Race 7 (053)
CASSIA HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | WIN IT (P032) | H N Wong | CP | Began well, not hurried, settling 4L behind tearaway leaders. Took closer order 750m, hit front 250m, kept finding when strongly challenged final 150m. |
2 | 3 | SPEEDY LONGWAH (S242) | N Callan | B/TT | Pressed forward from outside draw before settling in one-off position 5L from leader. Under pressure from 400m, switched in 150m to get split, finished strongly. |
3 | 2 | WILLIE INVICTUS (S255) | J Moreira | B | Began well but eased off fast pace, settling in midfield along rail. Tightened 650m, switched out, swung wide entering straight, ran on strongly. |
4 | 5 | PO CHING TREASURE (S388) | R Fourie | CP/TT | Hard ridden to hold rail before easing off fast pace in 4th place. Improved passing 600m but only got going final 200m when finished strongly. |
5 | 1 | FORMULA WON (P183) | Z Purton | TT | Began fairly, held and taken closer to fence at rear. Rolled forward from 700m when pace slowed, skirting field three-wide to look chance 200m. One-paced final stages. |
6 | 12 | IMPERIAL CONCORDE (P425) | M Chadwick | TT | Jumped OK, not pushed, racing behind midfield to turn when unbalanced and hit rail. Unbalanced top of straight but finished off nicely. |
7 | 11 | BUDDY BUDDIES (M021) | W M Lai | -- | Slow, steadied, dropping to rear along rail. Came off fence and shaken up approaching 400m, switched in top of straight, boxed on fairly. |
8 | 10 | AGIAAL (N177) | M L Yeung | CP | Began OK, restrained and taken to fence, settling last. Urged forward from 500m, swung wide into straight, boxed on fairly. |
9 | 6 | BEST HOPE (S102) | K C Ng | CP | Aggressively ridden from start to 1100m inside leader before steadied and settled in 2nd along rail. Battled on gamely to 200m when flattened, faded. |
10 | 4 | LOTUS STRIKES BACK (T145) | B Prebble | -- | Steadied soon after start and shifted in behind horses from wide draw, settling at rear in one-off position. Taken wide in straight but only one-paced. |
11 | 7 | DUAL HAPPY (N427) | T H So | B | Bumped and unbalanced shortly after start, ridden forward settling midfield in one-off position. Shifted in and bumped top of straight, found little under pressure. |
12 | 8 | SOLAR KINGDOM (S041) | Y T Cheng | H | Used early and set fast pace to get to the front, finally getting clear lead 1000m before cutting to fence 800m and slowing pace. Caught 250m and faded. |
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 |