Race 3 (019)
OCEAN PARK HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1400m Sha Tin Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | GOLDEN ERA (BK115) | P Strydom | -- | Soon led, headed by runner-up over 200 M out but fought on gamely to re-gain advantage nearing finish. |
2 | 14 | LOCAL COLOUR (BH094) | L Cassidy | -- | Tracked leader, hit the front over 200 M out but unable to sustain effort and caught nearing home. |
3 | 13 | SHINING WINNER (BL141) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Always thereabouts, kept on same pace under pressure without threatening in straight. |
4 | 2 | GAINSBOROUGH'S BOY (BL182) | F Coetzee | B | Ridden and given reminders early stages before settling in mid-division, made steady progress from 6th, some 3-1/2Ls off pace, into straight to miss 3rd narrowly. |
5 | 7 | WALK BIG (BL086) | D Whyte | -- | Began well, settling in prominent position to straight, then faded. |
6 | 1 | SUPER FELLOW (BK078) | C W Choi | -- | Towards rear until making some impression closing stages. (Enquiry held.) |
7 | 10 | FAT CITY (BJ012) | B Marcus | -- | Towards rear early stages, improved to mid-division home bend, no further progress and one-paced in straight. |
8 | 4 | VITALITY (BL100) | W H Tse | -- | Never better than mid-division. |
9 | 9 | QUICK SILVER (BM086) | E Legrix | -- | Mid-division to straight, then gradually faded. |
10 | 12 | SUNNYLAND (BH236) | H K Cheung | -- | Never in the hunt. |
11 | 8 | ROYAL HORSE (BK068) | C F Chan | -- | Mid-division early stages, dropped to rear home bend and not a factor thereafter. |
12 | 11 | MERRY MAPLE (BM038) | T Kwok | B | Niggled along in mid-division before dropping towards rear home bend. Checked and lost further ground early in straight. |
13 | 5 | NIGHTSTALKER (BM036) | P Robinson | -- | Mid-division early, improved to 5th rounding home bend and was some 3Ls off lead turning into straight, but soon weakened. |
14 | 6 | AIM ON KRIS (BL067) | K C Chan | -- | Prominent briefly and soon dropped to rear, tailed off home bend. |
B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
"1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |