Race 8 (476)
TAI HANG HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
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 |