Race 7 (496)
THE LUSITANO CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1800m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | BEST POWER (CG006) | K C Leung | TT | Broke well, settled in forward of midfield, saved ground turning for home, straightened in 1L 4th, fought on determinedly to gain upper hand final strides. |
2 | 3 | PALAIS D'OR (CH185) | J Lloyd | TT | Began from a wide draw, crossed to travel in 2L 4th, moved closer to 3rd approaching home bend, hit front under pressure over 200 M out only to be worn down close to home. |
3 | 1 | PRINCE KALAMOUN (CK178) | J Winks | CP1 | Slightly slow out possibly by design due to a wide draw, soon taken across to rails at the back, trailed the field to straight, lacked room early on, ran on well between runners inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 6 | THE GOODIES (CH097) | C K Tong | B/H | Slightly slow out, settled towards rear, took closer order approaching home turn, sustained headway from 2L 6th into straight to be nearest at finish. |
5 | 2 | MONTE CRISTO (CH120) | E Saint-Martin | B | Settled in rear, commenced move turning in, made significant progress down centre of track inside final 250 M to be nearest at finish. |
6 | 7 | LASKER (CJ340) | D Whyte | XB | Began fairly, soon picked up to prominent one-back position on rails, shifted out to challenge turning in hitting front briefly early in straight, unable to sustain effort and headed 200 M out. |
7 | 9 | ABLE DRAGON (CJ308) | M Du Plessis | -- | Settled on rails towards rear, saved ground rounding home bend, not much room behind runners early in straight, produced good late impression inside final 200 M. |
8 | 4 | UPSIDE OF ANGER (CH317) | Z Purton | XB | Well there, settled in 4th about 2Ls off, became 5th rounding home bend, similar turning in, ran home one-paced under pressure. |
9 | 11 | TRIUMPHANT DIAMOND (CG227) | Y T Cheng | -- | Began moderately, settled wide towards the rear, very wide when wider rounding home bend, made no recovery in the run home. |
10 | 8 | MAINLAND SHUTTLE (CG315) | K L Chui | TT | Began well from middle draw, raced wide with leaders early, soon settled in midfield, lost position into straight, gave ground steadily under pressure. |
11 | 5 | SOLAR POWER (CE047) | H W Lai | TT | Ridden for pace early, settled for wide run with cover in rear of midfield, 4 wide without cover around home bend, midfield into straight, gradually weakened. (Questioned for poor performance.) |
12 | 12 | GREAT SHOW (CK001) | M W Leung | B | Began with others, soon took up running and led to 400 M, dropped out. (Blood in trachea.) |
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 |