Race 1 (545)
SUN TIN WAI HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | GOLDIE FLANKER (V161) | T H So | B | Settled at the back from a wide gate, waited with well behind, switched wide for a run early in straight, finished off race strongly to snatch victory final stride. |
2 | 2 | GIDDY GIDDY (S367) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Jumped well from the widest gate, gradually moved in to track the leader around home bend, hit the front under pressure 150 metres out, only to be caught close to home. |
3 | 1 | ALL TOGETHER (T420) | K Teetan | B/H/TT | Raced wide throughout, prominent early, drifted back to midfield rounding home bend, ran on well to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 11 | SNOWHOOVES (S409) | H N Wong | SR/XB | Ridden in first few early, settled in 5th in forward of midfield, fought on dourly to narrowly miss the place-getters. |
5 | 9 | FRIENDS FOREVER (T079) | K K Chiong | B | Jumped fairly from a wide draw, ridden along to take up running passing the 900 metres, obtained run on the rail coming onto home bend, led the field until headed 150 metres out. |
6 | 3 | MASSIVE MOVE (T073) | K C Leung | V | Led early stages, taken 2.5L back to 4th coming onto home bend, came under pressure to challenge when 3rd into straight but failed to quicken to threaten. |
7 | 7 | FURIOUS PEGASUS (S441) | B Prebble | TT | Towards the rear, made modest progress in straight, never nearer. |
8 | 6 | JIMSON THE FAMOUS (T253) | N Rawiller | B/TT | Moderate start, towards the rear on the rail, baulked for a stride upon straightening, kept on at the one pace. (Questioned for disappointing performance) |
8 | 10 | MANHATTAN STRIKER (V141) | D Whyte | SR/TT | Jumped fairly niggling along, settled 2.5L back mainly in 3rd around home bend, kept on early in straight before fading inside the final 200 metres. |
10 | 12 | INTELLECTUAL GLIDE (S124) | H T Mo | B/TT | Moderate start, settled in rear of midfield, jostled between runners and lost position approaching home bend, one-paced before fading inside final 200 metres. |
11 | 4 | RED SUN (V145) | K C Ng | V | Detached early, never seen with a chance except for short-lived effort to reach the tail-end of the field briefly around home bend. |
12 | 8 | FLYING PROSPERITY (V159) | H W Lai | SR1 | Jumped fairly, quickly picked up to midfield on the rail, hampered and lost position coming onto home bend, dropped out under pressure shortly after straightening. (Lame next day) |
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 |