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22 February 2026

Sunday 22nd February

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Gladiolus Handicap (A+3 Course) (Turf) (Class 4) Racecard

Channel: SKY
Distance: 6f
Going: Good

Runners: 14
Type: Flat
Surface: Turf

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(11)

Embrace Aberdeen ^tp

J: Matthew Poon

T: F C Lor

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

Not disgraced but hasn't progressed from his C&D debut win in early December

5-91

Age: 3

Weight: 9-9

OR: 58

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-7	5/14	Lucky Twin Stars (2½L)	51/10	58	58
27 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-8	9/14	Mount Everest (4¾L)	69/10	58	53
7 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	8-13	1/12	Aurio (shd)	59/1	-	60

(13)

Thousand Spirit

J: Lyle Hewitson

T: Mark Newnham

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (0%)

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (4%)

Dropping back to 6f could work but his wide draw reduces appeal

43-039

Age: 4

Weight: 9-8

OR: 57

Days: 21

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-6	4/14	Rising Phoenix (2L)	71/10	57	59
18 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	9-6	3/14	Amazing Partners (1L)	39/10	57	61
14 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-6	12/14	Rising Phoenix (10L)	19/5F	59	40
23 Nov 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-9	3/14	Fit For Beauty (1½L)	16/1	61	65
19 Oct 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	8-4	9/14	Gracious Express (4L)	76/1	61	60
21 Sep 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Sft	Hc	8-11	6/12	Sky Trust (7L)	15/1	63	50

(7)

Sea Chariot ^t

J: Maxime Guyon

T: W K Mo

Three wins in Ireland; hit traffic when beaten 2.5l over C&D a month ago

59-000

Age: 6

Weight: 9-4

OR: 53

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-4 t	5/14	Cool Boy (2½L)	31/1	54	55
1 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-3 t	9/14	Raging Rapids (4¾L)	26/1	54	48
30 Oct 25	Sha Sha Tin	8.5f St	Hc	9-5 t	11/14	Leslie (12L)	63/1	57	36
21 Sep 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Sft	Hc	9-8 t	13/14	Solid Win (10½L)	92/1	59	42
5 Jul 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	8-8 t	11/14	Beauty Crescent (9L)	135/1	62	49
14 Jun 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	8-7 t	7/13	Patch Of Stars (6L)	71/1	64	57

(1)

Fortune Goldsaddle ^t

J: H T Mo ²

T: Jimmy Ting

Offered little in his trials and again when last to complete on official debut here

Age: 3

Weight: 9-3

OR: 52

Days: 21

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	5f Gd	Hc	8-13 t¹	14/14	Master Lucky (4¼L)	115/1	52	43

(3)

Giant Ballon ^tp

J: Zac Purton

T: Douglas Whyte

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 33 in the last 14 days (3%)

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 21 in the last 14 days (0%)

Ran well from a wide draw under Zac Purton over this far at Happy Valley last time

34-280

Age: 4

Weight: 9-3

OR: 52

Days: 18

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Feb 26	Hap Happy Valley	6f GF	Hc	9-5 tp	3/12	Victor The Rapid (1¼L)	42/10	52	56
14 Jan 26	Hap Happy Valley	6f Gd	Hc	9-2 tp	4/12	Lucky Planet (3¼L)	10/1	52	51
23 Dec 25	Hap Happy Valley	6f Gd	Hc	9-0 tp	2/12	Sugar Sugar (½L)	17/1	50	59
3 Dec 25	Hap Happy Valley	6f Gd	Hc	9-1 tp	8/12	Genius Baby (3L)	32/1	51	52
9 Nov 25	Sha Sha Tin	5f Gd	Hc	9-1 b	14/14	Sight Hermoso (9½L)	19/1	52	28
19 Oct 25	Sha Sha Tin	5f GF	Hc	8-13 b¹	4/14	Robot Lucky Star (1¾L)	71/1	52	57

(5)

Happy Brethren

J: C Y Ho

T: K W Lui

Has ability having finished runner-up in three of his four trials, the latest here

Form:

Age: 4

Weight: 9-3

OR: 52

Days: -

(12)

Phoenix Light ^h

J: Jerry Chau ²

T: C H Yip

4 x C&D Winner - Won 4 times before on this course at this distance

Hot Recent Form Jockey - 5 wins from 19 in the last 14 days (26%)

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (0%)

Not the best of strike-rates and was only eighth of 12 here last week after a year out

8-532/

Age: 8

Weight: 9-7

OR: 56

Days: 8

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	9-8 h	8/12	Gor Gor (3½L)	28/1	58	57
23 Feb 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-2 h	5/14	Crossborderpegasus (1½L)	17/1	60	65
31 Jan 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-9 h	3/14	Brilliant Express (1¾L)	9/1	60	67
1 Jan 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-8 h	2/14	Solid Win (1¼L)	44/1	59	66
22 Dec 24	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	8-4 h	9/14	Divano (4½L)	77/1	61	55
3 Nov 24	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-9 h	8/12	Glory Elite (5¼L)	68/1	63	63

(8)

Lucky Gibs

J: Angus Chung ²

T: K L Man

Showed only minor promise in recent trials without progressing

Form:

Age: 3

Weight: 9-3

OR: 52

Days: -

(2)

Stormy Knight ^p

J: Hugh Bowman

T: David A Hayes

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 28 in the last 14 days (4%)

Unplaced in all three starts over C&D but ran better than placings imply the last twice

