Race 10 (189)
FAN LAU HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 8 | THISTLE KING (CE231) | D Whyte | -- | Broke well, urged along to go forward, settled behind pace and drifted back to be 6th 2 wide 8Ls from speed, came with strong run in straight to overhaul leaders and score well. |
2 | 6 | GUNG HO (CE020) | O Doleuze | B | Broke best, restrained from speed battle to settle midfield in 8th position 2 wide 9Ls from pace, tracked eventual winner into race and challenged strongly but outclassed on day. |
3 | 7 | BOLD WIN (CE282) | R Fradd | -- | Began with them, drifted back with fast early speed to be in rearward division 11Ls from pace, made good ground in straight chasing gamely. |
4 | 9 | LUCKY STRAVINSKY (CE195) | S Dye | -- | Bounced from gates, restrained from early speed battle, travelled 5th 2 wide 6 to 7Ls from pace, challenged 4 wide at 300 M but lacked turn of foot to hold off placegetters. |
5 | 12 | CHECK MATE (CC259) | D Beadman | BO | Away with them, taken back from wide alley to settle 3rd last 12Ls from front-runners, eased 3 wide entering straight and made up good ground over concluding stages. |
6 | 14 | DANRIVA (CA040) | W M Lai | -- | Jumped with them, settled midfield on rails 8Ls from leaders, had good trip thereafter, followed paint to turn and made up some ground between horses in straight without threatening winner. |
7 | 1 | HIP HIP HOORAY (CD258) | A Delpech | B | Showed good early speed to hold prominent spot behind leaders, travelled 3rd throughout, eased 3 wide in straight but couldn't sprint over final 200 M. |
8 | 11 | ALWAYS ZIETEN (CB090) | M W Leung | -- | Ridden hard to take up early lead, pressured throughout at fast speed, lead until 300 M but couldn't sustain effort and weakened due to early workload. |
9 | 3 | CIRCUIT KINGDOM (CB046) | B Prebble | -- | Began awkwardly and nearly fell, lost considerable ground raced in 3rd last position on rails 14Ls from lead, came 2 wide on turn and made a little late ground from impossible position. |
10 | 2 | BOOMING CITY (CE325) | C Munce | TT1 | Slow to begin and lost 10Ls at start, travelled in last position thereafter, hard ridden on turn and passed a few tiring runners late. |
11 | 4 | SAMBUOYANT (CE172) | G Schofield | B | Slowly away, settled 4th from rear on rails, 11Ls off pace, eased 2 wide in straight but only plugged away. |
12 | 5 | ZERO IN (CC332) | F Coetzee | TT | Jumped with them, showed good early speed to contest lead, raced outside leader throughout at fast speed, in it to 350 M but weakened after early turn. |
13 | 13 | MAGIC TEMPLE (CC368) | P H Lo | B/TT | Missed start by 10Ls, raced in 2 last position thereafter, 15Ls from lead followed paint into straight but raced very one paced to line. |
14 | 10 | NIGHT NINJA (CD247) | Y T Cheng | SR-/TT | Away until them, raced 3 back on fence 6Ls off lead, under pressure on turn and followed fence in straight, failed to respond when pressured, wasn't ridden out. (See Racing Incidents.) |
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 |