Race 1 (075)
BEECH HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | REAL DRAGON (M144) | M Chadwick | TT | Jumped well, settled just 2-back off the speed on rails switching to 2-wide far side, commenced move home turn, quickened under pressure to grab victory late. |
2 | 7 | GOOD LOOKING WATCH (CL278) | T Angland | B/TT1 | Broke well from a middle draw to assume a prominent position, improved around home bend to gain slender advantage into straight, but unable to sustain effort and caught close to home. |
3 | 2 | DYNAMIC CROSS (CL426) | K C Leung | B | Began from the widest gate, soon moved up to take up running on rails by stables bend setting a steady pace, held lead until joined into straight, fought on well and late. |
4 | 11 | YOUNG SUPREME (CL074) | T Clark | P | Settled in midfield on rails, commenced move approaching home turn, ran on steadily without threatening. (Tactic questioned.) |
5 | 9 | STARLIT WARRIOR (M162) | A Suborics | B | Began awkwardly, soon improved to the front and crossed to rails before settling one-back in 3rd, similar turning in when briefly baulked on inside, failed to quicken under pressure in the run home. |
6 | 4 | FLYING KEEPER (M191) | O Doleuze | TT- | Soon taken back to race in rear, saved ground turning in, kept on steadily without quickening. |
7 | 3 | LUCKY ARMY (CL230) | Y T Cheng | H/TT | Jumped from a poor draw settling at the tail end of the field, remained well back into straight, made some late progress. |
8 | 8 | SPARKLING (CK149) | D Whyte | SR2 | Remained in last few to straight, saved ground turning for home, kept on without quickening. |
9 | 6 | FANTASTISCH (CK017) | C K Tong | XB | Raced in midfield and refused to settle in first half of race, faded under pressure in straight. |
10 | 5 | FORTUNE COOKIE (M194) | C W Wong | B-/XB | Slightly slow out, soon recovered to race keenly in forward of midfield, weakened under pressure in straight. |
11 | 12 | FRIENDS SUPPORT (CL375) | C Y Ho | B/H/TT | Raced keenly and wide and just worse than midfield, faded into straight. |
DNF | 10 | GREAT SHOW (CK001) | W C Marwing | B/SR | Settled just worse than midfield, saved ground on rails turning in, broke down shortly after straightening. |
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 |