Race 8 (659)
CHAMOMILE HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | SKYEY SUPREME (C293) | H N Wong | B/TT | Soon led, set fast pace up front, drew clear passing 400M, kept on strongly to the line giving rivals no chance. |
2 | 12 | SMART FOLKS (D343) | A Badel | B-/P2 | Chased the pace along the inside, tried hard on straightening but couldn't get closer to winner, held on for 2nd just. |
3 | 11 | UNITE SPIRIT (C494) | M Chadwick | B/XB | From wide draw taken across behind runners, settled towards the rear along the fence, closed off well turning in, just missed 2nd. No threat to runaway winner though. |
4 | 7 | GAMEPLAYER TIMES (D269) | J Moreira | SR/XB | Restrained in position behind midfield, driven wide into straight, closed off moderately final 300M, just missed a minor placing. |
5 | 3 | SO WE JOY (D082) | K C Leung | TT | Steadied to obtain cover early stages, waited with at the rear, 6Ls to make up home turn, stayed on mildly for 5th not beaten far by placegetters. |
6 | 2 | CLEAR CHOICE (A426) | Z Purton | B/TT | Pushed along to be prominent chasing leaders, bustled along 600M, fought on to hold 3rd place until swamped by pursuers late stages. |
7 | 10 | LOYAL BABY (E130) | C Wong | -- | Lost ground at the start, recovered to chase leaders along the fence, shuffled back to midfield middle stages, kept on same pace in straight, no further impression final 200M. |
8 | 4 | TURIN REDSTAR (B092) | K H Chan | B/TT | Held up in midfield 2-wide, gave limited response when asked 400M, never reached contention. |
9 | 6 | PING HAI TREASURE (B407) | A Hamelin | P | Behind mid-division, took closer order entering back straight, wide no cover after 800M, ran home same pace, crowded for room 100M, no extra. (Lame LF leg.) |
10 | 8 | PARTY EVERYDAY (C414) | K Teetan | H/TT | Dropped back from wide draw, raced keenly from 1300M and wide no cover middle stages, failed to respond when driven along home turn. |
11 | 5 | BRIGHT KID (C060) | C Y Ho | B/XB | Settled at the rear, bustled along 700M, soon struggled to keep up, never in the picture. (Jockey : raced too keenly early and middle stages, unable to finish off the race) |
12 | 1 | ELITE PATCH (C193) | C L Chau | B/H/TT | Towards the rear and caught wide no cover early stages, improved his position gradually to be 2nd going into home turn, gave ground rapidly on straightening. (Jockey : unbalanced 1400M commenced to travel keenly.) |
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 |