Race 7 (532)
PHOENIX HANDICAP Rating:65-40 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 8 | JOHNSON (CJ305) | K T Yeung | B | Began with others from a poor draw, niggled at to muster speed for a prominent one-out-one-back spot, similar turning for home, hit front under pressure 200 M out, held on well to finish. |
2 | 7 | DASHING THUNDER (CD080) | W M Lai | CP | Soon dropped to last despite niggled along, trailed the field to 400 M, ran home strongly inside final 250 M to be nearest at finish. |
3 | 11 | MALAYAN BRIGHT (CK158) | W C Marwing | -- | Jumped moderately, soon driven to front rank early, settled one-back in 3rd on rails before home bend, quickened well inside final 200 M, lost 2nd late. |
4 | 5 | CRYSTAL (CE209) | T H So | B | Niggled at in first few, gradually took up running, held one length advantage rounding home bend, headed over 200 M out, no extra. |
5 | 10 | FLY ME TO THE MOON (CG104) | O Doleuze | B | Soon taken back from a wide draw to travel wide in midfield, no cover around home bend, fought on steadily under pressure without threatening. |
6 | 2 | FORTUNE SPIRIT (CK102) | J Winks | -- | Settled in last few on rails despite drawn widest, stuck to the rails for a run after straightening, produced good impression in closing stages doing best work late. |
7 | 3 | WIN A DOZEN (CH262) | B Prebble | TT | Prominent far side, slightly shuffled back to just better than midfield coming out, similar on rails turning for home, switched out for a run 400 M out, kept on steadily without quickening. |
8 | 1 | RED RULER (CH198) | C W Wong | V/TT | Drawn wide, settled in last few, commenced run when wide around home bend, widest turning in, made up good ground down centre of straight. |
9 | 4 | FIRST BABY (CG170) | K C Leung | P | Settled on rails in midfield, raced tight between runners early in straight, inconvenienced inside 200 M, kept on steadily to finish. |
10 | 6 | AMAZING FLYER (CK113) | D Whyte | CP-/B1/TT | Began fairly from middle draw, restrained to forward of midfield in a slow-paced race, took closer order turning in, gradually faded from 3rd inside final 200 M. (Lame and roarer.) |
11 | 13 | LUFENG FORTUNE (CJ140) | E Saint-Martin | B | Began with others, settled 3-wide in midfield, similar turning in but not much room early in straight and shuffled back, tightened inside 200 M, made no impression closing stages. |
12 | 12 | EASY WIN (CJ288) | M Chadwick | -- | Raced wide without cover in midfield, took closer order rounding home bend, beaten and giving ground when hampered inside 200 M. |
13 | 14 | AMITYSHIP (CK023) | H W Lai | B/TT | Never better than midfield, towards rear into straight, beaten when hampered inside 200 M. |
14 | 9 | SUPER CHARGE (CC299) | Z Purton | B | Travelled just better than midfield, raced very awkwardly and lost position approaching home bend, tightened for a run about 300 M out, made no further impression. (Questioned.) |
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 |