Race 11 (696)
DERBY RESTAURANT & BAR HANDICAP Rating:95-75 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 8 | JOY AND FUN (CH014) | F Coetzee | -- | Checked badly at the 1200 M and checked again at 900 M, 6Ls back in midfield with cover at halfway, a little closer turning for home, accelerated well despite hanging in to lead final 50 M, scored readily. |
2 | 12 | HORACE'S CHOICE (CH169) | S Dye | -- | 3Ls off pace in 5th when 2-wide at 1000 M and looking dangerous in a similar position at final bend, finished off strongly but found JOY AND FUN a bit too good. |
3 | 9 | REGENCY DRAGON (CH001) | Y T Cheng | B/TT | Never worse than 4th or about 2Ls off pace until turning into home straight, given every chance only to find the quinella pair a touch too strong, solid effort nonetheless. |
4 | 3 | LASER POWER (CE129) | C W Wong | V | Crowded at start but soon slipped into the box-seat position 2Ls or 3Ls off pace in 4th until home turn, 1L down in 2nd and with every chance at 200 M, kept on at same pace. |
5 | 10 | KINDACROSS (CG041) | S K Sit | XB1/TT | Led out wide at 1200 M and a neck clear on fence at 1000 M, 2Ls in front off home turn and 1L to the good at the 200 M, swamped inside final 50 M. |
6 | 11 | GRAND CRU (CG265) | E Saint-Martin | V | Settled about 9Ls off pace mostly in 13th down the back straight, 6Ls back in 11th at home turn, disappointed for running at 300 M and clear at 200 M, finished strongly, never nearer. |
7 | 7 | DON FELIPE (CD273) | W M Lai | -- | 3-back on the rails about 4Ls behind pace in 6th at halfway and same turning for home, always held by those ahead. |
8 | 6 | MASTER POWER (CG318) | D Whyte | B | Lost some ground at the start, worse than midfield about 6Ls off the speed at halfway, 4-wide on straightening when 4Ls back in midfield, never troubled the principals. |
9 | 4 | FELLOWSHIP (CG292) | B Prebble | -- | Restrained 8Ls off pace in 12th with cover at the 1000 M, 4-wide off final turn and with about 6Ls to make up, failed to mount a serious threat from down the centre of the track. |
10 | 2 | GOLDEN SUN (CD386) | M W Leung | SR | Eased back to race 10Ls off the lead in rear at the 1000 M, not much better off on straightening, never loomed a danger. |
11 | 13 | GOLDEN CARE (CD188) | K T Yeung | XB/TT | Settled 4-back on fence about 7Ls off pace in 9th when 900 M out, 6Ls down in midfield making home turn, never any better than midfield. |
12 | 5 | ALPHA MAIL (CG286) | D Nikolic | B | Caught 4-wide without cover early on but pressed on to track leader a neck down in 2nd out 2-wide at the 1000 M, under pressure to lie up in 3rd when 2Ls down off final bend, fizzled out. |
13 | 1 | DOWN THE WICKET (CH059) | G Mosse | B | Checked at the 1200 M and 4Ls back in midfield when 2-wide at the 1000 M, left 3-wide without cover on the circle and 4-wide off final turn, beaten 200 M out. (Lame morning after.) |
14 | 14 | BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (CH108) | C K Tong | -- | Caught 4-wide no cover throughout, about 6Ls back in 10th or so at the 1000 M, worse off on straightening and weakened further. |
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 |