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Race 2 (057)

HONG KONG STADIUM HANDICAP   Rating:56-32   1650m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 2

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 GAINSBOROUGH'S BOY (BL182) D Whyte B Trailed leader till staking a claim at 400 M. Led after straightening drawing well for decisive win.
2 9 IN THE PICTURE (BK160) H K Yim -- No better than 3-wide from the off settling in midfield till going forward from 600 M. Ran on strongly to line.
3 11 MR BRINKER (BN158) P A Eddery -- Very wide into first turn and was still deep when making ground in back straight. Found room near inside from 600 M running on well over final 400 M.
4 5 WOODS VENTURE (BL184) W Woods B Led to home bend then only one-paced in straight.
5 2 LAUREATE (BK228) K C Chan -- Last settling then pushed along to make ground from 650 M. Deep turning in keeping on under hard riding.
6 12 GO GO (BK059) H K Cheung -- Slowly out before travelling forward to 3rd, 3-wide at 800 M. Ridden along from 500 M though kept battling till tiring quickly in final 200 M.
7 3 HOUSE HONOUR (BH183) P Strydom -- 2-wide in midfield throughout only producing plugging effort when put under pressure.
8 10 MAJESTIC CONQUEROR (BN052) B Marcus -- In second half of field throughout and unable to improve in straight.
9 4 JADE PROMISE (BL035) K M Chin -- Settled 3-back along rail till under pressure from 700 M then lost ground rapidly.
10 7 GRACEFUL (BN170) E Legrix -- Slightly checked at start then always rearward and wide.
11 6 ROYAL HORSE (BK068) E Saint-Martin -- Midfield and ridden along when checked by tiring runner at 550 M. Did nothing in straight.
12 8 WINNING EXPRESS (BN157) C F Chan -- Wide into first turn then went forward but was ridden along at half-way. Stopped 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