Race 11 (788)
PAK SHA O HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | WINSTON'S LAD (T348) | C Y Ho | H | Bustled along to take up a midfield spot along the 2-path, closed off strongly final 200M, hit the lead 50M out, won going away. |
2 | 1 | BOMBAY BLITZ (A338) | D Whyte | B | Shaken up after the start to be tracking leaders along the fence, stayed on well to go 2nd near line. Promising return after 6 months absence. |
3 | 10 | ULTIMATE GLORY (S235) | K Teetan | V | Held up 2-wide ahead of mid-division, pace strong middle stages, responded well turning in, loomed a chance 200M, couldn't match finishing pace of first 2 late stages. |
4 | 14 | SMILING CHARM (V321) | M F Poon | B/TT | Jumped well, vied for early lead until 1000M then sat back behind pace, moved up outside leader 500M before taking narrow lead 250M, outsprinted by first 3 late. |
5 | 5 | TAKING AIM (B244) | B Prebble | B | Began only fairly, urged forward, took outright lead 1000M setting good pace at the front, headed 250M, battled on to the line, pushed out to 5th final stages. |
6 | 2 | MONGOLIAN LEGEND (B317) | K C Leung | -- | Restrained after the start, taken across to the rail to be 5L off the pace behind midfield, kept grinding to the line but always held by leaders. |
7 | 4 | ROUNDABOUT (T352) | C Wong | SR | Reserved in a 2-wide spot towards the rear, stayed on fairly over final 400M, not reach contention. |
8 | 12 | MONICA (B271) | A Sanna | H-/B | Crowded for room at the start, taken across to a rail spot, always near the rear in a strongly run race, stayed on past weakening runners but not enough to threaten. |
9 | 7 | UNICRON JEWELLERY (V333) | H N Wong | B | Failed to muster speed, taken across behind runners for cover, in the rear first half then driven wide 600M, ran on same pace down outside of straight, no threat. |
10 | 8 | CHUNG WAH SPIRIT (A168) | Z Purton | B2/TT | Settled down 3-wide in midfield, close enough to be 2Ls behind leader at 400M, had his chance in the straight but couldn't sustain run passing 200M. |
11 | 6 | TOP BEAUTIFUL (A339) | J Moreira | B | From draw 11 driven forward but unable to lead, caught wide no cover throughout, came under pressure top of straight and didn't finish off. (Jockey questioned / Unacceptable Performance.) |
12 | 13 | LASTING FRIENDSHIP (B251) | O Doleuze | P | Towards the rear in a 3-wide spot, found nothing when asked in straight, eased when no chance. (Jockey reported he did not feel as comfortable in its action compared to last start when performed well.) |
13 | 3 | PENANG HALL (T062) | T Berry | B | Dropped back to race near the rear, under the pump home turn, couldn't finish off. (Jockey expressed concern regarding the action.) |
14 | 9 | MISTER MONTE (A201) | K C Ng | B/TT | Rushed forward after the start, 2-wide chasing leader on settling, gave way from 400M, weakened to last. |
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 |