Race 7 (363)
MORRISON HILL HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | SIROCCO (CA169) | A Delpech | -- | Began fairly and settled on fence better than midfield. Closed to within 2Ls of the leader at 400 M. Made good progress and took the lead final 200 M. Held off a late challenge at the line. |
2 | 8 | MY CHIEF (BV044) | G Mosse | -- | Began awkwardly. Settled on fence in rear section before making its run 400 M out. Checked and shifted out at 250 M whilst making good progress. Continued well after finding daylight but fell just short of catching winner. |
3 | 1 | CHEEKY (CA266) | D Whyte | -- | On fence behind midfield. Improved a bit after the Rock and trailed leader by 3Ls on straightening. Responded well when pressured but unable to get gain ground on winner final stages. |
4 | 11 | BOLD WINNER (CD141) | C Williams | SR | Eased back to settle 2-wide behind midfield. Difficult to settle in the middle stages. Near the rear entering home straight. Switched out and ran on strongly to be closest at finish. |
5 | 2 | CLASSIC MASTER (BV338) | K T Yeung | B | Pushed to the lead shortly after start. Stayed on well despite being headed final 150 M. |
6 | 3 | MULTIWINNING (CC083) | R Fradd | -- | Jumped awkwardly and soon raced in last place. Switched out to be widest rounding home turn and made up good ground in the straight. |
7 | 7 | DASHING CHAMPION (CC015) | M W Leung | SR/V1 | Began awkwardly and was pushed along to a forward position. Kept 2-wide and 3Ls behind the pace in the back straight. 3-wide turning in and closed to within a length of the lead 200 M, couldn't sustain effort thereafter. |
8 | 10 | FINE SOCIETY (CC377) | K McEvoy | -- | Slow to begin and raced near the rear. One-paced in the straight. |
9 | 6 | DYNAMIC FUN (CB281) | S Dye | B | Niggled along early to race 3-wide at midfield. Dropped further back rounding home turn and closed the race off only fairly. |
10 | 5 | KIDDYLAND (CC063) | A Marcus | SR | Jumped well and settled on fence in a forward position. Kept within 2 to 3Ls of the leader before being pressured to keep pace at 500 M. Couldn't find extra in the straight. |
11 | 9 | BEARCAT (CC038) | F Coetzee | -- | Raced alongside the leader in the early stages. Kept within 2Ls of the leader in back straight. Weakened shortly after entering home straight. |
12 | 12 | BOBO DUCK (CA063) | G Schofield | V/TT | 2-wide at midfield. Lost footing and blundered 500 M out. Found nothing thereafter and finished tailed out. |
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 |