Race 5 (300)
PING SHAN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | GOLD DIGGER (CD101) | K H Chan | CP | Soon led on fence, headed at 1000 M and under 1L down in 2nd until top of home straight when regaining a narrow advantage, stayed on well inside final 200 M. |
2 | 11 | MADE IN HONGKONG (CD139) | C Brown | B | In 5th on fence 4Ls behind at 1200 M, checked about 450 M out and left 5Ls down in midfield on straightening, 4Ls down in 5th at 200 M, ran on strongly to take 2nd close home. |
3 | 5 | WINNING SMILE (CC177) | D Whyte | -- | Bumped at start, 3-wide no cover early on, sent on to lead narrowly out 2-wide from 1000 M to home straight when headed, all out at 200 M when a head 2nd, lost out on 2nd place final strides. |
4 | 14 | X-SPEED (CC341) | C Munce | -- | 2-wide and 1L off pace in 2nd at 1200 M, about 2Ls down in 3rd from 800 M to home turn and at 200 M, kept on at same pace, only narrowly missed a place. |
5 | 9 | SPARKLE (CB406) | H W Lai | V | Always a little better than midfield about 3Ls or 4Ls off the speed until home turn, failed to quicken up sufficiently. |
6 | 4 | ONLY YOU (CD210) | C Soumillon | -- | Got back about 10Ls last early on, improved marginally to be 8Ls down in 11th on taking home turn, stayed on well from off the pace to be nearest at the finish. |
7 | 1 | MAGIC TEMPLE (CC368) | G Mosse | B-/PC2/TT | Bumped at the start, one from rear about 9Ls off the speed from 1200 M to home turn, held up until the 300 M, made up some modest late ground. |
8 | 3 | TEMMOKU (BV108) | E Saint-Martin | CP | Always worse than midfield at least 8Ls off the pace from 1000 M to home straight, never posed much of a threat. |
9 | 6 | RED WINE HONEY (CE287) | S Dye | SR-/B1/TT | Bumped, buffeted and checked at the start, 10Ls off pace in 12th at 1000 M, hard ridden to take closer when still a long way off pace towards final bend, no impression. |
10 | 13 | ESPRIT D'OR (CD295) | A Delpech | TT | Awkwardly away, mostly midfield about 5Ls off the speed on fence through to home straight when checked, all out to be 6Ls down in 7th at the 200 M, eased close home. |
11 | 12 | FLUVIUS CAMILLUS (CD387) | K S Yu | B-/P2 | Mostly in 8th place about 5Ls or so off the speed out 2-wide through to the final bend, very one-paced from then on. |
12 | 8 | SEA TREASURE (CD335) | C W Wong | CP/TT | 3-wide with cover towards rear about 8Ls off the pace from 1200 M to home straight, struggled from final 300 M. |
13 | 2 | MA WAN MIRACLE (CE083) | B Prebble | -- | Unbalanced at 1400 M and left 3-wide no cover from 1200 M to home straight about 4Ls off the speed in midfield, left behind at top of home straight, eased close home. |
14 | 7 | BUDDIES POWER (CB201) | Y T Cheng | CP/TT | Had the run of the race on fence 2Ls off pace at 1200 M, 5Ls down in 6th and struggling when turning for home, came home in own time. |
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 |