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By S C Sharma | 05-Jun-2020One of the most talking point of this wednesday's races at happy valley, HK races was the win of horse no 11 Top Military the 6yr old in the fourth race in a field of 12 runners class 4 race 60-40 over a distance of 1200 mts. beating the universal media choice and many experts common choice horse no 1 Sky Show . Top Military offered 284/1 for win and 33.9 for place which is the longest priced winner in last 49 years at happy valley since HK racing turned professional in 1971. The winner clocked 1.09.96 for the 1200 mts trip and after the race the jockey T H So ( Ben So ) admitted " Unbelievable " if you see the record of the horse you could not expect he had run that well. Trainer T P Young stated " not anticipated to run as well as did. " He further stated that application of Blk could be the reason for surprise success . He was simply expecting a better performance. Sky Show's defeat at well backed odds 1.6 surprised and shocked many horse lovers and experts.
Past few meetings at Sha Tin and Happy Valley really disappointed many with top champion jockeys dismissal performance. J Moreira after facing one meeting ban returned but not opened the account thus giving Z Purton five wins lead. The three time champion jockey's last 22 rides fatched no win. This sunday the Brazilian jockey having 9 rides in 10 race card and Z Purton having 8 rides in 10 race card but JM is hoping better performance as he rates this weeks rides are better compare with previous two meetings. Z Purton's tally remains at 128 wins and J Moreira is on 123 wins followed by way behind K Teetan 76 wins. Hoping again competitive and excited races at Sha Tin on Sunday first race to start at 10.15 am IST.