Race 5 (383)
SPORTS ROAD HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1800m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | OWNERS' GLORY (CL391) | B Prebble | B | Held up behind midfield, raced 3-wide from 900M, came widest over the turn, ran on strongly final 200M, took charge 50M and won going away. |
2 | 4 | PERFECT TEN (CL030) | H W Lai | B/TT | Tracked leader, moved up to challenge nearing 400M, led 200M out, kept on well to the line but no match with winner final 50M. |
3 | 9 | SUISSE D'OR (CL195) | M Guyon | H | Raced 2-wide in mid-pack to 1100M, hampered by the slackening mid-race tempo and taken to a 3-wide spot without cover, improved round the outside of field over home turn, stayed on to the line. |
4 | 10 | SUPREME TYCOON (CL106) | Y T Cheng | H | Pushed along early to maintain a midfield position along the rail, crept closer to pace rounding the home turn, kept on one paced to the line. |
5 | 6 | SOMETHING SPECIAL (CJ014) | G Cheyne | B | Began awkwardly, held up near the rear, not suited by the slow mid-race tempo and overraced from 1000M, ran on steadily from off the pace inside 300M. |
6 | 11 | NOBLE FLIER (CL142) | O Doleuze | B | Towards the rear nearly 10Ls off the pace in the first half, turned 3-wide from 900M, made some progress down the outside but not getting to leaders. |
7 | 5 | KIDSLAND BABY (CL248) | D Beadman | -- | Settled in last and well off the pace in the first half, moved closer when the pace slackened from 800M, made limited progress down the outside. |
8 | 3 | BLADE FORCE (CK330) | G Mosse | B/TT | Driven to the lead after a sluggish start, slowed down the pace after 1000M, hung on to lead till 200M, weakened steadily. |
9 | 8 | REDOUTE'S FORTUNE (CK297) | D Whyte | -- | Urged along to obtain a forward position just behind leading pair, hampered by the slow pace and became overraced from 600M, checked early straight, finished off only fairly. |
10 | 7 | MASTER DREAMER (CE293) | W M Lai | B | Held up in mid-division 2-wide, moved to within 3Ls of leader approaching top of straight but lacked a needed response final 300M, weakened late stages. |
11 | 2 | PEGASUS SUPREME (CL286) | Z Purton | B | Went forward and raced one out one back, hung out over the final turn, weakened 200M and faded out of contention. |
12 | 12 | TELECOM GOGO (CJ346) | T H So | B | Began awkwardly, raced off the fence in a rearward position, moved closer to leaders over the final turn but could only keep on at the same pace. Never threatened. (Very stiff action noted next day) |
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 |