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Race 1 (1,450m)
(5) MOCHA MACAROON has been threatening and has a bright chance of exiting the maidens.

(1) LORNA LILLY fought on gamely to run second last time and could get involved in the finish.

(10) WONDER I DO was backed in both starts but needs to produce her work shown.

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𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙮

The Australian gelding, who cost A$220,000 an unraced two-year-old and was named Sahabat, had a change of trainer after arriving in Singapore in early 2020 before making his debut later in the year.

The son of Foxwedge scored back-to-back wins the following year but failed to make any headway after that, even with another change of trainer late last year before moving to Malaysia.
He was renamed Ice Out Sixty-One, and shortly after again to his current name Titan Pegasus .

He won first-up for trainer Stephen Cook last February. But after one more unplaced run, he came under newly-licensed trainer Mogana Selvan who was former assistant to Cook.

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"𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴’𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀"
Small fields – and their detrimental effect on turnover – have no doubt been the topic of much conversation around water coolers from Sha Tin to Sports Road in the past week or so, and it’s not only Jockey Club officials who have been left searching for answers.
Also scratching their heads are the punters, who are thus far coming off second best in their (very much unofficial) battle with Hong Kong’s least populated races.

While they were smiling after $1.3 hotpot Self Improvement took out the six-runner dirt event that opened Sunday’s Sha Tin card, favourite backers were left reeling just two races later when boom horse Dream Winner finished last of five at $1.3 in a Class Two sprint.

That followed a week after Lucky Sweynesse went over at $1.2 in the season’s other race with half a dozen or fewer runners, the six-horse Class One HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (1,200m) on a rain-affected track.

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"𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗺’𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿"
He has tasted success with a couple of progressive gallopers already this season, and Karis Teetan will look to continue that trend at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
After snaring the Class One HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (1,200m) aboard Victor The Winner on opening day, Teetan saluted with Lucky Encounter on the weekend and will now join forces with smart three-year-old Helene Feeling.
“It’s always nice to start the season with a winner, and especially to start the season with a winner like Victor The Winner. It’s a really nice race to win, and he’s a promising horse for the future. Lucky Encounter is a nice little horse as well. He’s also got a bright future in Hong Kong,” Teetan said.

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆: ‘𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻’
Vincent Ho Chak-yiu is confident he is ready to get the absolute best out of excitement machine Dream Winner at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the star jockey admits it is going to be some time until he is performing at the peak of his own powers.
Sidelined for the start of the campaign after fracturing his T5 vertebra in a nasty fall in Japan in July, Ho returns this weekend happy enough with his fitness but realistic about his early-season capabilities.
“I’m feeling confident. The first two days back riding I still had some doubts, but the past few days I’ve felt completely fine and got my confidence back that I won’t feel pain on a horse,” said Ho, who returned to trackwork last weekend before riding in trials on Tuesday and Friday.
“I’m slowly getting there, but it’s going to take months to be 100 per cent again in terms of my form, weight and everything.
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𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙄 𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙄 𝙒𝙞𝙣

Peter Moody is considering a trip to the races with his Everest contender I Wish I Win.

The second favourite for the $20 million race over 1200m at Randwick on October 14, may be seen at either Caulfield on Saturday or Flemington on Sunday.

Moody said there was also the option of a jump-out at Cranbourne for I Wish I Win on Monday week.

I Wish I Win came through his solitary run ahead of the The Everest in excellent shape when third to Mr Brightside in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on September 2.

With no suitable race in the lead-up to The Everest, Moody is planning on an exhibition gallop or jump-out with the sprinter.

"I want to give him a trip away from home," Moody said.

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‘𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹’ 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗶-𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸"

You cannot miss Cody Mo Wai-kit and his team in the mornings at Sha Tin, and the rookie trainer has revealed advice from a feng shui master inspired his stable’s colourful (and hopefully lucky) new garb.

Brimming with excitement ahead of his first runner at Sha Tin on Sunday, Mo explained the thinking behind a strip that has ensured his team has been noticed even before taking a horse to the races.

“Everyone’s noticing how colourful the shirts are. I was advised by a feng shui master that these three colours are good for me,” Mo said.

“I like the purple, the red is lucky for me and yellow is not bad, so we’ve gone with a combination.”

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Everyone's dealing with something," Williams said.

"As it turned out it's a horse race, it's my job, I love to do it.
"I love the horse (Giga Kick), but Jonathon's (Munz) owners have chosen to replace me and that's his prerogative.

"My job and my team and my support around me and the stuff that we do humanitarian wise, it puts a greater perspective on life.
"As much as I love it, breathe it, sleep it, dream about it, I love my racing, I've got a really good perspective of life in the last 18 months.

"I guess a time like now actually shows people that come out and really support situations, but again, I can't ride the horse, it's a bit disappointing but I wish the horse all the best.

"I think he's a superstar so good luck to him going forward."
In a hoofnote, Rod Douglas, the racing manager for Jonathon Munz, was fined $1500 on Saturday by Racing Victoria stewards for comments made in a radio interview that were deemed 'detrimental to the interests of racing'.

Douglas later phoned Williams to apologise for those comments which aired on Wednesday after Williams was beaten aboard Giga in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley last Saturday.

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𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼

Drongo - a maiden so infamous in Australian horse racing history, his name became a colloquialism for someone considered one of life’s losers.

The well-bred stayer didn’t win a race in some 37-career starts but was by no means a battler. Runner-up in the 1923 Group 1 Victorian Derby, Drongo also raced in the time-honoured Group 1 Melbourne Cup on two occasions.

So when a horse formally known as Shalatin – runner-up as a two-year-old in the $1 million Golden Gift (2021) and placing third in the Group 2 Todman Stakes (2022) – could not break his maiden status after 12 starts in Australia for trainer Joe Pride, comparisons to the “great” Drongo were being made.

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𝗙𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵: ‘𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁’

Caspar Fownes has a fifth title in his sights in 2023-24, but perhaps even more exciting for the veteran trainer is what lies ahead for his progressive five-year-old Straight Arron.

After trialling at Happy Valley this Saturday, Straight Arron will resume in next weekend’s Group Three Celebration Cup (1,400m) at Sha Tin before plotting a course towards December’s Longines Hong Kong International Races.

“Straight Arron excites me the most in the stable. He’s summered beautifully, and he’ll have his first run next weekend,” Fownes said.
“We’ll start him off over seven furlongs and build from there. I’m pretty confident he’s a 120-rated horse. We’re hopeful he wins a couple and can mix it with the Group One horses this season.

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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝟰 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟭-𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 “𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴”.

But, with horses, you never know.
There could be surprises and some super racing. Like that Class 4 sprint over the 1,200m on turf.
It is shaping up to be one of those races where “anything can happen”. Already, from what we saw on the training track on Monday and Tuesday, it could be a dash to the line.
Not one but several contenders tossed their hats into the ring with stunning gallops.
Italian Revolution was one of them.