Race 4 (172)
TAI O HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | ULTRA FANTASY (CG311) | M Nunes | B | 1L back in 2nd nearer stands' rail before hitting the front 300 M out, responded well for pressure. |
2 | 11 | JIANG JUN (CE281) | C W Wong | XB/TT | Midfield about 4Ls behind early speed, headway to be 1L down in 3rd at the 200 M, stayed on well down centre of track but post came too soon. |
3 | 10 | DIM SUM (CH226) | Z Purton | -- | Prominently placed within 2Ls of the speed until the 200 M, kept on well for a place. |
4 | 4 | DEFERENTIAL (CH328) | S Dye | B1 | Covered up in midfield through first half, tried to challenge final 400 M but outpaced by leading trio. |
5 | 2 | COUNTRY MUSIC (CD035) | B Prebble | XB/TT | Midfield down centre of track prior to improving to 1L down in 4th at the 200 M, failed to sustain the effort final stages. |
6 | 13 | MARIBEAU (CH213) | F Coetzee | -- | Tracked leader on stands' rail 2Ls off pace in 5th or 6th until the 400 M, came under pressure at 1400 M but held ground closing stages. |
7 | 3 | LIBERAL'S KNIGHT (CE272) | K Shea | -- | 6Ls back in rear at 800 M, making some improvement through the field when steadied at 100 M, ran on again, never nearer. |
8 | 14 | HARB (CH209) | W M Lai | B/TT | Worse than midfield about 4Ls off early speed, made some decent late ground, never nearer. |
9 | 5 | MAVERICK STAR (CE279) | Y T Cheng | -- | Behind early down centre of track, flat out when 2Ls down in midfield at the 200 M, outpaced. |
10 | 8 | CANNONISE (CD377) | G Mosse | B/TT | Soon led on fence, between a neck and 1L clear before being headed 300 M out, tired final 200 M. |
11 | 7 | BULB KING (CD303) | D Whyte | -- | Hung left within 2Ls of the pace until halfway, didn't find much off the bridle final 400 M. |
12 | 12 | WHATAFANTASY (CH267) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Slowest away, always worse than midfield and never got much closer than 3Ls from the speed. |
13 | 6 | SICHUAN HERO (CJ044) | O Doleuze | -- | Towards rear throughout on the wrong (centre) part of the stretch, not given a hard time final 200 M. |
14 | 1 | SAN LORENZO (CC092) | C K Tong | XB/TT | 3-back on stands' rail about 4Ls off pace through to the final 200 M, ceded ground final 200 M. (Bled.) |
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 |