Race 1 (301)
THE PATH OF PROGRESS HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | CITY POWER (M066) | K Teetan | SR/V | Hard ridden but only found himself in midfield far side, kept on at the same pace before quickening inside final 200 metres to just get up on line. |
2 | 3 | LOVELY NAUGHTY (S153) | D Whyte | B | Never far off after beginning from a poor draw, caught very wide far side and 3-wide home bend, ran on steadily under pressure but outsprinted close to home. |
3 | 10 | ALWAYS WONDERFUL (P347) | K C Leung | -- | Ridden positively from a wide draw to gain narrow advantage early stages, disputed the lead around home bend before taking over inside the 200 metres, but only to be headed final strides. |
4 | 11 | TANG PALACE (M316) | J Moreira | B/TT | Niggled along from the middle gate to get up with the pace eventually gaining narrow advantage around the bend, headed about 200 metres out, swamped for a placing close to home. |
5 | 2 | SLEDGE HAMMER (N405) | G Mosse | TT | Ridden early but failed to muster travelling behind midfield to home straight, produced good impression after straightening making up good ground, jockey charged for failing to ride the horse out. |
6 | 7 | RIBOT LEGACY (S085) | M L Yeung | -- | Jumped fairly, soon picked up along rails to join the leading group about one to two off the pace, slightly worse entering straight, soon found nothing. |
7 | 9 | PRECIOUS GEM (S097) | W M Lai | B/XB | Settled in last few from the widest gate, ran on past well-beaten horses in the straight. |
8 | 5 | SOUTHCHINA COMMAND (S290) | C K Tong | B/TT | Began moderately, trailed the field to straight, ran on past well-beaten horses. |
9 | 12 | SHANGHAI PIONEER (CL252) | H W Lai | B | Driven to reach a prominent position 800 metres out, dropped out from 5th into straight. |
10 | 1 | EVER SHINY (S214) | T H So | SR | Always well behind and never seen with a chance. |
11 | 4 | MIGHTY GAINS (P260) | N Callan | TT | Broke well, niggling along in a prominent position when crowded for room at about 800 metres, carried wide around the bend, never recovered in straight. |
12 | 8 | GOOD YIELD (P367) | M Guyon | TT | Jumped moderately, prominent in far side before hanging out badly around the bend, dropped out of contention from approaching home straight. (Blood in trachea) |
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 |