Race 3 (092)
ELIZABETH ARDEN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 13 | MILLION SUCCESS (CE158) | B Prebble | B | Settled nicely behind the leader until home straight. Boxed in until 300 M but picked up nicely once finding daylight. Kept on strongly final stages to deny a late challenger. |
2 | 12 | MEMBERS GLORY (CB325) | G Schofield | B | Raced along the fence at midfield. Hugged the rails making home turn but had to switch out away from slow traffic near 300 M. Quickened nicely once in the clear and ran out of ground to chase winner down. |
3 | 1 | PACIFIC ALLIANCE (CC230) | D Whyte | B-/TT- | Ridden along to a forward position. Settled 2-wide behind the leaders until home straight. Kept on well but failed to match strides with top pair inside final 100 M. |
4 | 3 | TRAVEL LEADER (CD226) | W M Lai | SR | Ridden out of the gates and took the lead into first turn. Remained racing in the lead and held a length's advantage final 200 M. Failed to hold off the principals closing stages. |
5 | 9 | SUPER DANA (CC293) | S Dye | B | Wide at midfield into first turn. Improved to be alongside the leader in backstraight. 1/2L off the lead on straigh- tening but failed to keep pace final 200 M. Weakened thereafter. |
6 | 10 | NOBLE BOSS (CD360) | Y T Cheng | TT | Stood flat-footed as the gates opened and trailed field until 600 M. Remained towards rear on straightening and was held up behind traffic until switching out final 200 M. Made a late dash but veered out sharply near the post. |
7 | 8 | STAR OF NORTHERN (CD173) | F Coetzee | V/TT | Settled 2-wide at midfield. Remained same pace in the straight. |
8 | 5 | ACCELERATION (CD400) | O Doleuze | TT- | Missed the kick. 2-wide in rear section. Remained towards the back making home turn and swung wide to make a run before straightening. Stayed on same pace in the straight. |
9 | 6 | SPECTACULAR HIT (CC194) | H W Lai | SB1 | Settled in a rearward position. Steadily advanced to mid- field and 3-wide back straight. Remained 3-wide making the turn and only kept same pace in the straight. |
10 | 2 | SHOW BRAVELY (CB388) | A Delpech | V | Ridden along out of the gates and raced on fence behind midfield. Dropped slightly back to rear section after 800 M. Unable to quicken in the straight. |
11 | 7 | DURABLE (CE190) | C Brown | -- | Botched the start and raced towards the rear. Trailed field into the straight and only ran past a pair of beaten runners. |
12 | 11 | MAXIMUS (CD255) | M Rodd | -- | 2-wide and got no better than midfield. In rear section rounding home turn. Failed to quicken when pressured and was held up for some distance near 300 M. Found nothing thereafter. |
13 | 4 | COTTON BALL (CD327) | C Munce | -- | Slow to muster speed and raced 3-wide at midfield. 3-wide and 3Ls off pace at 1200 M. Niggled along rounding home turn to be within a length of the leader on straightening. Weakened quickly 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 |