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Race 4 (247)

PERIDOT HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1600m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 12 JOHNSON (CJ305) K T Yeung CP-/B1 Made all, bounced straight to the front and pinched 3Ls on the field at top of home straight, kept up to his work in last section to score. (Questioned for improved performance.)
2 10 AMAZING JOURNEY (CH281) D Whyte B/TT 3-back on fence in midfield about 4Ls at halfway, same margin behind turning in, stayed on well in the straight without catching the winner.
3 7 BEST NOODLE (CJ278) M Chadwick TT Box-seated 2Ls off pace in 4th at first, 3Ls back in 2nd swinging in, had every chance to fill quinella but couldn't quicken, comfortably held 3rd.
4 1 FIRST BABY (CG170) Z Purton P Taken back from wide gate, 7Ls back in 12th at halfway, widest (5-wide) turning for home, one-paced to wrap up.
5 8 SUPREME DRAGON (CH161) E Saint-Martin B Difficult to load, 4-back on fence about 5Ls from speed in middle stages, could not recover much ground in the straight and always held.
6 13 OSCAR PRINCE (CJ052) Y T Cheng -- 2-wide and 2Ls back in 5th at 1200 M, much further back on straightening, never at all likely to place.
7 5 LIVERBIRD (CE055) J Victoire B 4Ls back out 2-wide in midfield at 1200 M, pressured to try and get closer off last bend, lacked acceleration.
8 11 AMAZING ME (CH080) S K Sit XB/TT One from rear about 8Ls from pace at 1000 M and even further back off last corner, ran on past a few spent rivals in the straight.
9 3 VILLAGE KID (CK018) F Coetzee TT 3-wide with cover in midfield at 1200 M, 6Ls behind the speed entering home stretch, posed little danger thereafter.
10 4 CLASSIC ENERGY (CJ143) W C Marwing TT 9Ls last at 1200 M and no closer into final 400 M, never really on terms.
11 14 REAL REJOICING (CH202) M Du Plessis TT Always worse than midfield at least 7Ls or so from the pace, niggled at halfway and tame performance overall.
12 6 LUCKY DRAGON (CD322) M L Yeung TT Trapped 3-wide no cover throughout and tended to over-race through early splits, extra work took its toll in the final quarter.
13 9 MYSTERIOUS (CJ276) M W Leung SR/TT Slowly away, 4-wide no cover throughout, 3Ls off pace at halfway, struggling to lie up well before last bend, eased down.
DNF 2 VIENTO (CH181) W M Lai -- Raced 1L behind pace at 1200 M but dropped out sharply from around 900 M out, pulled up in straight. (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