Race 1 (122)
WA MEI SHAN HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1000m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | IDYLLIC WIND (N139) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped well, niggled along just off the pace on rails, angled out to challenge turning in, gained upper hand close to home. |
2 | 1 | GIDDY GIDDY (S367) | J Moreira | H/TT | Broke well to lead and attempted to make all, headed under pressure close to home. |
3 | 12 | DELIGHT FORTUNE (N402) | T H So | SR/V | Soon settled 3-wide in midfield from a wide gate, widest runner turning in, ran on steadily under pressure down the centre of the track, nearest at finish. |
4 | 5 | SKY FULL OF STARS (T260) | C Schofield | -- | Jumped fairly, settled on rails in midfield or just worse, fought on steadily without threatening. |
5 | 9 | GLORY BOY (S273) | R Fourie | SR/TT | Jumped moderately, settled behind midfield, baulked 200 metres out, finished off well once into the clear in closing stages. |
6 | 2 | OUR HONOUR (S324) | B Prebble | -- | Broke well, gradually taken back to better than midfield to race mainly in 6th 3-wide, obtained rails run passing the 400 metres and saved ground turning in, failed to quicken under pressure. |
7 | 10 | FOREVER FUN (S130) | N Callan | B/TT | Niggled along in midfield from a wide gate, improved steadily down far side to a prominent position 3-wide around the bend, faded gradually under pressure after straightening. |
8 | 8 | DRAGON ENERGY (S186) | H N Wong | V | Taken back from a wide draw, remained one from last to straight, fought on steadily but without threatening. |
9 | 6 | FOTOGENIC (S114) | Z Purton | H/TT | Ridden along to keep in touch settling one-out-one-back, lost position rounding home bend, found nothing in straight. |
10 | 7 | PERFECT SMART (S413) | K Teetan | B/H | Began moderately, soon driven up the firing line, obtained position just outside the leader coming onto home bend, however, folded up quickly after straightening. |
11 | 11 | EAGLE KING (S058) | M L Yeung | H/P/TT | Always in last few and never seen with a chance. |
12 | 4 | THE PALADIN (T328) | N Rawiller | -- | Soon outpaced. |
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 |