80-0

Age: 3

Weight: 9-1

OR: 50

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-1 p	8/14	Lucky Eight (3½L)	31/1	52	50
1 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-2	10/14	Joy Capital (2L)	62/1	52	53
14 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-1	11/14	Cool Boy (6¾L)	37/1	52	41

(6)

Jubilation For All ^tb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: C S Shum

Open to improvement and saw his race out quite well for a close fifth over C&D latest

5-07V0

Age: 4

Weight: 8-13

OR: 48

Days: 11

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Feb 26	Hap Happy Valley	6f GF	Hc	8-11 tb	5/11	Flying Wrote (2½L)	16/1	50	49
14 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	8-11 tb	14/14	Rising Phoenix (27L)	9/1	50	-
23 Nov 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-1 tb	7/14	Mabubu (3¾L)	97/1	52	51
1 Oct 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	9-3 t	11/14	Aurora Patch (9¾L)	102/1	52	35

(9)

Monta Frutta ^ht

J: Karis Teetan

T: A S Cruz

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Capable and a good draw turned into a bad one when getting behind here two weeks ago

902-70

Age: 6

Weight: 8-13

OR: 48

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f St	Hc	8-11 ht	9/12	Good Chap (5¾L)	51/10	50	41
21 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f St	Hc	8-13 ht	10/12	Speedy Smartie (9L)	51/10	50	31
4 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f St	Hc	8-12 ht	2/12	Supreme Sea (1¾L)	76/10	50	57
14 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	8-13 ht	7/14	Cool Boy (4¼L)	69/1	52	50
27 Apr 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	9-5 ht	14/14	Patch Of Stars (20L)	70/1	56	11
13 Apr 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-3 ht	5/12	Ahren (3¾L)	10/1	57	59

(4)

Super Mastermind ^tb

J: Brenton Avdulla

T: Jamie Richards

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 1 wins from 26 in the last 14 days (4%)

Down the field in all his races and has only dropped 4lb; opposable

00-0

Age: 3

Weight: 8-13

OR: 48

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f St	Hc	8-13 tp	12/12	Good Chap (10½L)	166/1	50	25
18 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	9-1 tp	13/14	Amazing Partners (6½L)	87/1	52	42
26 Oct 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	3yHc	9-1 t	12/14	Ever Luck (7¾L)	57/1	52	40

(10)

Runjeet ^t

J: Richard Kingscote

T: David Eustace

Has hinted at ability without appealing as a winner waiting to happen; big odds last time

0-0006

Age: 4

Weight: 8-8

OR: 43

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	8-12 ht	10/12	Island Buddy (3½L)	51/1	45	46
15 Oct 25	Hap Happy Valley	6f GF	Hc	8-10 t	10/12	Mr Desira (10L)	22/1	47	30
18 May 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-12 t	11/12	Blazing Wukong (7¼L)	12/1	50	37
27 Apr 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-1	11/14	Goldentronicmighty (8L)	13/1	52	42
30 Mar 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	9-1	6/14	Jumbo Treasure (3¾L)	45/1	52	55

(14)

Noble Fans ^tb

J: Harry Bentley

T: J Size

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 33 in the last 14 days (3%)

No wins in ten starts and never threatened at all over C&D last week when 18-1

06-037

Age: 4

Weight: 8-7

OR: 42

Days: 8

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-8 tb	11/12	Gor Gor (6¾L)	18/1	44	32
25 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-9 tb	6/14	Island Buddy (4L)	14/1	46	47
21 Sep 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Y	Hc	8-11 tb	11/12	Emblazon (8¼L)	23/5	47	34
7 Sep 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd/Y	Hc	8-13 tb	3/14	Groovy Feeling (1L)	11/1	47	51
13 Jul 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-13 tb¹	7/14	All's Well (2¾L)	12/5F	48	50
28 Jun 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f Gd	Hc	8-10 t	2/14	Lucky My Way (¾L)	51/10	47	56

(15)

Golden Empire ^b

T: Brett Crawford

2 x C&D Winner - Won 2 times before on this course at this distance

4 x Course Winner - Won 4 times before at this course

5 x Distance Winner - Won 5 times before at this distance

Reserve; seven-time winner in Hong Kong who is well handicapped; fair last run

809-60

Age: 8

Weight: 9-8

OR: 58

Days: 8

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Feb 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	9-9 b	8/14	Amazing Partners (3L)	20/1	60	62
25 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-7 b	13/14	Happy Index (10L)	38/1	62	39
11 Jan 26	Sha Sha Tin	7f GF	Hc	8-7 b	9/14	Lucky Sam Gor (4¾L)	34/1	64	61
20 Dec 25	Sha Sha Tin	7f Gd	Hc	8-10 b	6/14	The Red Hare (2L)	49/1	65	63
23 Nov 25	Sha Sha Tin	6f GF	Hc	8-10 b	13/14	Sky Joy (5¾L)	108/1	67	56
2 Nov 25	Hap Happy Valley	6f GF	Hc	8-13 b	7/12	Brave Star (4¼L)	11/1	69	61

Giant Ballon is feared but STORMY KNIGHT is in better nick than his form figures imply and hopefully he'll get a forward ride.

Stormy Knight

4/1 Giant Ballon,

7/1 Stormy Knight,

8/1 Sea Chariot,

Monta Frutta,

10/1 Embrace Aberdeen,

Thousand Spirit,

Happy Brethren,

12/1 Jubilation For All,

20/1 Phoenix Light,

25/1 Noble Fans,

33/1 Runjeet,

50/1 Lucky Gibs,

100/1 Fortune Goldsaddle,

Super Mastermind

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