Race 5 (279)
CASTLE PEAK HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | PENGLAI XIANZI (CK248) | M Chadwick | TT | Reasonable break and soon occupied a prominent position in midfield. Picked up nicely early in the straight, finished off strongly and took the lead 150m out. |
2 | 10 | PACKING FRIEND (CK109) | H W Lai | -- | Jumped best, urged to be one out one back from leader, enjoyed a good run throughout, quickened well from 400m, briefly led near 200m but was soon caught by the winner. |
3 | 9 | NAMJONG HUNTER (CH280) | J Victoire | -- | Broke well, settled 2Ls off pace on rails, held up early in the straight, closed off well when clear passing 250m. |
4 | 3 | BE MY SONG (CH272) | K C Leung | H/TT | Broke well and fast into stride, took rails and led by 0.5L, headed by winner near 200m, kept on until flattening 100m. |
5 | 4 | LUCKY TYCOON (CH318) | W M Lai | B | Jumped fast but taken towards the rear division, 6Ls off pace 2-wide, proved difficult to settle in early stages, made up ground steadily down centre of the home straight from 200m. |
6 | 6 | FAIRY DRAGON (CL018) | K L Chui | H1 | Awkward start, fast into stride and sat one back on rails, started struggling rounding bend near 600m, hung on fairly well under hard riding in the home straight. |
7 | 8 | MY WAY (CJ203) | A Gryder | B- | Awkwardly started, urged early to take a midfield position 3-wide with cover, was bumped and carried wider at the final turn, had chance in straight but just struck on at one speed. |
8 | 1 | MASTER RIO (CK188) | W C Marwing | B | Jumped fast, handily sat 2Ls off the pace 2-wide with cover, had every chance in the straight but never really troubled the principals. |
9 | 5 | CHIEF SUCCESSOR (CL055) | B Prebble | B1 | Slow to begin but soon caught up 5Ls behind the leader, overraced badly until the 800m, swung widest for home, gave very limited response when asked for efforts final 400m. |
10 | 7 | GOLDMEN Y Y (CL036) | G Cheyne | B | Settled 2Ls off pace 3-wide without cover, travelled well until flattened near 300m. |
11 | 12 | SUPER GALILEO (CL061) | Y T Cheng | -- | No early speed, allowed to ease 8Ls off the pace, shifted widest but passed only tired runners in the home straight. |
12 | 13 | KING FAY FAY (CH089) | Z Purton | B1/TT | Bit slow to begin, urged to catch up 5Ls off the pace on rails, shifted wider for home, lacked a turn of foot and retreated at the 100m. (Mucus and blood in trachea, lame and wounded right hind.) |
13 | 14 | EXTRA SPECIAL (CJ213) | J Lloyd | CP | Reasonable break from the low draw, settled rearward 7Ls off the leader, blundered at 1200m, saved some ground rounding bend, made little ground to 250m before run ended. |
14 | 11 | PROSPERITY KID (CK321) | O Doleuze | -- | Jumped fast but taken down to rails, 8-9Ls off speed throughout, failed to quicken when asked for efforts. |
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 |