Macau Jockey Club - Racing Information

Date :

Macau Meeting Race 5(0172) - THE DAVAO

Season Race No. :

2023-03-18 | Sat | 16:55 | Sand | 1350M | NORMAL WATERING | 55-30 | $210,000

RACE-5 THE DAVAO (SAND) RATING 55-30 (CLASS 4) 1350 METRES (172)

1 Harapan (Apprentice A Liu) - Approaching the 900 metres was checked (see inquiry). Had a tendency to lay in inside the 200 metres. Beaten Favourite. A post race veterinary examination failed to reveal any significant abnormality. A swab sample was taken for analysis.
6 Racing Brothers (L Corrales) - Knuckled on jumping, then shifted in and inconvenienced 3 Fortune Ahead.
7 Pearl Big Brother (C Perkins) - Brushed the side of the barrier stall when the gates were released and then contacted 8 Happy Happy Happy.
9 Racing Master (Y M Choi) - Shifted out slightly on jumping and brushed 2 Fortune Paradise. Rider Y M Choi was questioned as to why he heavily restrained his mount resulting in it losing significant ground in the back straight. He said that he had been instructed to lead if possible but not to get into a speed battle and for this reason he elected to steady with a view to obtaining a position behind the leader 4 Sheng Tong Baby. He said that it was 9 Racing Master’s first start over the 1350 metres, and he did not wish to go too hard in case the gelding failed to see out the distance of the race. He added that when he was restraining, his mount then commenced to race ungenerously for some distance and that after entering the straight, shifted in of its own accord and bumped the running rail and became unbalanced.

RACING INCIDENT & INQUIRY:
Stewards inquired into an incident approaching the 900 metres. Evidence was taken from the riders of 9 Racing Master (Y M Choi) and 1 Harapan (Apprentice A Liu). Jockey Y M Choi the rider of 9 Racing Master pleaded guilty to charge of careless riding under MJC Rule 132 (i) in that approaching the 900 metres, he permitted his mount to shift in resulting in 1 Harapan having to be checked and lost its rightfully running. Jockey Y M Choi’s license to ride in races was suspended for a period of two race meetings, covering the meetings of Friday, 31 March and Saturday, 1 April 2023. In addition he was fined the sum of HKD12,000. In arriving at penalty, the Stewards took into account Jockey Y M Choi’s guilty plea, his poor riding record, the level of interference and all mitigating factors. He was advised of his Right of Appeal.

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