Race 2 (191)
CHEVALIER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | NAMJONG SKY (CH129) | B Prebble | TT | Parked midfield 2-wide with cover. Worked into clear approaching the home turn and when asked for an effort, breezed up to the leaders to have the race in its keeping by the 200 M. |
2 | 3 | GRAND GENERAL (CJ113) | C W Wong | CP1 | Settled in 2nd last position, 1 off with cover. Switched to the outside of the field in the straight and ran on strongly. |
3 | 5 | TREMENDOUS PLUS (CG275) | D Whyte | B | Raced with the back markers, 2-wide with cover. Found the line soundly. |
4 | 9 | SUPER IDEAL (CC223) | K T Yeung | TT | Travelled towards the rear of the field 1 off with cover. Sought to make ground away from the fence from the 500 M and was held up near the home turn and early in the straight. Worked home well after being checked near the 300 M. |
5 | 11 | ELEPHANT STAR (CH323) | Y T Cheng | B | Was posted wide and without cover throughout the race, handy to the leaders. Stayed on well. |
6 | 8 | SOUND OF SILENCE (CD136) | D Beadman | -- | Raced behind midfield, 2-wide with cover. Kept on one paced. |
7 | 4 | MASTER MASTER (CH144) | O Doleuze | -- | Bounded in the air at the start and lost considerable ground, settled in last position. At the 350 Metres while closing the race off, was checked and then once rebalanced made good ground. |
8 | 2 | SILVER WRAITH (CE178) | K C Leung | B | Tracked the leader along the rails. Had every chance but didn't run on. |
9 | 12 | GLOBAL WAY (CG158) | H W Lai | B/TT | Went forward to take up front running duties. Was a spent force after the 150 M. |
10 | 6 | REDHILL COMMANDER (CH078) | M Du Plessis | TT | Positioned midfield on the fence. Commenced to close the race off soundly however experienced traffic problems in the final 100 M. |
11 | 13 | ZERO GRAVITY (CH037) | K L Chui | TT | Began awkwardly and then took time to muster speed in the early stages and at the 1000 M, was steadied, eventually settling 2 deep with cover, handy to the leaders. Gave ground over the concluding stages. (Blood in the trachea.) |
12 | 7 | COP HILL LAD (CD292) | B Doyle | CP | Travelled midfield, 3 deep with cover. Struggled in the run home. |
13 | 14 | TIMBER CITY (CC031) | M L Yeung | B | Tracked the leader along the fence. Gave in quickly near the 300 M. |
14 | 10 | ABLE STANDARD (CG043) | C K Tong | TT | Worked forward to settle 1 out behind the leader without cover. Dropped right out of contention over the final furlong. To Trial. (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 |