Race 7 (256)
THE LONGINES HONG KONG MILE Rating:- 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | BEAUTY ONLY (S411) | Z Purton | H/TT | Broke well but held and taken back through field to settle 3-wide at rear. Switched out turning for home, taken wide in straight and finished powerfully to win pulling ahead. |
2 | 6 | HELENE PARAGON (V167) | H Bowman | H/XB | Jumped awkwardly, losing ground and dropping towards rear but away from fence. Blocked for run top of straight but before finishing strongly when clear to miss narrowly. |
3 | 14 | JOYFUL TRINITY (V110) | G Mosse | -- | Jumped well but not pushed, looking for cover before settling 3-wide behind midfield. Improved position around turn, got clear run in straight and finished off strongly. |
4 | 2 | CONTENTMENT (S391) | B Prebble | P | Pushed forward on jumping, settling one-out, one-back 1000m. Took closer order around turn to look a chance 200m before swamped final stages. |
5 | 3 | LOGOTYPE (A608) | M Demuro | XB | Slow into stride then vigorously ridden to make up ground, grabbing box seat 2L from leader at turn. Held for run top of straight, got clear 200m, finished off nicely. |
6 | 1 | ABLE FRIEND (P303) | J Moreira | CP | Jumped with field but restrained looking for cover at settling at the rear in one-off position. Taken to centre track on straightening and ran on steadily. |
7 | 12 | SATONO ALADDIN (V613) | Y Kawada | TT | Slow into stride and last on settling. Tailed field to 200m before switching out and finishing off nicely. |
8 | 11 | ROMANTIC TOUCH (S393) | M Chadwick | TT | Began well, ridden to get forward position but caught wide without cover in midfield, Continued to race wide around turn and boxed on gamely in straight. |
9 | 7 | NEOREALISM (A609) | R Moore | CP/XB | Broke well, pressed forward 3-wide to race outside hindquarters of leader on turning. Rolled forward to hit front 200m but then ran out of stamina and faded. |
10 | 10 | COUGAR MOUNTAIN (A610) | D O'Brien | CP/XB/TT | Broke well, allowed to stride at own pace while edging towards rail behind midfield. Took inside run in straight but only one-paced. |
11 | 4 | GIANT TREASURE (T148) | C Soumillon | V-/XB1/B2/H2 | Slow into stride, dropping to last, then shifted across behind running to fence. Made up some ground around turn but found little in straight under hard riding. |
12 | 13 | SUN JEWELLERY (T301) | S De Sousa | TT | Ridden along early to hold forward position, settling one-off 3L from leader. Made forward move on straightening but run petered out 200m and faded. |
13 | 9 | BEAUTY FLAME (S117) | K C Leung | TT | Pressed forward from outside draw to lead on settling, setting a slow first quarter before speeding up. Tried to kick clear top of straight but collared 200m and faded. |
14 | 8 | PACKING PINS (S386) | M Guyon | -- | Began OK, pressed forward to hold rail, settling 4L from leader. Under pressure soon after straightening and gave ground steadily from 200m. |
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 |