Race 5 (322)
MASTERMIND HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1800m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | BOUNTIFUL (CB114) | D Whyte | -- | Broke well and steadily eased to midfield or worse 2 wide. Crept closer and steadily switched to the outside rounding the home turn. Responded well when asked 300 M out and kicked clear final 150 M to win convincingly. |
2 | 5 | SOCRATES (CD336) | O Doleuze | V1 | Tardy start from wide draw and ridden along in the early stages to race in a prominent position on inner. Under pressure 400 M out and responded well but unable to match speed with winner inside final 150 M to settle for 2nd. |
3 | 12 | ENAMELLED (CD011) | M Rodd | V/TT- | Broke well and soon raced in handy position on rail through to straight. Kept on well when asked 350 M out and was able to fend off late charge from 4th placegetter to hold onto 3rd. |
4 | 7 | KNIGHT TEMPLAR (CC021) | G Schofield | P | Began well from wide draw and soon settled in a handy position around 2 wide through to straight. Had trouble seeing clear daylight in early to middle part of straight. Ran on well inside final 200 M to miss 3rd narrowly. |
5 | 13 | SUNDAY DELIGHT (CC225) | C Williams | -- | Jumped fairly and soon raced in better than midfield around 2 wide. Switched out and made steady headway rounding the home turn. Under pressure 350 M out and ran on fairly but became one-pace in the closing stages. |
6 | 6 | GREAT SENSATION (CB143) | D Holland | -- | Jumped well but was eased to the rear on rail through to straight. Responded quite well when asked 350 M out but was held up for some distance after the 200 M. Kept on fairly when running was obtained in final stages. |
7 | 8 | MAGNIFICENT (CB390) | A Delpech | B | Broke with field and raced in midfield or better on rail through to straight. Under pressure 400 M out but was unable to quicken and only kept on evenly to the line. |
8 | 11 | TREASURE FIELD (CA236) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Jumped well and soon settled in midfield or better 3 wide no cover. From around the 1200 M mark slowly moved forward to be 1L off pace on straightening. Only kept on same pace to the line when asked 400 M out. |
9 | 14 | ALAKAZAM (CC061) | P H Lo | B/TT | Jumped fairly from widest and niggled along to take lead on rail from around the 1400 M through to straight. Kept on fairly when asked 400 M out but was headed near the 200 M and steadily faded thereafter. |
10 | 3 | HAPPY CONTENDER (CC152) | C K Tong | P | Began awkwardly and raced in worse than midfield on rail through to straight. Only able to run on evenly to the line when asked 350 M out. |
11 | 4 | TOP PRIZE (CC097) | G Mosse | -- | Soon dropped to the tail around 3 wide with cover and hung out rounding home turn. Switched wide on straightening to obtain running but unable to show much impression in straight. |
12 | 10 | SNIPER (CD110) | S Dye | -- | Jumped with field from wide draw and steadily eased to a rearward position closer to rail. Switched out on straightening to obtain clear running but failed to make up any ground in straight. |
13 | 1 | JUST A MARTIAN (CD197) | B Prebble | -- | Soon settled in a rearward position around 3 wide with cover. Switched to the widest on straightening to make its run but failed to quicken and further weakened inside final 150 M. |
14 | 9 | KINGSTON GLORY (CC310) | W M Lai | B | Jumped fairly from wide draw and raced in midfield towards the outside with no cover. After the 1600 M commenced to over-race. Stayed in similar position to straight and steadily 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 |