Race 8 (333)
JORDAN VALLEY HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | SILVER FIG (B025) | K Teetan | B/TT | Awkwardly away and stumbled at the start, towards rear and caught wide throughout the race, closed off strongly over final 300M under top weight, got up in time. |
2 | 3 | GUNNAR (C222) | B Shinn | TT | Up with the pace, saved ground along the inside, emerged as leader 450M, kept on well, caught late. |
3 | 9 | GOLFMAN STAR (D384) | K H Chan | -- | Driven forward, caught 3-wide no cover in the battle for the lead, stuck to task well despite tough trip, fought on to the finish for a close 3rd. |
4 | 10 | TAKE WHAT YOU NEED (C474) | A Hamelin | B | Jumped well, held up to a race near the rear, over 4Ls to make up top of straight, did best work final 200M to go 4th close home, not reached first 3. |
5 | 11 | CALIFORNIA GUNGHO (B204) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Ridden forward, from wide draw caught 4-wide without cover throughout the race, kept on evenly in straight, safely held by leaders. |
6 | 6 | SUPER ALLIANCES (C472) | J Moreira | P | From draw 1 settled down midfield along the inside, went 3rd briefly 250M, effort flattened out final stages. (Lame RF leg / Blood in trachea.) |
7 | 12 | SO WE JOY (D082) | M L Yeung | CP | Taken back to last from widest gate, over 5Ls to make up 400M, made non-threatening progress over final 300M. |
8 | 5 | KEEP YOU WARM (D272) | C L Chau | B/XB | Did not show early speed despite being ridden along, fell back to a rearward spot entering home turn, kept on one paced in straight, never threatened. |
9 | 2 | HARMONY AND RICH (D110) | Z Purton | -- | Chased the pace along the 3-path, well placed to strike turning home, could not go on passing 200M, weakened. |
10 | 8 | BLOTTING PAPER (D043) | M F Poon | B | Close up to leaders early stages, caught very wide home turn, found little under pressure in straight, eased when no chance. |
11 | 7 | SUPER POWER MAN (D072) | C Schofield | -- | Made a lot of early use to take up a forward position, came under pressure home turn, weakened rapidly in the straight. |
12 | 4 | EXCEED THE STARS (D430) | A Badel | B | Chased leaders, struggled from 600M, 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 |