of effort. He's not the prettiest looking runner but should improve after showing more speed than he did in his first try, he has the look of a Happy Valley runner.

Past watch list runners running tonight:
None

Key Plays:
Race 3 Waldorf (2-1)
Race 5 Ballistic King (5-2)
Race 7 Turin Redstar (6-1)

Longshots:
Race 2 Lucky Thought (11-1)
Race 4 Polymer Luck (12-1)
Race 6 Hasta Luego (16-1)