Race 9 (315)
JARDINE HANDICAP Rating:88-64 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | GENIUS (BN193) | B Doyle | H1 | Rear early and was worse than midfield into straight. Ran on strongly under vigorous riding to lead short of line. |
2 | 11 | LIK RAMBO (BN212) | S King | B | Rear till good headway rounding home bend. Ran on well to lead passing 200 M and look winner. Just caught final strides. |
3 | 8 | GAINSBOROUGH'S BOY (BL182) | B Marcus | B | Midfield to straight where he kept on without threatening. |
4 | 13 | EASY CHAMP (BM017) | C K Tsang | -- | Rear. Improved home turn and switched out for run on straightening. Kept on final 200 M. |
5 | 3 | STRAIGHT WAY (BN119) | W Woods | -- | Midfield. Improved towards leaders approaching home bend to be closed 3rd into straight. Led briefly 300 M and was outpaced passing 200 M. |
6 | 5 | SEATTLE PRIDE (BL134) | K M Chin | B | Well there to straight where he failed quicken to challenge. |
7 | 14 | TAKE CHARGE (BM156) | Y S Wong | -- | Soon improved and was 2nd 1000 M. Disputed lead home turn but effort not sustained 250 M. (Demoted.) |
8 | 12 | GLAMOROUS PALACE (BM177) | W S Yu | -- | Ridden to take command before stable bend. Joined into straight where he soon weakened out of contention. |
9 | 1 | PROFESSIONALKILLER (BN113) | R Fradd | -- | Midfield into straight where he failed to make any impression on leaders. |
10 | 4 | CITADEL (BP200) | F Coetzee | B- | Well there before losing some ground approaching home turn. Found nothing when asked 200 M. |
11 | 2 | AMERICAN CHAMPION (BN179) | D Whyte | B | Towards rear when severely hampered and almost unseating rider 300 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
12 | 10 | KOWLOON JAZZ (BP048) | L F Chung | B | Very slowly away. Was midfield at Rock before losing ground steadily from home bend. |
13 | 9 | REDWING (BS157) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Midfield at best. |
14 | 6 | FIREBALL (BN112) | C W Mok | -- | Wide throughout. Never in contention. |
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 |