Race 7 (079)
TO YUEN HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | EXCITING DREAM (P191) | W C Marwing | CP1 | Bumped start, raced tightly to 1100m when difficult to settle. Kept 3-wide turn, motored to the front 200m, ran out of steam 50m but held on. |
2 | 10 | VICTORY HEART (P414) | O Doleuze | TT1 | Jumped OK but reluctant to maintain position between horses and unbalanced. Kept wide turn, widest into straight, ran on strongly to just miss. |
3 | 6 | SUDDEN THUNDER (N045) | K Teetan | B/TT | Jumped well, settling 2-back the fence. Shuffled back at turn, hung in early in straight before picking up momentum, finishing strongly. |
4 | 11 | SMART BALL (P277) | D Whyte | H- | Jumped well but unable to cut in and used to go forward, taking lead before turn. Caught 200m out but kept on well to the line. |
5 | 1 | PLENTIFUL (CK319) | Z Purton | B/TT | Not pushed early and allowed to settle toward rear away from the fence. No clear run early in straight but finished well when clear. |
6 | 8 | KING OF PATCH (N421) | C O'Donoghue | B-/SR1 | Taken in quickly after start and soon at rear. Got shuffled back approaching turn, found inside run and kept on steadily. |
7 | 13 | GERONIMO MEADOW (N226) | C K Tong | B/TT | No early speed and soon last but away from fence. Last at turn, taken wide entering straight and finished off nicely. |
8 | 9 | ROYAL PARTNER (N394) | G Mosse | TT | Ridden forward from inside draw, settling in midfield but wide. Made ground early straight but one-paced 200m. Rider cautioned (See Racing Incidents). |
9 | 3 | FAT CHOY HONG KONG (N253) | T H So | TT | Hard ridden from wide draw to sit just behind the pace but wide. Improved turn, 2nd into straight, found little. |
10 | 7 | SWIFT SHADOW (S052) | N Pinna | TT | Quickly into stride to lead early before dropping back before turn. Fifth into straight, kept on steadily to 200m, faded. |
11 | 5 | MAC ROW (N252) | T Angland | H/XB | Ridden up but wide from outside draw. Got head up entering turn and hung out. Very wide into straight and found nothing. |
12 | 2 | BEAUTY JOURNEY (P386) | M Chadwick | TT | Jumped well, lead on settling before taking box seat inside leader. Gave ground soon after entering straight. |
13 | 12 | KIDS AND WIN (P271) | K C Leung | -- | Bumped start but recovered and taken forward to sit 2-back before turn. Three-wide entering straight but found nothing and faded. |
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 |