Race 4 (343)
HARCOURT HANDICAP Rating:60-40 2200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | VICTORY MASCOT (CJ243) | B Prebble | B2/TT | Given a waiting ride as usual and travelled about 10Ls off the pace, niggled along rounding the final bend, dashed impressively down centre of home straight, drew clear passing 150 M. |
2 | 1 | FANTASTIC DANCER (CJ001) | J Victoire | V/TT | Settled in a 2-wide position in midfield and travelled nicely 5 to 6Ls behind the pace, urged along turning for home, responded well when asked for efforts final 300 M, ran on for 2nd but failed to threaten the winner. |
3 | 9 | ZEPHYRUS (CH285) | Z Purton | B/TT | Pushed hard forward to sit handily behind the leader, travelled cosily in early stages but shifted away from rail near 900 M when pace slackened, finished off soundly in home straight, fought hard for 3rd. |
4 | 8 | BEST NOODLE (CJ278) | M W Leung | TT | Sat prominently 3 to 4Ls behind the leader, travelled comfortably along the rails throughout, mad up some ground when asked for efforts inside 250 M, just lost a place. |
5 | 3 | GOLDEN BALL (CH128) | A Suborics | B | Held up one off just behind midfield, urged along rounding final bend, took time to obtain clear run in home straight, squeezed through a narrow gap near 100 M, ran on well but too late for a place. |
6 | 12 | SAMBUOYANT (CE172) | J Lloyd | -- | Taken rearward from the wide alley, improved quickly along 3-deep from 1100 M to track leader, kept on until overhauled passing 150 M, crowded in the last few strides. |
7 | 10 | ROCKET AND GOLD (CH015) | W C Marwing | B/TT | Sat patiently in a rearward position, 2-wide with cover, swung widest for home, passed only a few tired rivals in the home straight. |
8 | 11 | ENERGETIC BOY (CH153) | W Pike | B | Jumped fast, sat prominently 3 to 4Ls off the speed, carried wider and lost cover near 900 M, struggled along 3-deep, kept on fairly in home straight but never really troubled the principals. |
9 | 6 | FANTASTIC GUY (CH025) | O Doleuze | B | Broke only fairly from the widest alley, driven to sit one out one back, urged to take the lead near 1000 M, niggled along turning for home, overhauled near 150 M and got tired. |
10 | 4 | OLYMPICSHIP (CJ283) | D Beadman | B/TT | Started fairly, sat in a fence position just behind midfield, tried to improve along the inner in home straight, gave very limited response when asked. (Lame in right front leg.) |
11 | 2 | SUPER SURPRISE (CH210) | D Whyte | B | Jump fairly, settled 7 to 8Ls off the pace, never better than midfield, swung wide for home, failed to make up any ground. |
12 | 5 | FULL PACK (CJ312) | Y T Cheng | B-/CP2 | Driven early to lead, allowed to ease 2nd when pace quickened near 900 M, struggled rounding the bend, got tired 300 M out, soon dropped out. |
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 |