Race 7 (547)
SHAW ALUMNI HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | SUPERB KID (H298) | Z Purton | CP | Settled in midfield on rail after moderate start, steadied and lost position 900 metres out, renewed effort home turn obtaining a run passing the 300 metres, asserted authority about 100 metres. |
2 | 11 | BEAUTY MISSILE (H123) | K Teetan | PC | Close up early before settling in midfield alongside eventual winner, fought on steadily under pressure in straight without threatening. |
3 | 8 | BEAUTY FIT (E279) | A Hamelin | E/P | Broke well from a poor draw, led or disputed lead in first 400 metres, gradually settled one back 2-wide home bend, renewed effort to lead into straight but unable to sustain effort and swamped inside final 150 metres. |
4 | 5 | CITY THUNDER (J173) | L Hewitson | B-/TT1 | Settled wide behind midfield after beginning from a poor draw, widest turning in for home, fought on steadily without threatening. |
5 | 12 | MIDORI BURLY (J083) | M F Poon | XB-/B1 | Jumped awkwardly from the widest draw settling at the back on rail, running into heels when steadied about 600 metres out, switched for a run inside the 300 metres and made up some late ground. |
6 | 3 | VIVA GRACIOUSNESS (J079) | B Avdulla | B/TT | Jumped awkwardly but soon recovered to close-up 6th, gradually shifted backward before inconvenienced dropping to 3L off the lead 900 metres out, renewed effort on straightening but could find no extra. |
7 | 6 | LEEDOX (J154) | K De Melo | B1/TT | Soon taken back from a poor draw, remained well behind into straight, made up ground past well-beaten horses inside final 250 metres. |
8 | 1 | HUGE WAVE (J197) | L Ferraris | TT | Soon picked up to close-up 4th on rail after moderate start, gradually drifted over 2L off the pace home bend, angled out for a run entering straight reaching 2nd shortly after, found no extra 200 metres out. |
9 | 7 | ORIENTAL SMOKE (E467) | H Bentley | B/TT | Ridden positively amongst the leaders gaining narrow advantage shortly after, ceded lead for cover coming onto home bend, one-paced in straight before fading inside final 200 metres. |
10 | 10 | SUNNY DARLING (J171) | Y L Chung | V/TT | Amongst first few, shifted 2L back to 5th 3-wide onto home bend, wider turning for home and soon weakened. |
11 | 2 | ALL IS GOOD (G269) | C L Chau | B | Soon dropped to last few and showed no pace despite niggling along, made no impression. |
12 | 9 | SATIRICAL FAN (J214) | K C Leung | B1 | Began moderately from a poor draw but pressed forward to eventually take up running onto home bend, led until headed approaching straight, folded up quickly. |
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 |