Race 3 (189)
CHEVALIER INSURANCE HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | ROCKET AND GOLD (CH015) | G Boss | SR | 2-wide and no worse than midfield. Switched out for a run turning for home. Quickened nicely and ran down early leader 100 M out. Kept on well final stages to maintain advantage. |
2 | 11 | MYTHIC STEED (CD208) | P H Lo | B/H | Settled 2-wide at midfield. Made a strong run between rivals in the straight but just cannot find enough to gain ground on eventual winner final stages. |
3 | 14 | ACCELERATOR (CG179) | Y T Cheng | XB | Raced along the rails at midfield. Continued its run along the fence in the home straight and kept on steadily for a minor placing. |
4 | 13 | BARRACUDA (CB320) | H W Lai | -- | Hard ridden early stages to be in a disputed lead. Shook off co-leader 200 M out and kept on fairly. Unable to find more to hold off principals final stages. |
5 | 9 | SHATIN WIN WIN (CE284) | W M Lai | H/TT | Settled in rear section and near last on straightening. Closed the race off with a strong rally. |
6 | 1 | RED WINE HONEY (CE287) | S K Sit | B | Raced at the back as usual and trailed field into home straight. Staged a strong rally and made up good ground in the straight. |
7 | 3 | SPARE A DIME (CH155) | D Whyte | -- | Settled behind midfield. Steadily made up ground in the straight but unable to sustain the run over the closing stages. |
8 | 2 | SOARING DRAGON (CH183) | O Doleuze | -- | Dropped to the rear and then shifted to the fence. Remained in rear section and made a ground saving trip rounding home turn. Made up some ground in the straight. |
9 | 10 | COME HO CHOI (CE082) | M W Leung | B | Jumped awkwardly and lost ground. Settled on the fence behind midfield. Made up a bit of ground rounding the turn. Continued well in the straight despite having to weave through slow traffic. Unable to sustain run late. |
10 | 8 | STRIKING MASCOT (CH154) | F Coetzee | B1 | Raced 3-wide at midfield. Only kept same pace in the straight. |
11 | 7 | SOMETHING SPECIAL (CJ014) | K Shea | SR1 | Jumped well from a wide draw and raced among leaders early stages. Settled 2-wide behind the leaders after 1000 M. Unable to pick up after straightening and weakened final stages. |
12 | 4 | FREEBIRD (CC319) | C K Tong | BO-/CP2 | Disputed lead before tiring final 200 M. |
13 | 5 | CHEEKY LAD (CG198) | B Prebble | B | Jumped fairly and raced wide without cover at midfield. Taken back to race behind midfield after 1000 M. Slipped further back at the turn and found nothing in the straight. |
14 | 6 | MULTIMIGHTY (CG175) | K L Chui | B/TT | Raced on the rails behind the leaders. Lacked a response when asked on straightening and dropped out. |
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 |