Race 11 (573)
THE SWAINE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | JOY AND FUN (CH014) | F Coetzee | -- | 3-wide with cover about 4Ls back in 9th or so at 1000 M, still 5Ls down turning for home when 4-wide, finished off strongly despite hanging right under pressure, got up to lead final strides. (Saddle shifted.) |
2 | 9 | PACKING WINNER (CE334) | D Whyte | -- | Soon led on fence by a neck, maintained advantage to lead by 1L at home turn, stayed on well but grabbed by JOY AND FUN inside final strides. |
3 | 5 | MAINLAND SHUTTLE (CG315) | G Mosse | -- | Always close-up, never worse than 2-wide or 3Ls off pace from 3rd to 5th until home turn, 1L down in 2nd at 200 M, outpaced by leading pair but checked close home. |
4 | 10 | KING HOGAN (CE257) | H W Lai | B | Mostly midfield about 4Ls off speed when 2-wide or 3-back on fence until the home straight, stayed on well late, nearest at finish. |
5 | 4 | CHATER SILK (CG050) | Y T Cheng | B | Slowly away, 2-wide and 5Ls back in about 10th at halfway, same position but without clear running at top of homestretch, soon clear and ran on well late, nearest at finish. |
6 | 3 | SAFETY FIRST (CG161) | D Nikolic | H-/B/TT1 | Went back from wide gate to be 3-wide with cover about 8Ls down at 1000 M, 6Ls down in 12th off final bend, stayed on only fairly down centre of track, never nearer. |
7 | 8 | GALLANT FALCON (CD194) | M Nunes | B/TT | Dwelt at start, 10Ls back in rear at 1200 M, 6Ls down off final bend when sent out into the clear, ran on okay late, never nearer. |
8 | 2 | VIKING TOR (CE207) | B Prebble | CP | A neck off early pace out 2-wide in 2nd, still 1L down in 2nd at final turn, failed to quicken up and faded further inside final 200 M. |
9 | 13 | CARE FREE PRINCE (CD333) | S K Sit | B | Had the box-seat run on fence 2Ls off speed in 3rd or 4th from 1200 M to home turn, found nothing much off the bridle and beaten 200 M out. |
10 | 12 | RICH FOR ALL (CG023) | A Delpech | B | Raced 3-wide with cover around midfield about 5Ls back at 1200 M, 4Ls down at home turn in 8th or so, very one-paced and posed no danger at all. |
11 | 11 | FOREVER FORTUNE (CG145) | W M Lai | B | Trapped 3-wide no cover throughout, 2-wide off pace in 4th or 5th early on, lost his position on the circle, petered out. |
12 | 7 | CELEBRATION (CB029) | C W Wong | B | 4-back on fence about 5Ls off pace in 9th or 10th from 1200 M to home turn, no form of acceleration in the home straight. |
13 | 6 | DANSOLDE (CE157) | O Doleuze | V | Very flat effort, always rear and never better than 8Ls off speed at any stage, eased down a long way from home. |
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 |