Recap by phillip woo

Got Fly went back as expected to settle third from the rear and three deep with cover from a wide gate, made his move 600m out, swung the final bend with two wider out, hit the front 200m out and drew clear 150m out to live up to a promising debut last month with a step up in distance. Monsieur Mogok produced a ducking-and-weaving run near the inside after travelling second from the rear to run down Industrialist Way close to home for the runner-up spot. He's ready to enter the winner's enclosure. Industrialist Way strolled forward to settle without cover in third after missing the kick, advanced to a narrow lead at the 250m and grudgingly gave way late in a solid performance. Archippus came from last at one point with one wider out to just miss a placing. Holmes Legend shifted widest out at the 300m and ran on nicely thereafter. Dalwari travelled deep with cover fore of midfield, advanced to share the lead at the 300m and peaked on his run 150m out.

Racing Incident Report

Race Two: (234)-TOKYO HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1800Metres

ARCHIPPUS and GOT FLY were crowded for room on jumping inside MONSIEUR MOGOK which shifted in.

After this, MONSIEUR MOGOK was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

JUN HUO shifted out at the start and bumped HOLMES LEGEND.

Then despite being ridden along in the early stages, HOLMES LEGEND failed to muster speed.

WRATH OF FIRE and INDUSTRIALIST WAY were slow to begin.

In the early stages, GRAND ELITE got its head on the side and lay in.

After the 1200 Metres, INDUSTRIALIST WAY was left racing wide and without cover.

Approaching the 900 Metres, GRAND ELITE was left racing wide and without cover.

After the 600 Metres, INDUSTRIALIST WAY raced in restricted room between PRESIDENT LINCOLN which was laying out and DALWARI which was racing tight inside GRAND ELITE.

Rounding the Home Turn, PRESIDENT LINCOLN, when racing between PO CHING TREASURE and INDUSTRIALIST WAY, became awkward and struck itself, resulting in it becoming badly unbalanced and losing a significant amount of ground.

When PRESIDENT LINCOLN lost ground abruptly, MALAYAN PEARL and HOLMES LEGEND, both of which were following, were checked in consequence.

The performance of PRESIDENT LINCOLN, which subsequently finished tailed out, was considered unacceptable.

Before being allowed to race again, PRESIDENT LINCOLN will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in an official barrier trial around a bend and be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

Near the 250 Metres, WRATH OF FIRE was steadied when crowded for room between GRAND ELITE which was laying in and MONSIEUR MOGOK (J Moreira) which shifted out before being corrected by its rider.

J Moreira was reprimanded and advised to exercise more care.

When giving ground passing the 200 Metres, PO CHING TREASURE got its head on the side, lay in and bumped the hindquarters of JUN HUO which became unbalanced.

Passing the 200 Metres, MONSIEUR MOGOK was shifted in away from the heels of INDUSTRIALIST WAY to obtain clear running.

In the Straight, GOT FLY hung in under pressure, When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of JUN HUO, B Prebble stated that he was able to obtain a nice position throughout the race behind the leader PO CHING TREASURE.

He said a run inside that horse presented itself rounding the Home Turn when PO CHING TREASURE lay out away from the rail.

He said he rode JUN HUO along and whilst the horse did improve into the run inside PO CHING TREASURE, it did not respond as quickly as thought it would.

He said JUN HUO came under heavy pressure after the 300 Metres, however, despite being ridden along did not respond as it did last start.

He added whilst JUN HUO became unbalanced when bumped on the hindquarters by PO CHING TREASURE near the 150 Metres, JUN HUO was already under pressure at this time and was not responding to his riding.

He did say he had ridden JUN HUO in some of its work in the lead up to today's race including when the horse last galloped on 12 December 2014 and based on this good work he expected the horse to run well.

Mr K W Lui, the trainer of JUN HUO, was not able to explain why the horse raced disappointingly other than it was stepping up in distance from 1600 Metres to 1800 Metres which may have been a factor.

A veterinary inspection of JUN HUO immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

The performance of JUN HUO, a last start winner, was considered unacceptable.

Before being allowed to race again, JUN HUO will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

A veterinary inspection of MALAYAN PEARL immediately following the race revealed the horse to have bled from both nostrils.

JUN HUO, GOT FLY and MONSIEUR MOGOK were sent for sampling.