Race 2 (599)
THE MACWHINNIE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:60-40 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | ROUGE ET BLANC (S353) | Z Purton | B/TT | Pushed forward at start to settle behind leader, moved up to challenge strongly home turn, broke clear at 400m and easily held of all challengers. |
2 | 11 | CRUISE CONTROL (P198) | J Moreira | H/TT | Ridden along early but did not show any pace and settled midfield, commenced positive move at 700m, travelled strongly at home turn, finished strongly but no match for winner. |
3 | 10 | OXFORD CHARLEY (P266) | D Lane | SR-/V2 | Settled worse than midfield, travelling well passing 600m to improve along rail, held up home turn, eased out passing 400m and finished strongly once clear. |
4 | 8 | WIN ALONG (P003) | H W Lai | B/TT | Jumped well and settled midfield, improved quickly near 600m to issue strong challenge at home turn, no match for winner but fought hard to the line. |
5 | 9 | NAVEL ORANGE (P035) | K Teetan | -- | Jumped well and pushed forward to settle behind leaders, hard ridden home turn but fought hard entire straight. |
6 | 2 | SPEEDY WALLY (T002) | Y T Cheng | H-/B1 | Jumped awkwardly, ridden along early to settle midfield, checked when awkwardly place at 600m, lay inwards in straight and finished okay. |
7 | 3 | OCEAN POWER (P240) | N Callan | B/XB | Commenced awkwardly, ridden along when caught wide early to settle on pace, ridden hard to challenge at home turn, awkwardly placed when tiring at 300m. |
8 | 6 | GOOD FIT (S131) | N Rawiller | H-/B2/TT | Eased back from wide gate to settle worse than midfield, hampered at 600m, kept to inside in straight and one pace to the line. |
9 | 4 | PERCY JACKSON (N188) | D Whyte | B2 | Jumped okay and allowed to settle in midfield position, albeit wide, bumped and unbalanced at 600m, battled on one paced in straight. |
10 | 7 | TELEPHATIA (P405) | M L Yeung | E/P/TT | Taken back from wide gate at the start to settle towards rear, urged along and taken wide at home turn but could not make ground in straight. |
11 | 1 | AMBASSADORSHIP (N217) | H N Wong | B | Jumped awkwardly and lost ground, settle at rear, last into straight and made no ground. |
12 | 12 | GRASSLAND DRAGON (S201) | W M Lai | B-/E | Fast out to settle in front, stayed there until weakening out of it at 500m. |
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 |