Race 9 (458)
ARSENAL HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | HAPPY YEAH YEAH (M085) | M L Yeung | V | Slow into stride, distant last on settling. Made up some ground around turn, switched in 200m for run and powered through to win on the line. |
2 | 4 | DISCIPLES TWELVE (P018) | Z Purton | -- | Shifted across behind runners from wide draw and second-last on settling. Improved position around turn along rails, found inside runs in straight and finished strongly to just fail. |
3 | 11 | SMART MAN (P103) | N Callan | B-/H/XB/TT | Began fairly, settling four-back from leader along rail. Improved position around turn, switched wide in straight, hampered 100m when finishing strongly. |
4 | 9 | HARBOUR PUNK (S262) | C Y Lui | XB | Pressed forward from wide draw, taking over lead passing 1000m and cutting to fence. Kicked ahead 300m, still in front 100m, run down close to the line. |
5 | 10 | PABLOSKY (S156) | J Moreira | H/SR | Ridden along between horses to hold midfield position. Improved position around turn, taken wide in straight and ran on steadily to be closest at finish. |
6 | 5 | GO BABY GO (N033) | U Rispoli | -- | One of the first into stride before settling in box seat behind leader. Stayed on rail around turn and in straight, hampered 50m when tiring. |
7 | 6 | ALL GREAT FRIENDS (S279) | D Whyte | -- | Began OK, settling three-back the fence. Switched out around turn, raced tight approaching and passing 400m, kept on steadily but got close to heels and not ridden out final stages. |
8 | 2 | FABULOUS NOVEMBER (N342) | K Teetan | CP | Began awkwardly, shifted out and bumped dropping to rear in one-off position. Took turn wide losing ground, last at 300m, ran on steadily final 200 while laying out under pressure. |
9 | 3 | CHARITY JOY (P278) | C Y Ho | B/TT | Ridden along from wide draw, settling toward rear in one-off position. Improved around turn, blocked for run from 200m to 100m, boxed on fairly. |
10 | 1 | BULLISH FRIEND (N333) | K C Ng | CP/H/TT | Began awkwardly, shifted out and bumped, hard ridden to make ground before settling one-off, two back. Kept on gamely in straight to 200m before giving ground. |
11 | 8 | PRECISION KING (P134) | B Prebble | P | Began fairly, pressed forward to sit three-wide in row behind leader when hampered 900m. Urged forward top of straight but tired final 100m. Blood in left nostril though not a bleeder. |
12 | 12 | SILLY BUDDIES (S054) | K C Leung | -- | Pressed forward, racing three wide mostly and left without cover from 600m. Gave ground shortly after entering straight and finished tailed off. |
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 |