Race 7 (497)
BARKER HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | SHERIFF BAMBOO (CC257) | F Coetzee | CP | Jumped well but was out-paced early stages. Settled 2-wide at midfield until final 300 M. Charged home strongly and snatched victory close to the line. |
2 | 10 | HELENE ELEGANCE (CB004) | O Chavez | B-/PC2/TT | Raced just off-pace in 3rd until home straight. Stayed on well in the straight and hit the lead final 100 M. Just failed to hold off winner. |
3 | 8 | KEEN FLYER (CB330) | C Williams | B/TT | Tracked leader into home straight. Assumed the lead final 300 M but failed to hold off the top pair in the closing stages. |
4 | 7 | SPARKY (BT125) | M Rodd | B | Slow out of the gates and trailed field. Last few to enter home straight but made up good ground in the straight. |
5 | 4 | GAUCHO (CE033) | A Delpech | -- | Pressed forward and took the lead. Maintained a slight advantage into the home straight and faded out of contention final 300 M. |
6 | 5 | GREAT ACHIEVEMENT (CD250) | R Fradd | TT | Jumped well from widest draw. Allowed to drop back and settled 3-wide at midfield. Ran on steadily in the straight. |
7 | 6 | GOOD TRIO (CD029) | B Prebble | B-/SR1 | Soon settled behind midfield. Kept on without threatening in the straight. |
8 | 9 | AMO (CB125) | G Schofield | -- | Outpaced and settled in a rearward position. Ran past a few beaten runners in the straight. |
9 | 3 | ONE STEP AHEAD (BT033) | H W Lai | B-/P2 | Ridden along to be at midfield. Ran along the fence and continued to be niggled along at home turn. Never picked up in the straight. |
10 | 2 | GIANFANTI (CD216) | O Doleuze | V/TT | Niggled along to be 4Ls off the pace in 4th at 1000 M. Made up some ground home turn, but failed to respond and weakened on straightening. |
11 | 12 | AHEAD A HEAD (CB092) | S Dye | -- | Jumped fairly but steadily dropped back to rear section. Unable to quicken in the straight. (Finished distressed.) |
12 | 1 | BRAVE KNIGHT (CC131) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Off slowly and in rear section. Widest making home turn and trailed field into the straight. Found nothing thereafter. |
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 |