Race 4 (600)
ARC DE TRIOMPHE CHAMPIONSHIPS HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | THE UNTOUCHABLELAD (CK398) | Y T Cheng | B | Sat 3Ls off the pace, caught 3-wide without cover early, strode forward at 800 M and hit the front at 600 M, dashed impressively when asked at the top of home straight, drew clear easily. |
2 | 5 | UNIQUE SPEED (CG134) | B Prebble | TT | Prominently placed 2Ls behind the speed, ran up rapidly when pace quickened at 600 M, could not match the strides of the outstanding winner in home straight but did well enough for 2nd. |
3 | 1 | TELECOM GOGO (CJ346) | F Durso | B | Widely drawn, driven to race one-off just behind the mid-division, bit outpaced when tempo quickened near 600 M, finished off well under maximum pressure final 250 M, ran on for soundly for 3rd. |
4 | 11 | LUCKY AMICI (CK177) | O Doleuze | XB/TT | Cozily sat 4Ls off the speed, ran up steadily under pressure when pace quickened at 600 M, only one-paced when asked for efforts in the home straight and lost a place inside 100 M. |
5 | 7 | CHATER DE LAGO (CG246) | W C Marwing | B/TT | Lacked early despite being pushed hard early, ended up travelling 4 to 5Ls behind the leader, niggled along rounding home turn, made up gradual ground under maximum pressure final 300 M. |
6 | 6 | BOLD CHAMPION (CG127) | C K Tong | V | Widely drawn, urged to try to get across in front and ended up travelling one out one back, pushed hard when pace quickened at 600 M, could not find extra final 250 M. |
7 | 8 | MAGIC TURBO (CJ098) | M L Yeung | CP | Slow away, taken across behind runners and travelled 5 to 6Ls off the speed, rather one-paced when asked for efforts in the home straight. |
8 | 9 | DIVINE KID (CK157) | M Du Plessis | B | Urged along to occupy a fence position 3Ls off the pace, carried backward by a tired runner from 400 M, made up late progress when clear final 200 M. |
9 | 12 | ROCKET AND GOLD (CH015) | S K Sit | P-/B2/TT | Taken to the rear from gate 12 and travelled about 7Ls behind the leader, made very limited progress in the home straight. |
10 | 3 | MASTER DRAGON (CL137) | K W Leung | CP | Prominently sit 1L off the speed on rails, bit outpaced rounding the home turn, held ground until flattened at 200 M. |
11 | 4 | KING GALILEO (CL028) | G Cheyne | H | Urged along to travel 6Ls off the pace, struggled rounding the home bend, swung widest for home, failed to make up any ground. |
12 | 10 | KINGSTON MARBLE (CE244) | W M Lai | B | Easily ran up to lead 1L, passed at 600 M, held ground until flattened at 200 M, soon faded. |
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 |