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Race 8 (018)

BIG WAVE BAY HANDICAP   Rating:100-80   1200m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 11 SUPER HOPPY (A372) C Schofield TT Restrained after the start, towards rear 5Ls off the slow pace, brought wide 450M, charged home strongly to get up last stride.
2 3 FORTUNE BOOTH (A418) Z Purton CP Held up in mid-division 3Ls off the slow pace, quickened up well to take lead near 50M, headed by winner last stride.
3 7 CHEERFULJET (A188) U Rispoli H/XB Away smoothly and led slowly, fought on well entering straight, headed by first 2 near 50M, hung on for 3rd.
4 6 ALMABABY (V057) H N Wong TT Tracked leaders along the fence in a slowly run race, kept grinding to the line but always held by leaders in the run home.
5 2 SUPER TURBO (V310) C Y Ho CP Dropped back from draw 11, at the rear 6Ls off the pace middle stages, stayed on well final 250M to be nearest at the line.
6 8 KINGSFIELD (T403) M F Poon XB/B2/TT Restrained to be racing towards the rear of midfield, 3-wide trip, stayed on moderately final 300M.
7 9 FANTASTIC EIGHT (A079) M Chadwick B/TT Always in touch, had every chance turning in, one paced final 150M.
8 1 WAH MAY FRIEND (T309) H T Mo TT Held up midfield, lost place 550M and got shuffled back, stayed on mildly in the run home but never dangerous.
9 4 BOLD STITCH (S323) K Teetan V/XB Began awkwardly, settled down in last place 6Ls off the slow pace, ran on without threatening over final 300M.
10 5 MAGIC LEGEND (A170) D Whyte -- Began fairly, urged forward to be outside of leader, outpaced 200M and out of contention. (Jockey unable to offer any explanation for the disappointing performance.)
11 10 PERPETUAL TREASURE (S191) M L Yeung B/TT Driven forward from draw 10, chased leaders in a 3-wide position without cover, struggled to keep up 500M, soon weakened on straightening.
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