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Race 3 (087)

SPOONBILL HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1400m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 KING AL AKBAR (CK381) J Lloyd B-/XB1/H1/TT Settled 2-wide towards rear. Gradually shifted out and was 5Ls down home turn. Finished off strongly inside 300M and took charge closing stages.
2 1 DOUBLE DRAGON (CK019) C Y Ho H Quickly into stride. Led on fence 1000M. Sat behind pace home turn. Ran on well in the straight and hit front 250M. Caught final stages.
3 8 ZEPHYRUS (CH285) B Doyle B/TT Slow to begin. Raced towards rear on fence. Took inside run and was 3Ls away rounding home turn. Made steady headway in the straight without troubling the front pair.
4 2 NAMJONG HUNTER (CH280) Z Purton B/SR Behind speed on fence early. Raced outside leader turning into home. Kept on top of home straight but failed to sustain its effort passing 250M.
5 12 NAMJONG FIGHTERS (CG308) Y T Cheng -- Soon slotted one-out-one-back from high draw. Taken to 3-wide without cover from 800M. Remained one-paced in the straight.
6 10 OASIS DAVIS (CK138) B Prebble SR Eased to 3-wide at rear from wide barrier through to home straight. Hard ridden passing 350M and beat tired runners home.
6 13 CHANTILLY (CL153) M W Leung B1 Back with last few on fence until leaving the rail to keep making up ground home straight. Steadied near 50M.
8 3 SUISSE D'OR (CL195) K C Leung B Pressed early but caught 3-wide behind leader. Strode forward home turn and led on fence turning in. Hung on until no extra inside final 250M.
9 9 MISTER HORSE (CL035) D Whyte B 2-wide at midfield early. Moved closer into final stretch in a 3-wide position. No improvement thereafter.
10 5 JUST GOOD (CL133) G Mosse -- Slowly away. Resumed to race at midfield on fence passing 1200M. On leaders back leaving home turn but failed to progress further when asked.
11 4 GOLD RUSH (CL026) M L Yeung B 3-wide behind midfield throughout. Never a factor.
12 11 CHEEKY LAD (CG198) T H So B Travelled wide and without cover at midfield early and middle stages. Struggled home.
13 14 WADASURPRISE (CK272) C K Tong B Trapped wide and without cover towards rear throughout. Never in the hunt.
14 6 TYCOON TAYLOR (CH288) H W Lai B Urged early, ended up 3-wide without cover at midfield. Dropped out soon after straightening.
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