Race 5 (138)
OI MAN HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | WEI HAI INVINCIBLE (CH258) | K T Yeung | B-/CP2/TT | Made all, set steady pace, led by 1L passing post for the first time until the home straight, always doing enough to hang on for the win. |
2 | 6 | THE WITCH'S BROOM (CH231) | B Doyle | B | Held 'one-out-one-back' position from 1000 M to home straight entrance, stayed on well in the finish without overhauling the winner. |
3 | 3 | BILLION (CH316) | Y T Cheng | -- | Box-seated in 3rd about 2Ls behind pace from 1200 M to home turn, had his chance to at least fill the quinella but lacked the gears to do it. |
4 | 1 | REAL SPECIAL (CH320) | F Coetzee | XB | Flanked pacesetter 1L back in 2nd out 2-wide from 1200 M to home turn, every chance to at least fill the quinella but one-paced inside final 200 M. |
5 | 10 | UNIQUE SPEED (CG134) | Z Purton | TT | 3-back on rails about 4Ls from pace in 5th at 1000 M, 3Ls behind into straight and without clear room until the 150 M, possibly unlucky not to place. |
6 | 4 | POS TRUMPS (CH295) | D Whyte | -- | Tightened and lost position passing post for first time, 2-wide and 3Ls or 4Ls back in 6th from 1000 M to homestretch when ridden along, held thereafter. |
7 | 8 | DUMBARTON ROCK (CJ228) | G Mosse | TT | Lost ground at the start, 5Ls or 6Ls back in 9th or so through to the home straight, made only minor late headway. |
8 | 12 | SOLAR POWER (CE047) | W C Marwing | TT | Went from wide gate to be 9Ls last at 1000 M, 6Ls down turning for home, set a stiff task given the slow tempo up front. |
9 | 11 | MASTER DREAMER (CE293) | K L Chui | B | 7Ls back in 10th at the 1200 M, still well back behind the steady pace until home straight, very one-paced on the run in. |
10 | 7 | DASHING THUNDER (CD080) | C W Wong | -- | 3-wide no cover worse than midfield and at least 4Ls or 5Ls behind until the final bend, fizzled out in the home straight. |
11 | 9 | HAPPY CRUSADER (CE080) | M W Leung | V | Over-raced early on, 4-back along the rails in 8th or so about 4Ls or 5Ls behind pace until the last 400 M, posed little or no threat. |
12 | 5 | NOBLE SILENCE (CD238) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Slowest out by 4Ls, always rearward and no better than 6Ls from the speed at any stage. |
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 |