Race 11 (615)
AUSTIN HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 14 | SPARKLING POWER (CL257) | J Lloyd | -- | Soon crossed to the fence and raced keenly behind leaders, held up to 350M then picked up strongly up the inside rail to forge to the front in the final stride. Promising debut. |
2 | 2 | YOU GOTTA PAY (CK350) | D Whyte | -- | Raced at the hindquarters of leader, travelled strongly to straight, soon took over and shook clear passing 300M, galloped on well but was just caught in the final stride. |
3 | 9 | UNION'S STAR (CK117) | B Prebble | SR | Held up along the fence in midfield, rallied well to go 3rd 200M from home. |
4 | 12 | JUN QI (CL162) | C W Wong | H | Always within striking distance, pressed 450M from home, kept on well to the line but found no extra pace to challenge top two seriously. |
5 | 1 | QUICK TOUCH (CJ196) | M L Yeung | -- | Raced 3-wide and never far from the lead, ranged up to lodge a brief bid, battled on till weakening inside 150M. |
6 | 7 | ROYAL PANACHE (CL132) | W C Marwing | TT | Restrained to a rail position behind midfield, shifted out to challenge passing 500M but lacked a finishing kick. |
7 | 11 | HOLD HANDS (CH116) | C K Tong | -- | Placed 2-wide towards the rear, stayed on final 300M but not getting to the leaders. |
8 | 8 | TIME LEGEND (CL210) | Y T Cheng | B/XB | Awkwardly away, ended up in last about 8Ls off the pace, ran on fairly over final 400M but never got close enough to land a blow. |
9 | 6 | FINN MACCOOL (CK072) | W M Lai | SR/TT | Dropped back to a rearward position, angled out from fence 450M for a clear passage, made very limited progress down the outside and was never any real threat. |
10 | 10 | HELENE WITTY (CL228) | D Dunn | TT | Crossed to the lead from draw 12, set steady tempo to straight but found no extra when pressed on passing 350M, weakened. |
11 | 3 | SURVEY SURVEY (CH070) | H W Lai | XB/TT | Seasonal debut. Positioned behind midfield 6Ls back, driven 400M but made no progress. |
12 | 4 | FOREVER ELATION (CK215) | O Doleuze | B | With leaders early, dropped back to midfield approaching home turn, shifted out to improve nearing 500M but found very little in reserves, ran on empty final 150M. |
13 | 13 | OUTTALIMITZ (CK312) | G Cheyne | -- | Settled in midfield but was pushed widest making the home turn, not able to quicken and soon behind. |
14 | 5 | NEEDLES AND THREAD (CJ282) | M W Leung | B | Never far off but was caught 3-wide throughout, found nothing when asked inside 400M, eased. |
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 |