Race 9 (263)
THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB CENTENARY CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:72-48 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | ISLAND WEST TREBLE (BV073) | R Fradd | -- | Waited with near rear. Switched to outside on straightening and ran on strongly final 200 M to assert authority closing stages. |
2 | 1 | RED IN GREEN (BT169) | Y T Cheng | BO | Worse than midfield. Crept closer rounding home bend. Quickened well in home straight to hold every chance inside final 100 M. Just collared by the winner close home. |
3 | 6 | NEW ASIANS (BT019) | S Dye | -- | Settled in midfield. Ran on to hit the front 100 M out. Kept on well until overhauled by the quinella pair close to finish. |
4 | 5 | DECOUVERT (BT114) | M de Montfort | B | Behind midfield. Made gradual ground final 200 M. One-paced closing stages. |
5 | 14 | MIDAS KING (BN199) | D Whyte | B | Never far off, looked a chance inside 200 M. Unable to go with the placed runners close home. |
6 | 10 | GOOD TIME FOR ALL (BS106) | E Legrix | -- | Well back. Made up some ground final 200 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
7 | 13 | CITY PATROL (BN048) | K S Yu | B | Prominent, took up running from 1100 M. Joined at 400 M. Headed inside 200 M, steadily weakened. |
8 | 11 | MUNDAHISH (BT250) | C Williams | V | Prominent, shared lead from 400 M. Steadily weakened final 150 M. |
9 | 8 | NON SEQUITUR (BV093) | F Coetzee | -- | Midfield throughout, weakened closing stages. |
10 | 3 | SEATTLE SUN (BS116) | J Egan | B | Trailed field to 600 M. Improved slightly when wide on home bend. Unable to further improve in home straight. |
11 | 12 | HONEST DRAGON (BS223) | S K Sit | -- | Bounded in the air at start, pushed along to be prominent briefly, then remained midfield. Improved from 800 M to be prominent on home turn. Gradually weakened from 200 M. |
12 | 9 | AUTHORISED (BP125) | W M Lai | -- | At rear, inclining to pull in early stages. Improved after Rock to be midfield rounding home bend. One-paced in straight. |
13 | 7 | KOH-I-NOOR (BS043) | K H Ting | -- | Ridden along from wide barrier to be prominent. Dropped to midfield from 1200 M. Became unbalanced at 600 M, dropped to the rear at 500 M. |
14 | 4 | PERFECT STAR (BP031) | C H Tse | -- | Pushed along to lead briefly, stayed in prominent position from 1200 M. Under pressure from 800 M, dropped out quickly at 600 M. (Bled.) |
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 |