Race 4 (387)
PEONY HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | NO MORE GREEN (CL190) | M Chadwick | TT | Broke well from gate 14, mustered fast to lead and found the fence passing 1000 M pole, dashed impressively under pressure final 350 M, drew clear easily to score. |
2 | 9 | YOU GOTTA PAY (CK350) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped fast, sat prominently within striking distance from leader, raced keenly when restrained in middle stages, ran on well final 400 M for 2nd but failed to threat the winner. |
3 | 1 | ELITE SIXTY-SIX (CK085) | D Beadman | -- | Jumped fast, restrained in a 2-wide spot 1L behind the leader, had every chance in home straight, could not match the strides of winner at 300 M but did keep on soundly for a place. |
4 | 7 | TOPPING LIGHT (CL040) | B Prebble | -- | Out in line, cosily placed in the box-seat just behind the leader, travelled nicely throughout, only one-paced in home straight, lost a place final 100 M. |
5 | 11 | SOARING RIVER (CK137) | B Doyle | B | Broke well from the wide draw, held up in a 3-wide position with cover 2Ls off the speed, had his chance in home straight, kept on fairly but never threatened the placegetters. |
6 | 5 | SUPER SPIRIT (CK106) | K W Leung | B/TT | Jumped only fairly, sat three from the rear on rails, hampered turning for home, made up little ground along the inner in the straight, only beat the tired runners. |
7 | 2 | ARION OF CHIU TON (CK136) | W C Marwing | SR1 | Lacked early speed, placed rearward 5Ls off the pace, swung widest for home, ran on steadily when clear late at 250 M but never troubled the principals. |
8 | 12 | WINNING BONUS (CL119) | H W Lai | TT1 | Out in line, settled 3-4Ls off pace on rails, only gave limited response when asked for efforts final 350 M. |
9 | 6 | TOP NEWS (CK196) | J Lloyd | -- | Broke only fairly, held up in a 3-wide position in midfield, overraced when pace slackened rounding bend, lacked a kick when placed under pressure in home straight. |
10 | 14 | NORDIC STAR (CH302) | C W Wong | TT | Lacked early speed as usual and travelled 6-7Ls off the pace at rear, swung widest for home, made little progress down centre of the straight final 250 M. |
11 | 8 | JOYFUL JOYFUL (CK284) | Z Purton | B1 | Awkwardly drawn, caught very wide with no cover when held up in midfield, strode forward from 900 M to track leader, outpaced passing 400 M pole, soon got tired. |
12 | 13 | KINGIFLY (CG020) | T H So | TT | Taken to a 4-wide position just behind the mid-division, could not find extra in the home straight, weakened final 150 M. |
13 | 3 | STAR SON (CL111) | C K Tong | -- | Out in line, niggled along to hold a one-off position in midfield, bumped near 900 M, struggled from 600 M, weakened and dropped out early in straight. |
14 | 10 | HO HO LIFE (CL209) | Y T Cheng | -- | Slow to begin, urged to catch up 6Ls away at the rear, failed to make up any ground in home straight. |
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 |