Race 8 (567)
HO SHEUNG HEUNG HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | HOLIDAY SUN (CJ328) | J Lloyd | CP | Placed 2-wide in midfield, shaken up near 400 M and made rapid headway on straightening, hit the front 100 M out and finished well on top. |
2 | 9 | ROYAL KNIGHT (CL094) | O Doleuze | CP/TT | In 2nd last and not hurried in early stages, launched an outside move from 500 M and finished off the race willingly. |
3 | 3 | MASTER GUNNER (CJ142) | D Beadman | SR/XB | Held up behind midfield, pressed forward from 500 M and looped 3-wide over the final turn, led near 200 M, continued gamely and just failed to last late on. |
4 | 1 | GREAT GUY (CH112) | M Chadwick | TT | Pressed the pace from outside, kept on same pace final 300 M and not a threat to the top three. |
5 | 8 | LEO'S PRIDE (CK094) | B Doyle | B | Slow to begin, shaken up early to obtain an inside position in midfield, shifted out 2-wide making the home turn but went back to inside to get clear in straight, ran on fairly final 200 M. |
6 | 6 | SUPERNOVA (CJ032) | W C Marwing | SR | Positioned in 5th never far off the pace, held up briefly early straight, came through a narrow gap and made some late progress. (Jockey fined $20,000 for failing to ride his horse out to the end of the race.) |
7 | 5 | MOON CHASER (CK013) | Z Purton | -- | Unable to slot in and raced 3-wide without cover throughout, moved closer to pace passing 1200 M, couldn't pick up when needed and came up empty in late stages. |
8 | 2 | TEAM WORK (CH276) | Y T Cheng | B | Quickly into stride and stalked leader to straight, badly held up from 300 M to 100 M and not able to have a clear crack. |
9 | 10 | MERIDIAN PRIDE (CH057) | W M Lai | TT | Towards the rear throughout, had plenty to do turning in but not able to quicken. |
10 | 7 | GILDED FLIGHT (CH294) | K C Leung | -- | Quickly into the lead from an outside barrier, led steadily to straight, found little when asked then eased passing 150 M. |
11 | 12 | WARM EMBRACES (CJ162) | M W Leung | B | Held a rail position in midfield, outpaced passing 300 M, never a factor. |
12 | 4 | O'REILLY MAGIC (CJ134) | B Prebble | TT | Switched off the back 9Ls behind leader but was under urge halfway to maintain position, soon left behind in straight. (Unacceptable performance / Mucus.) |
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 |