Race 4 (204)
GRANVILLE HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | SACRED KINGDOM (CG268) | D Nikolic | TT1 | Lost ground at start, soon recovered to settle close up in midfield, eased to the front 300 M out and drew right away, impressive. |
2 | 11 | AMAZING WIN (CG208) | F Coetzee | TT | In midfield about 3Ls off pace at halfway, ran on well late for 2nd but had zero chance with the winner. |
3 | 1 | HONG KONG LAD (CG221) | C K Tong | TT | Disputed early lead, appeared to wobble when about to be headed 400 M out, no extra late and lost out on quinella final 50 M. |
4 | 3 | ISLAND SPEED (CG202) | H W Lai | B | Disputed the lead until being under pressure and headed by the winner about 300 M out, kept on at same pace late. |
5 | 4 | DEERFIELD (CG038) | W M Lai | -- | 2Ls back in midfield early, struggling to maintain this proximity at the 400 M, tired late. |
6 | 10 | WILD ACE (CH009) | G Mosse | -- | Niggled along in rear at 700 M down centre of track, never dangerous and only stayed on past a few well beaten ones late. |
7 | 8 | STEP TO WIN (CG167) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Within 1L of the pace on stands' rail until the 200 M mostly in 5th or 6th, checked 100 M out and well held late. |
8 | 13 | OBVIOUSLY (CG085) | K L Chui | -- | Bumped at start, awkwardly placed at 800 M when close up, within 1L of the speed until 300 M when still with place hopes but faded sharply late. |
9 | 14 | MAINLAND MASTER (CG044) | H K Yim | B-/SR1/V1 | On pace early, hard ridden to keep up at halfway, lost more ground. |
10 | 5 | ARISTOCRACY (CG070) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Never on terms in rear and always at least 4Ls off pace until the 200 M, dropped back further. |
11 | 2 | THUNDER VALLEY (CG074) | R Fradd | -- | Bumped at start and always wanted to hang out, disputed early pace but back-pedalling at 400 M and lost further ground, performance deemed unacceptable. |
12 | 9 | SUNNY CITY (CH031) | Y T Cheng | H1 | Awkward head carriage and hung always near rear about 4Ls off pace until the 200 M, weakened. |
13 | 6 | COUNTRY MAGIC (CH069) | M Nunes | TT | Close ot pace and one off the stand's rail early on, hard pressed to lie up at 400 M and faded out. |
14 | 12 | MULTI-WIN SPIRIT (CG137) | S K Sit | TT | Severely checked on stands' rail at 900 M, about 5Ls behind pace in rear until the 300 M, beaten when checked again 200 M out, eased late. |
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 |