Race 5 (433)
KOLKATA HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | CHINA WORLD (CA397) | O Doleuze | -- | Broke with field and ridden along to take up running on rail with around 1L advantage through to straight. Ran on well when asked 250 M out and fended off repeated challenge from 2nd placegetter to win narrowly. |
2 | 4 | THE ONLY ONE (CB383) | C Williams | B | Jumped fairly and soon raced in a prominent position 2-wide through to straight. Under pressure 300 M out and responded well but just lost out to the winner in a ding dong finish. |
3 | 1 | ALWAYS ZIETEN (CB090) | H W Lai | -- | Broke well and pushed along to be box-seated behind the leader through to straight. Kept on well when asked 300 M out but was unable to match speed with the 1st pair inside final 150 M. |
4 | 12 | LEGIONNAIRE (CD263) | W M Lai | SR | Jumped fairly and soon settled in better than midfield on rail through to straight. Kept on quite well when asked 300 M out and just failed to run down the 3rd placegetter. |
5 | 10 | A-TACK (CC343) | C K Tong | B | Tardy start and soon settled in midfield or worse on rail. Ridden along to maintain position rounding the home turn. Under pressure 300 M out and made up steady ground inside final 200 M to be closest at finish. |
6 | 2 | PRESENT TREASURE (CC077) | R Fradd | -- | Jumped awkwardly and soon raced in a rearward position 2-wide through to straight. Under pressure 300 M out and kept on fairly but without threatening the placegetters. |
7 | 5 | COURAGEOUSHEART (CD202) | M Rodd | B | Broke with field from wide draw and soon raced in the rear section around 2-wide to straight. Made up little ground inside final 200 M to be closest at finish. |
8 | 3 | KING PALM (CC118) | D Whyte | -- | Slow to begin and soon recovered to race in midfield or better 2-wide. Ridden along to maintain position at home turn. Failed to quicken when asked 300 M out and steadily faded inside final 200 M. |
9 | 8 | MILLION SUCCESS (CE158) | B Prebble | -- | Slowly away from wide draw and soon raced at the back on rail through to straight. Unable to show much running when asked 250 M out. |
10 | 9 | CHEERFUL BOY (CD232) | G Mosse | B | Broke fairly and soon settled in midfield around 3-wide with cover through to straight. All out 200 M out but failed to make any impression. |
11 | 11 | GOT IT GOOD (CC229) | S Dye | -- | Broke with field from widest and steadily eased to a rearward position but closer to the rail through to straight. Kept on same pace to the line when asked 250 M out. |
12 | 6 | LASER GLORY (CB312) | S Sanders | SR | Jumped well from wide draw and niggled along to race in a handy position 3-wide without cover. Commenced to give ground rounding the home turn and tailed out in 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 |