Race 2 (752)
PORT SHELTER HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1200m Sha Tin Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | TACTICAL COMMAND (H197) | A Badel | B | Jumped well, settled third behind leader. Held up for run and in clear ground passing 250m. Finished strongly to hit front last 50m. |
2 | 1 | COLONEL (D090) | L Ferraris | V | Showed customary early speed to lead clearly. Held up until 350m and then gave strong kick. Fought on gamely, only headed inside last 50m. |
3 | 10 | HO HO STAR (H291) | K C Leung | H1 | Jumped only fairly. Unbalanced near 850m when tight for room. Settled midfield on the rail. Waited for run early in straight, closed well last 150m. |
4 | 4 | CHEER FOR SOUTH (H178) | Y L Chung | SR | Jumped well, prominent early settling outside leader. Shifted out under pressure passing 400m, fought on strongly, missed third last 50m. |
5 | 12 | CIRCUIT SPLENDOR (E482) | M L Yeung | XB2 | Raced wide, without cover throughout in leading group. Loomed up at 300m and then under pressure and once-paced last 100m. Good effort. |
6 | 7 | TIMESTORM (G109) | H Bowman | V | Ridden patiently from wide gate, drifted back to last, one off. Held up between runners on turn, made good ground last 150m when in clear room. |
7 | 6 | SONIC BOOM (H144) | K Teetan | TT | Bumped heavily at start. Settled midfield between horses, over raced passing 800m. Three wide to make run on turn. Laid out under pressure, one pace last 100m. |
8 | 9 | THE GOOD DEAL (G025) | H Bentley | CP/TT | Jumped well but caught wide and drifted back to fourth last, four off fence with cover. Widest in straight, made ground early and stayed on but well beaten. |
9 | 8 | WIND SPEEDER (E281) | C Y Ho | B | Jumped well then obliged to race wide without cover from 850m mark. Centre of track in run home, ran on but then one paced last 200m. |
10 | 11 | SIX BEST FRIENDS (G205) | M F Poon | CP/TT | Bumped heavily at start and as a consequence settled further back than intended, near last on fence. Not a lot of room in straight but one paced when in clear ground last 250m. |
11 | 2 | HAPPY FEELING (H443) | B Thompson | B/TT | Jumped only fairly and ridden to hold position, settled third last between horses. Under pressure passing 300m, last at 200m and faded. |
12 | 5 | COMMANDING MISSILE (G210) | C L Chau | -- | Jumped well, settled fifth, one off fence. Held up coming to turn, under pressure passing 250m and dropped out last 200m, long 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 |