Keagan de Melo rode a typically patient race on Happy Soul to claim a win at Happy Valley today (HKJC)
Luke Ferraris won the first race at Happy Valley on Webesday and Keagan de Melo won the last.
They go to 20 and 16 wins for the season respectively.
Ferraris was on the favourite in the first race, the Ricky Yiu-trained Colonel, a New Zealand-bred gelding by Ferlax.
He jumped from draw three in the class 5 event over 1200m and after a good break shot in to the lead. He managed to keep the seven-year-old going well in the straight, with the hands until the 150m mark and then with rhythmical use of the whip and a deft change of whiphand. He managed to get the horse’s head down on the line as he just held on from a charging runner up.
Colonel paid 3.90 on the Tote.
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De Melo was aboard the Danny Shum-trained Happy Soul, an Australian-bred Shooting To Win gelding in the last race, a class 4 over 1200m.
He sat on the horse from draw two and had him beautifully settled. He duly found plenty in the straight and going down the inside won by an easy two lengths, paying 6.30 on the Tote.
