Race 4 (020)
ZHUHAI HANDICAP Rating:40-20 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | FIRST KNIGHT (CB357) | G Mosse | B | Crossed from wide gate to settle about 7Ls off pace one from rear down backstretch, 6Ls down in 13th entering stretch, quickened up well inside runners to lead 50 M out, cleverly. |
2 | 1 | MILLION SUCCESS (CE158) | B Prebble | B | Keen early on with head up, 3-wide with cover when 3Ls behind in 5th at 1000 M, 2Ls down in 4th at top of stretch, led 150 M out but headed by winner 100 M later, no more close home. |
3 | 9 | NOBLE ZOOM (CC298) | C Brown | TT- | Unbalanced at 1200 M, about 4Ls behind in midfield and 2-wide down backstretch, 3Ls down taking home turn, 1L down in 4th at 200 M, kept on at same pace near finish. |
4 | 12 | PLEASANT JOURNEY (CC266) | Y T Cheng | -- | 3-wide no cover and keen 1L off pace in 3rd early on, still wide and upsides leader on straightening, marginal advantage at 200 M, headed at 150 M and no extra close home. |
5 | 2 | ABORIGINAL (CC284) | E Saint-Martin | V | Fractious in gates and slow away, blundered at 1200 M and steadied when 6Ls down on fence in 12th at 700 M, checked at 300 M in 10th place, ran on strongly late, never nearer. |
6 | 11 | KINGSTON GLORY (CC310) | A Delpech | B | 2 and 3-wide with cover and worse than midfield about 5Ls off pace through to homestretch, made some late ground down centre of track, nearest at finish. |
7 | 8 | BAYVIEW LAD (CC148) | R Fradd | B/TT | 3-back on fence about 3Ls off pace in mid-division through to homestretch, 2Ls down in 5th at 200 M, outpaced. |
8 | 6 | PAY-DAY (CD182) | W M Lai | SR/TT | Slowly away, 2-wide about 4Ls off pace in 8th or so through to straightening for home, briefly threatened when 3Ls down in midfield at 300 M but couldn't sustain effort. |
9 | 3 | DEVON FLAIR (CD240) | D Whyte | B | Pressed on to lead by 1L on fence at 900 M, joined at top of home straight, weakened inside final 200 M. |
10 | 13 | CLANG'S PRIDE (CC016) | O Chavez | B | Keen early on, 4-back on fence about 5Ls off pace at 1000 M in 9th or so, under pressure to improve off home turn, shifted out at 300 M, never had much room but always looked held. |
11 | 5 | ACE KING (CD265) | C Munce | B- | 3-wide with cover in midfield region about 4Ls or 5Ls off speed until taking home turn, beaten 200 M out. |
12 | 10 | MILLENNIUM DAWN (BV168) | H W Lai | B | Didn't break well, 8Ls last at 1000 M, detached in rear on straightening, never a factor. |
13 | 7 | ZHI YOU SPIRIT (CD241) | M Rodd | CP1/TT | Away well from widest gate and soon led on fence, headed at 900 M, box-seat run on fence 2Ls off pace in 3rd or 4th until home straight, found nothing off the bridle. |
14 | 14 | WIN DANCER (CC357) | K S Yu | B | 2-wide and within 1L of the pace in 2nd or 3rd until turning for home, dropped out tamely. |
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 |