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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