Race 1 (561)
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK HANDICAP Rating:40-15 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | WIN CHANCE (P415) | M L Yeung | H/PC/TT | Jumped moderately, settled in midfield on rails, commenced move entering straight, hit the front over 350 metres out and soon drew clear, won readily. |
2 | 13 | HIGH SPEED METRO (P293) | T H So | XB | Waited with, took closer order briefly half-way out, snuck up on rails entering home straight, obtained a nice passage after switched inside 400 metres reaching 2L 2nd shortly afterwards, never threatened the winner. |
3 | 10 | SMART GUY (M377) | H W Lai | H | Settled towards the rear close to rails, shaken up entering home straight, ran on steadily to reach 3rd 200 metres out. |
4 | 14 | GLAMOROUS RYDER (S007) | K C Leung | B/TT | Settled in last few from a poor gate, did not find much room after straightening for home, finished off well inside final 250 metres. |
5 | 4 | TELECOM PRINCE (P017) | O Peslier | -- | Settled towards the rear 3-wide without cover to straight, came under pressure on straightening, ran on steadily inside final 250 metres. |
6 | 9 | MOBILE KING (P084) | C Williams | -- | Began fairly from a wide gate, gradually settled just better than midfield early in back straight, steadied and lost some ground half-way out, kept on at the same pace without quickening in the run home. |
7 | 8 | DRAGON BACHELOR (P128) | J Moreira | H-/P | Settled well behind, commenced move wide rounding home bend, made short-lived effort to reach 4L 4th briefly 200 metres out, unable to sustain effort closing stages. |
8 | 2 | ENCHANTING DIAMOND (S136) | O Doleuze | B | Broke well, taken back behind midfield travelling 3-wide down far side, went wider entering straight, found nothing under pressure early in straight. |
9 | 7 | ZACHARY (N146) | N Callan | TT | Began well from a low draw, settled in midfield shifting 3-wide down far side, took closer order round home bend, badly checked 300 metres out, made no impression thereafter. |
10 | 12 | PERFECT TRIUMPH (P241) | C K Tong | B | Jumped well from the one draw, settled mainly just over 2L off the lead on rails, slightly further back coming out of back straight, renewed effort approaching home turn, soon dropped out of contention under pressure in home straight. |
11 | 5 | ELECTRONIC GOSPEL (S026) | N Rawiller | -- | Worked his way forward around stables bend after beginning from the widest draw, eventually settled 1L back in 2nd one off the rails, weakened noticeably passing the 300 metres. |
12 | 6 | GOLDEN OSMANTHUS (N245) | K C Ng | B/TT | Pressed on from a wide gate to soon cross to rails in front on stables bend, steadied pace to hold half a length advantage far side, went 1L clear around home bend before swamped inside final 400 metres. |
13 | 3 | ENJOY THE GAME (S062) | D Lane | B | Jumped fairly, given reminders in early stages settling wide just better than midfield, improved to 3rd within 2L of pace coming out of back straight, folded up quickly after turning into home straight. |
14 | 1 | BETTER ANNOUNCE (N254) | B Prebble | B/TT | Ridden positively from a tricky gate to gain a prominent position, travelled mainly in 3rd far side and 4th around home bend, gave ground under pressure inside final 400 metres. |
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 |