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Race 8 (476)

TAI HANG HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 4 CLEVER BEAVER (S352) K C Ng TT Positively ridden from wide barrier, emerged as sole leader 800M and carved off good sectionals, had 2Ls in hand inside 200M, held off fast finishing 2nd by a diminishing neck.
2 7 ALL THE BEST (S169) O Doleuze H/SR/TT Settled down off midfield 8Ls off leader in middle stages, bustled along 500M out, ran on strongly from 250M, just missed.
3 12 DASHING CERAMIBO (T121) C Y Ho H/TT- Closed up early stages, caught 3-wide no cover eased back to midfield, 7Ls off the pace home turn, stayed on well to go 3rd 50M, nearest line.
4 3 GENTILIS (S011) C Y Lui H/TT Vied for lead early stages, chased leader in 2nd 800M, well clear from rest, kept on evenly final 300M but not able to challenge winner, lost 2 placings near 50M.
5 2 CALLING WITH LOVE (N288) Z Purton B/H Reserved in mid-division, 7-8Ls back in 6th, stayed on without threatening.
6 1 ORIENTAL PROSPER (N100) Y T Cheng PC/TT Aggressively ridden but failed to muster, settled near the rear, had plenty to make up 400M, made some progress in straight but not reached contention.
7 11 TARZAN I AM (P299) T H So H-/XB1/TT In 3rd, 3-4Ls off the good pace, kept on same speed in straight, caught by pursuing rivals passing 100M.
8 6 LONGWAH AMBER (S224) N Rawiller -- Up with pace early, restrained passing 800M to race 4-5Ls off runaway leader, responded only fairly under strong urge, faded final stages.
9 9 GREAT RUN (P223) K Teetan B Eased back to a rearward position over 10Ls off the pace middle stages, driven along 500M, made some progress along fence but never seriously threatened.
10 5 HONG KONG DANCER (N399) K C Leung -- Settled towards the rear, over 10Ls behind leader in middle stages, closed off the race reasonably well but left with too much to do.
11 10 BRIGHT STAR (N387) J Moreira B Taken back from outside barrier, not hurried, in rear over 10Ls off a good pace, ran on mildly from the rear passing 350M, difficult to obtain run final stages.
12 8 ARGENTUM (T201) B Prebble -- Towards the rear, caught 3-wide no cover throughout, not picked up pace and soon left behind inside 350.
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