Race 5 (619)
SHING MUN RIVER CHANNEL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Yielding To Soft
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | BODACIOUS (CD170) | B Prebble | V | Always prominent and within 2Ls off the pace in 3rd or 4th, led at top of home straight, jockey lost whip and an iron with 100 M to race, always did just enough to hang on. |
2 | 13 | SHATIN WIN WIN (CE284) | K S Yu | CO-/TT | 6Ls off pace at back of main bunch at 1000 M, 5Ls down in 9th at top of home straight, stayed on strongly to take 2nd inside final 50 M but winner had done enough. |
3 | 4 | FLY ME TO THE MOON (CG104) | D Whyte | B1 | Slowly away, always 3-wide no cover but prominent and within 2Ls off speed in 3rd or 4th until home straight, grabbed for 2nd with 50 M to race, good effort. |
4 | 3 | BEAUTY PLUS (CC213) | C K Tong | TT | On fence roughly 2Ls off pace in 4th or 5th until final bend, 2Ls down in 3rd at 200 M, rather one-paced inside final stages. |
5 | 6 | ALL OUR WAY (CE217) | C Munce | B | Detached in rear early on, at least 10Ls off speed taking home turn, made some very minor late ground past some very tired rivals. |
6 | 9 | X-SPEED (CC341) | O Doleuze | B/TT- | About 4Ls off pace in 8th or 9th until home turn, always outpaced by principals. |
7 | 11 | MILLION CHASE (CD132) | G Schofield | V-/CP2/H | Settled 2-wide in midfield about 3Ls off pace through to home straight, very one-paced thereafter. |
8 | 12 | PO ON GEM (CE164) | R Fradd | -- | 3-wide with cover in midfield about 3Ls off speed until home straight, found very little under pressure. |
9 | 14 | PURPLE GOLD (CD249) | W M Lai | B | Detached in rear early on, at least 10Ls off speed taking home turn, never on terms. |
10 | 5 | FIRST KNIGHT (CB357) | D Dunn | B/XB | Slowly away. Detached in rear early on, at least 10Ls off speed taking home turn, always struggling. |
11 | 1 | UNIVERSAL PIONEER (CB293) | C W Wong | TT | Best away and led 1L on fence at 1000 M, headed at top of home straight and dropped out very quickly. |
12 | 8 | JOYFUL WORLD (CC200) | F Coetzee | B/TT | Away well, raced about 1L off pace in 2nd until the 600 M, over 2Ls down in 5th taking final bend, weakened out very quickly. |
13 | 2 | COP HILL LAD (CD292) | H K Yim | -- | Slowly away. Caught 4-wide no cover when 3Ls off pace in midfield at 900 M, lost position on the circle and 8Ls down in 11th taking home turn, soon faded out further. |
14 | 7 | BUDDIES POWER (CB201) | A Delpech | B/TT | Never travelling well, 4Ls down in 9th at 800 M, struggling further behind at top of home straight, soon eased down. (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 |