Race 8 (378)
ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | LUCKY CHAMPION (CD178) | M Rodd | -- | Settled 2-wide at midfield. Switched wide at home turn to improve. Made a good rally in the straight and got up close to the line. |
2 | 11 | DOUBLE HAPPINESS (CB198) | C Williams | -- | 2-wide behind the leaders early stages. Drifted back slightly midway through back straight but remained better than midfield. Kept strides with winner over the final stages and just missed. |
3 | 5 | THE KING (CD384) | C Soumillon | TT | Broke well from widest draw and raced wide in a forward position early. Led or disputed lead from 1100 M until straightening. Had a length's advantage at 200 M and hung on gamely for a minor placing. |
4 | 7 | SUPER WONGCHOY (CB318) | D Whyte | -- | Knuckled on jumping. Settled behind midfield. Switched out to improve 600 M and was widest rounding home turn. Continued well in the straight and was closest at finish. |
5 | 9 | FORTUNE BOY (CC378) | D Holland | CP | Jumped well from wide draw but was caught wide entering first turn. Allowed to stride forward in back straight to join the lead after 800 M. Disputed lead on straightening and kept on fairly over the final stages. |
6 | 1 | KING OF WIN (CD395) | G Mosse | B | Raced along the rails behind the leaders early stages. Remained racing better than midfield after 800 M and was within 3Ls of the leader on straightening. Kept on well over the final stages. |
6 | 13 | NEW MILESTONE (CC351) | A Delpech | B- | Led until 1000 M. Niggled along to keep pace behind the leaders after 800 M. Kept on steadily over the concluding stages. |
8 | 12 | MAGIC TEMPLE (CC368) | E Saint-Martin | B-/PC2/TT | Slowly away. Settled 2-wide behind midfield until drifting back slightly after 800 M. Steadily made up ground in the straight. |
9 | 8 | TANAHMERAH (CC051) | R Fradd | V-/P2 | Settled in rear section early and middle stages. Swung out on straightening and made up some ground in the straight. (Lame.) |
10 | 2 | BRILLIANT FLASH (CE042) | O Doleuze | -- | Settled on fence at midfield until home straight. Kept on same pace thereafter. |
11 | 4 | ZERUBBABEL (CB418) | F Coetzee | B/TT | Outpaced from start and trailed field until home straight. Ran past a few beaten runners in the straight. (Mucus.) |
12 | 3 | PACIFIC VICTORY (CD359) | S Sanders | -- | Outpaced early and raced in rear section. Ridden along at home turn but unable to make progress. Unable to quicken in the straight. |
13 | 10 | PARADIS (CB044) | H W Lai | B/TT | Awkwardly out of the gates and raced near the back. Among last pair to enter home straight and made no impression thereafter. |
14 | 14 | FANTASTICO (CB167) | C W Wong | B | Ridden along early to raced 3-wide and behind the leaders. Maintained close to the pace but dropped out steadily after 600 M. Weakened in the straight. |
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 |