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Race 9 (705)

ARTS & CULTURE HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 8 NICE KING (CG147) O Doleuze SR-/B1 Settled in mid-division. Shaken up upon straightening. Quickened well under pressure to take charge over 100 M out. Convincingly.
2 10 VICTORY CODE (CE338) B Prebble B Settled in midfield on rails. Did not find much room early in straight before making good late progress inside final 200 M.
3 2 VICTORY TURBO (CD320) M Nunes B1 Well back. Made significant progress down centre of straight to be nearest at finish.
4 11 EIGHT PLUS NINE (CH259) W M Lai B1 Raced freely when taken back to race in rear early. Produced good late impression inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish.
5 9 RICH FOR ALL (CG023) D Nikolic B Broke well from widest draw, settling in 2-out-one-back position before improving to race outside leader home bend. Hit the front passing 400 M but unable to sustain effort and overhauled 100 M out.
6 12 BEAUTY PLUS (CC213) C K Tong TT Mainly in forward of midfield. Could only keep on steadily at the same pace without quickening under pressure in straight.
7 4 SYDNEY OWNER (CG195) E Saint-Martin XB/TT Chased leaders. Came to challenge under pressure 200 M out but unable to sustain effort closing stages.
8 3 MULTI MILLIONS (CD207) G Mosse SR In lst few. Kept on steadily along rails in straight. Never nearer.
9 5 FLORAL STAR (CH260) Y T Cheng -- Settled in rear of midfield or just worse. Towards rear turning in. Improving when hampered passing 200 M. Kept on well to finish.
10 7 FERRO BEAU (CG244) K S Yu B-/TT- Settled behind midfield. Ran home one-paced.
11 6 FAT DRAGON (CD130) D Whyte -- Niggled at wide in forward of midfield. In similar position in 5th turning in. Kept on before fading passing 200 M. (Blood in trachea.)
12 13 OPERA MAGIC (CB404) M W Leung B Soon took up running and led to straight. Swamped under pressure inside final 200 M.
13 1 BOBO WIN (CC238) F Coetzee TT Began well and travelled one-out-one-back most of way to straight. Soon dropped out.
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